Dates
June 30 - August 22, 2008
Four-week minimum required
Weeks need not be consecutive
Special Teen Program
- Large in-ground pool
- Full Red Cross swimming program
- Art studio
- Potter’s wheel and kiln
- Game room
- Video arcade games
- Air hockey
- Skilled sports instruction
- Team sports
- Air-conditioned gymnasium
- Mirrored dance studio
- Door-to-door transportation and pick-up points available in most areas
- Lunch is provided for full and half-day campers
Nursery: 1.5–3 years
Junior: 3–6 years
F.A.S.T: 7–13 years
Theater Arts/Musical Theatre: 6–18 years
Teen Travel Camp: 13–16 years
PROGRAM HOURS
9:00AM–4:00PM
Early drop-off 7:45–8:30AM (add’l $5/day)
Late pick-up 4:00–6 PM (add’l $5/hour)
Garden School summer programs will not be in session on July 4.
For more information, please e-mail our Camp Director
Theater Arts-Musical Theatre Program
The Theater Arts/Musical Theatre component of the F.A.S.T. program consists of an eight week focus on the art of dance and acting through dance for students ages 7-14. The program is designed to impart the skills and confidence youngsters need to participate in a live performance. All of the kids get a chance to shine!
Every day, participants study different elements of performance: dance lessons in jazz, acrobatics, ballet, lyrical, as well as activities in acting and singing in order to crate “mini” performances. They will learn to take direction and remember choreography given to them by teachers as well as work as individuals or on teams to create ensemble pieces using their own ideas and creativity.
Facilities include an air-conditioned auditorium, professional lighting and sound equipment and a mirrored dance studio. Instructors for the program are all performing arts professionals.
Campers who stay on after the show join one of the other areas of the F.A.S.T. program for weeks 5–8.
| Number of Weeks | Without Transportation | With Transportation |
| 4 weeks | $2,200 | $2,600 |
F.A.S.T.
In Garden School’s F.A.S.T. program, your child specializes in one of four areas: Fine Arts, Academics, Sports, or Theater Arts/Musical Theatre. By selecting one of these areas of concentration, your child spends a block of time each day in that F.A.S.T. area. This allows your child to focus for a period of the day on an activity that he or she particularly enjoys and explore it in exciting detail. Following the F.A.S.T. time block, your child will then have periods in the arts center (arts & crafts), in swim (in-ground pool), in the game room (video arcade games and air hockey), on the field and in the gymnasium (intramural sports and games), and in other recreational activities.
| Number of Weeks | Without Transportation | With Transportation |
| 4 weeks | $2,200 | $2,600 |
| 5 weeks | $2,450 | $2,950 |
| 6 weeks | $2,650 | $3,250 |
| 7 weeks | $2,800 | $3,500 |
| 8 weeks | $2,900 | $3,750 |
Junior Program
Group A: 3-4 years old (entering Pre-K)
Group B: 5-6 years old (entering K and 1st)
Garden School’s Junior Program is a full or half day,* play-based program in which activities become more focused as children explore weekly themes and coordinate projects with stories and classroom centers. Dramatic play, block building, sand and water play, and reading and writing-all of these encourage both individual and small-group activity.
Juniors also begin swim lessons at the pool and participate in structured activities with the sports specialist in the gymnasium and on the field. Projects in the arts and crafts center tie into the weekly themes, while those who are interested can study various artists and techniques with our fine arts instructor.
Lunch, rest time, and snacks are provided, and visits to the school library, game room, and playground round out a fulfilling day, every day.
| Number of Weeks | Half Day* | Full Day | Full Day With Transportation |
| 4 weeks | $1,450 | $2,200 | $2,600 |
| 5 weeks | $1,625 | $2,450 | $2,950 |
| 6 weeks | $1,775 | $2,650 | $3,250 |
| 7 weeks | $1,900 | $2,800 | $3,500 |
| 8 weeks | $2,000 | $2,900 | $3,700 |
Nursery Program
1.5-3 years old
For our littlest campers, Garden School offers a full or half day,* play-based program that incorporates a full range of arts and crafts, swimming, music, cooking, games, and sporting skills, all led by a certified teacher.
While on campus, the children investigate their environment by observing, touching, listening, smelling, and tasting. They engage in activities that foster positive growth and development, and that are designed to advance their intellectual and social skills, stimulate their use of language, and improve their coordination. They participate in large-group and small-group activities, and they have the freedom to play individually, developing their ability to play on their own while under the watchful eye of a teacher and the assisting staff.
Lunch, rest time, snack break, and story time complete the fun-filled day, so that even the most energy-filled of our young campers achieve a balance between activity and quiet moments.
Nursery Program activities take place in Garden School’s early learning room, at the pool, in the early childhood playground, and in the arts & crafts center.
| Number of Weeks | 5 full days (8AM - 6PM) |
5 half days* (AM or PM) |
3 full days* (8AM - 6PM) |
3 half days* (AM or PM) |
| 4 weeks | $2,600 | $1,725 | $1,950 | $1,275 |
| 5 weeks | $2,950 | $1,950 | $2,200 | $1,450 |
| 6 weeks | $3,250 | $2,150 | $2,450 | $1,625 |
| 7 weeks | $3,500 | $2,325 | $2,625 | $1,750 |
| 8 weeks | $3,700 | $2,450 | $2,775 | $1,850 |