Summer Camps and Programs

Time for Summer Camp Planning

It's December, and as winter storms sweep across the nation, it's time...to plan summertime activities!   Believe it or not, it is not too early to start planning what your kids will be doing in the summer of 2020. Camps start filling their spaces in January, and camp consultants are already planning events to introduce parents to a variety of [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:58:55-04:00December 3rd, 2019|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Time for Summer Camp Planning

Time to Focus on Summer Plans

Summer camp planning in December? Yes! It is not too early to start thinking about what your children will be doing in the summer of 2019. Camps start filling their spaces in January, and camp consultants are already hosting events this month to introduce parents to a variety of summer opportunities for children. Tips on Trips and Camps, a [...]

By |2018-12-04T23:22:08-05:00December 4th, 2018|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Time to Focus on Summer Plans

Summer Camp Planning

Summer camp planning in December? Yes! It is not too early to start thinking about what your children will be doing in the summer of 2018. Camps start filling their spaces in earnest in January, but camp consultants are already hosting events this month to introduce parents to a variety of summer opportunities for children. What kind of activities [...]

By |2017-12-06T00:41:17-05:00December 6th, 2017|Ages 13-15, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Camp Planning

Summer Jobs– Deadlines Approaching!

Is your high schooler or college student thinking about what he will be doing this summer? He needs to be!  The hunt for high school and college summer jobs is in full swing, with deadlines for many opportunities coming up very soon.  (Note for next year: the best time to start looking around is in early January, because some [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00March 9th, 2017|Academics, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Jobs– Deadlines Approaching!

Fight Summer Slide with Apps and Games

As summer vacations begin, so does the "summer slide", where our sons (and daughters) lose academic ground during the months they are not in school. Summer slide can result in our children forgetting what they have learned and slowing the pace of their future learning. As a report from the National Summer Learning Association explains, "It's common for teachers [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00June 10th, 2015|Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|Comments Off on Fight Summer Slide with Apps and Games

Summer Reading 2015

Now is the time to focus on your sons' summer reading plans. If you have an avid reader, make time to stop at the library or the book store and pick up some fun books for the summer. If your son would rather do almost anything other than read, then you will need to give him some incentive to [...]

By |2015-05-22T03:38:59-04:00May 21st, 2015|Academics, Books, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Reading 2015

Summer Camp Info

Hard to imagine as frigid temperatures and snow continue to plague us on the East Coast and elsewhere around the nation, but now is the time to focus on Summer Camps. If you are interested in finding out about summer camp options, don't wait any longer to start your research, as Summer Camp research and sign-up season is well [...]

By |2023-05-21T16:41:24-04:00February 18th, 2014|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|Comments Off on Summer Camp Info

Summer Camp Recommendations

Rachel Christmas Derrick, whose thoughtful piece on Affirmative Action you read on GCP a few weeks ago ("The Myths and Realities of Affirmative Action", April 1, 2013) is back with recommendations for wonderful summer camp experiences that her children (and she) have enjoyed. * * * * * * * * * Looking for an excellent summer camp or [...]

By |2023-05-21T16:37:10-04:00April 28th, 2013|Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|Comments Off on Summer Camp Recommendations

Getting Ready for Summer: Camps

The Summer Camp search season, which began in January, is well underway. If you haven't made any camp decisions yet, don't worry, but know that it is really time to focus on this, as programs are filling up. Lots of issues to consider: Sleep away or Day Camp? Sports, arts, or academically focused, or some combination of all three? [...]

What’s Going On? Summer Edition, Part 1

Sorry that the posts have been a bit few and far between these days, but I have been unusually busy with the actual business of parenting. My children are settling into their summer routine, which seems thus far to involve a lot of road trips with me behind the wheel. Here is a hodgepodge of items I've been meaning [...]

By |2023-05-21T16:20:54-04:00June 29th, 2012|Parents, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|Comments Off on What’s Going On? Summer Edition, Part 1
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