It`s the Build It Specialty Camp! These Mini campers were busy today creating all sorts of things—from houses and watches to a variety of inventive vehicles!

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We love getting young golfers out on the SRS links! Here are some of the Mini campers practicing their swings during last week`s Golf Specialty Camp!

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Activities don`t have to be complicated to be engaging. Here are some Mini campers having fun with chalk paint, rocks, and wood chips!

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It`s literally all fun and games at Camp Shaker! Here are Mini campers playing Kick the Cone and What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?

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This small group of Ceramics Specialty Camp Junior campers was eager to learn how to throw on the pottery wheels. It`s a challenging process and they stuck with it to successfully create containers and bowls. They also worked on hand and slab building techniques to create containers and figurines.

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It`s a toddler caravan! Between Camp Shaker games and Maintenance work, there is always a bustle of activity and sounds for these Toddler 1 students to take in during the summer months at SRS.

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Science Fun Specialty Camp Mini campers had a blast doing science experiments last week—from creating invisible ink and goop to having fun with bubbles and blowing up balloons by means of a chemical reaction!

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Scooping, pouring, stirring, swishing! Pre-Kindergarten students took turns at the water table with Counselors in Training (CITs) Maddy and Logan. This sensory play activity engages fine motor skills and helps develop hand-eye coordination, which are crucial foundational skills for writing and everyday self-care tasks. Students also get to experiment with math and science concepts (like volume and buoyancy) in their own way.

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We are excited to be partnering with @windhillfarm_ again this summer to offer the Everything Equine Specialty Camp to our campers! Last week, in separate sessions, our Rookies and Juniors/Seniors learned all about horse care, grooming, and riding. To top it off, they enjoyed picnics on the beautiful grounds and swims in the indoor pool. Thanks to Wind Hill Farm for hosting our campers and for their expert instruction!

Pictured are the Rookie campers.

Photos: Nikki Stuppard and Keaghan

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Another energetic Latin play performance by SRS Eighth Grade students is in the books!

Each year, the Eighth Grade Latin students choose a story to translate and perform under the big tent for the younger students at the end of the year. This year, the students chose "Finding Nemo." They edited the screenplay in winter and then translated it all spring. The ocean setting presented a big vocabulary challenge for these students, but they tackled it with enthusiasm, doing their best to make new words fit into their understanding of Latin sentence structure and grammar.

One special challenge each year is that wordplay humor doesn’t always translate across languages. In "Finding Nemo," a young fish struggles with what to call a boat, coming up only with a near-homophone. When Nemo accepts a dare to swim all the way to the boat, the fish says in stunned awe, “He touched the butt.” Although there are many words in Latin for both boat and butt, the eighth graders just couldn’t make the joke work in Latin. In the end, the class drew pictures of a boat (carina) and a butt (gluteus maximus) and held them up for the audience. The sign, at least, got some laughs.

For those keeping score at home, here are the Latin performances over the years:

2017: Romeo(ish) and Juliet(ish)

2018: Grease-y

2019: Romani Conquistadores (The Roman Conquerors, an original Latin and Spanish play)

2022: Familia Antiqua (Ancient Family, an original sitcom)

2023: Gelidus (Frozen)

2024: Nemo Invenire (Finding Nemo)

We can’t wait to see what’s next!

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What a joy to run into this mini crew of Infant Program students out for a ride with teacher Burke!

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Our Mini campers have been busy learning basic sewing skills in this week`s Sewing Specialty Camp. They`ve created some adorable items including stuffies and pillows with exterior pockets to store their treasures. Pictured are some of the morning session sewers.

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Rookie campers are putting their engineering skills to the test in the Build It Specialty Camp! Throughout the week they’ve been pushing the limits to see how tall, strong, and inventive they can make their creations using various building materials like LEGO, K’NEX, and recycled materials. Each day brings new challenges for the campers to explore the world of engineering in a collaborative, hands-on way.

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Our Rookie campers in the Cooking Specialty Camp have been hard at work in the kitchen, and the results are nothing short of mouthwatering! This week, these budding chefs have been learning the ins and outs of reading recipes, cooking safely, and practicing good dining etiquette. On this particular day, they showcased their culinary skills by preparing two delicious dishes: crunchy chicken tenders seasoned three different ways and lemon blueberry cups with a graham cracker crust.

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