Summer Camps

The Marylhurst School offers great camps throughout the summer for excitment and exploration. Programs for older kids too – up to age 8! All programs are held at the Barclay School in Oregon City and taught by The Marylhurst School teachers. 

All campers should arrive each day in clothing appropriate for having outside fun!!!

Please include a water bottle and a sack lunch for your child each day. All camps for children ages Kindergarten thru 8 years will include off campus excursions.

>> Summer Camp Registration Form <<

Schedule 2012

Descriptions

Dancing for Fun!

• June 25-27, 9 – 1 pm, Ages 3-5
• Teachers — Kim Gilliam & Karlie Gilliam
• Cost: $100.00

Do you love to dance and express yourself through movement? When music comes on do you begin to tap your feet and twirl? Then come and join us and have fun with the basics of ballet and jazz. We will also experiment with your own dance style, play movement games, paint our set and perform! Join us whirling, twirling, leaping and taking the stage!

The Dance Continues!

• July 9-11, 9 – 1 pm, Ages 3-5
• Teachers — Kim Gilliam & Karlie Gilliam
• Cost: $100.00

Join us for another week of expressing yourself through dance! We will continue our exploration of dance. No need to have joined us for the first session. Everyone is welcome!

Art and Animal Anatomy

• July 9-12, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Mary Mahorney & Jessica Bernert
•  Cost:$120.00

Get inside your favorite wild animal. The class will work from photographs, pictures, x-rays, and small animals themselves to get a view from every angle of animal anatomy. Examine simple motions like bending the arm at a hinge joint and more complex motions like how we walk, run, jump, and dance. What makes an animal move in just the way it needs to in order to survive in the wild? By closely examining the bones and muscles of these animals, and the habitats that support their survival, we can begin to understand the science of movement and the art of momentum.

Fairy Village

• July 16-18, 9 – 1 pm, Ages 3-5
• Teachers — Kim Gilliam & Karlie Gilliam
• Cost: $100.00

Come and learn about the magical world of fairies. We will investigate fairies through activities such as collecting natural materials to create a fairy village, making our own fairy wings to wear, fairy snacks to eat, and fairy stories. Will the fairies visit our village? Come and find out.

Spy Camp: The Sequel

• July 16-19, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Mary Mahorney & Laura Olson 
• Cost: $125.00 

Somewhere deep inside the school an elite group of recruits is lurking in the shadows preparing to take on top secret missions. No one really knows who they are, or for that matter, what they’re really up to. Now it’s your turn to join their ranks. Each day at Spy Camp is filled with top secret briefings and activities that will put spy skills and street smarts to the test. Aspiring recruits will hone their tradecraft, and hit the streets to run training missions. Develop a disguise for cover, make and break codes, discover escape and evasion techniques, create and use spy gadgets, uncover the science behind spying—all of this and more awaits young recruits!

Acting: Fractured Fairy Tales

• July 23-26, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Laura Olson & Jessica Bernert
• Cost: $120.00

Have you ever wondered what happened to the frog prince after the kiss? What do you think the big bad wolf would have to say about those three pigs, “Slander, I say! There was no huffing and puffing; allergies!” Fractured Fairy Tales tell old stories from new perspectives. Using all the elements of stage craft we’ll create a new tale with old friends. Each day will begin with a variety theater games, improvisations and other exercises to develop acting skills, build confidence, and increase concentration. Gain experience with movement, staging, voice and characterization. The supportive and fun atmosphere will make it easy to experiment with your hidden talents.

Wild Animals

• July 30-August 1, 9 – 1 pm, Ages 3-5
• Teachers — Hanna Mears & Britney Tompkins
• Cost: $100.00

Have you ever wanted to go on a Safari? Well, let’s do it together! Join us while we investigate animal tracks; explore art and all types of masks. It’s a jungle out there, and a great place to play. Join us for the adventure!

It’s Not Rocket Science

• July 30 – August 2, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Jessica Bernert & Laura Olson
• Cost: $120.00

Do you like to watch things move through space, accelerate or just explode? Then this camp is for you. Examine gravity from two perspectives, both when things go up and then again when they must eventually come down. Conduct hair-raising experiments and discover the three laws of motion in action through stomp rockets and air cannons. Drop eggs from varying heights, launch water balloons, and build a small catapult all the while investigating the physics of motion.

Water, Water Everywhere!

• August 6-8, 9 – 1 pm, Ages 3-5
• Teachers — Hanna Mears & Britney Tompkins
• Cost: $100.00

Its summertime so let’s play in the sun and get wet together! Let’s enjoy our playground and lots of water exploration. What kind of art can we make with water and sunshine? Let’s investigate science and water together. Join your friends for the best kind of summer fun!!!!!!

Mystery Camp

• August 6-9, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — A Mysterious Pair
• Cost: $120.00

Do you like mysteries? Then this is the camp for you! Come and see what mysteries await …..
……. do you dare?

Greekology

• August 13-16, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Kindergarten Team
• Cost: $120.00

The gods of Olympus are alive and well in the 21st Century! Like the heroes of the old Greek myths they still walk among us. Could you be one of them? Build and examine the Parthenon, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. Learn the genealogy of the Greek gods and goddesses, their stories and the myths that inform modern story-telling. Construct a Greek monster, none are scarier; a Cyclops, the hydra, or Cerberus (and you thought J.K. Rowling’s ideas were original?). Each day the children go on a quest to defeat a monster, return fire to mere mortals, or retrieve a piece of the magical golden apple. Greek myths will inspire magical journeys and the fine craftsmanship of the tools necessary.

Forest Ninjas: Stewardship and Survival

• August 20-23, 9 – 1 pm, Ages Entering Kindergarten – 8 yrs
• Teachers — Jessica Bernert & Laura Olson
• Cost: $140.00

This camp will be filled with outdoor training, nature skills, and opportunities to connect with the landscape that surrounds us. Move through the woods as silently as the ancient Ninja warriors of Japan. Learn the four basics of wilderness life, shelter, water, fire and food. Share games, songs and stories. Make art from natural objects. Create a Forest Village, or primitive camp, and spend much of your time at the camp learning outdoor safety, compass directions, and basic Ninja survival skills.

On the last day, Thursday, camp will run as usual and then in the evening campers will return to the meadow to spend the night. A parent must accompany their camper for the overnight portion of this camp. Breakfast in the morning will be provided and served family style. After breakfast Ninjas and their families will break camp and melt away into the shadows of a late summer morning.

To enroll in any of our summer camps, please complete our Summer Camp Registration Form and submit with payment to our school office.