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SUMMER PLACE LEADERS IN TRAINING

A leadership training program for students entering 10th and 11th grades

Register online: summerplaceprograms.com/split

SUMMER 2019

PM: 4:30–6

$70

$75

$75

AM: 7:15–8:15

$35

$40

$40

SESSION I

SESSION II

SESSION III

SESSION I

SESSION II

SESSION III

LUNCH PRICES

$75

$85

$85

SESSION I

SESSION II

SESSION III

$180

$190

$190

SESSION II

SESSION III

$650

$720

$720

$585

$655

SESSION I

Early Registration

SESSION I

SESSION II

SESSION III

THE SPLIT DAY BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M. AND ENDS AT 4:30 P.M.

JULY 1–12

JULY 15–26

JULY 29–AUG 9 $655

BUS STOPS

BUS SERVICE Bus transportation is offered on three separate routes, with a total of 12 stops at convenient locations throughout Greater Hartford. Bus service on these centrally located buses is FREE of charge.

We also provide door-to-door bus service on two separate routes to West Hartford residents. Every effort is made to ensure a safe ride and to minimize the amount of time spent on the bus. Summer Place counselors supervise the campers on each bus.

EXTENDED HOURSSupervision before and after regular program hours is available for participants in any Summer Place program. Supervision is provided by Summer Place counselors. Campers receive a snack and juice and have an opportunity to participate in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Extended hours run from 7:15 to 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m.

LUNCH AND SNACKSCampers may either bring their own brown-bag lunch each day or purchase a full session of prepaid bag lunches prepared by an outside food service company. Each two-week session ends with a pizza lunch on Friday. All lunches are refrigerated. Summer Place provides a beverage at lunch and a mid-afternoon Popsicle snack. See the lunch menu at summerplaceprograms.com/pdfs/lunch.pdf

BUS #1St. Paul’s Church Commuter Lot, Main Street, Glastonbury

Wethersfield Shopping Center, Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield

Newington High School, Willard Avenue, Newington

Aetna, Sigourney Street, Hartford

BUS #2Devonwood (at the gazebo), Farmington

Shoppes at Farmington Valley, Rte. 44, Canton

Avon Board of Education, Rte. 10, Avon

Iron Horse Boulevard Commuter Lot, (rear of Drake Hill Mall), Simsbury

BUS #3 – WEST HARTFORD ROUTEWolcott Park, 1341 New Britain Avenue

Fernridge Park, 567 Fern Street

Bishops Corner, behind Marshalls Shopping Plaza

Eisenhower Park, 33 Sheep Hill Drive

DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE PRICES

At SPLIT, we learn by doing. Campers train in challenge course facilitation on the University of Hartford’s high- and low-ropes courses, and attend workshops on management and leadership skills, team building, and self-discovery. SPLIT participants also gain hands-on experience working with Summer Place, Li’l Place, and Kinderplace campers.

Each of the SPLIT two-week sessions is built around a different curriculum, and campers leave the program with a greater sense of responsibility and competency, a strong work ethic, and more confidence in their decision-making and problem-solving abilities. Session I focuses on leadership and character development. Session II focuses on community service—including a SPLIT food drive to benefit the West Hartford food pantry. Session III focuses on job application and interview strategies, and includes guest speakers who expose the campers to many professional career opportunities. It is important to note that we cover all of these topics throughout the summer, but place more of an emphasis on a specific theme during each focused two-week period.

FACILITIESSPLIT meets at the Gengras Student Union on the University of Hartford campus. This is a great location for SPLIT because it is centrally located to Summer Place, Kinderplace, and Li’l Place. Although Gengras Student Union serves as their main hub, SPLIT campers have access to and utilize most of the University, including the Sports Center pool, the ropes course, Magnet School, and various classrooms on campus, as well as the adjacent athletics fields at Watkinson School.

FACULTY AND STAFFJack Kitching will return for his third season to the SPLIT program. Jack is no stranger to Summer Place. He started as a camper in first grade, was equipment coordinator for five years, was hired in 2017 as the SPLIT assistant coordinator, and will return for his second year as the SPLIT director. He teaches 10th- and 11th-grade students at the Harlem Children’s Zone in Brooklyn, New York. Sarah Sturgeon will be returning for her second season as the SPLIT assistant director. Sarah was a counselor at Summer Place for four years prior to taking on this new role. In addition, college-age counselors experienced in working with older campers are assigned to the program.

A staff medical team includes an on-site registered nurse and an on-call physician.

OFF-CAMPUS TRIPSEach session, organizers plan an off-campus trip that encourages campers to step outside of their comfort zones and open themselves up to new and varied experiences. In past summers, campers went kayaking on the Farmington River in Collinsville, hiking up to Heublein Tower, and climbing at the Riverfront Adventure challenge course. The tentative 2018 schedule includes a trip to Six Flags New England during Session I, a trip to Hammonaset State Park beach in Session II, and a visit to Brownstone Quarry in Portland during Session III. (Please note that these are subject to change.) In addition, trips are planned for high- and low-ropes activities, Laser Quest in Newington, and numerous off-campus community service projects.

RED CROSS SWIM INSTRUCTIONCampers participate in a Red Cross Aquatic Leadership program and work on their leadership skills in the pool. SPLIT campers work with the Summer Place lifeguards during the Kinderplace swim lessons, providing individualized lessons to our youngest swimmers.

Summer Place Programs are licensed by the State of Connecticut.Summer Place is a member of the Connecticut Camping Association.

The University of Hartford does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, creed, color, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic

origin, or any other applicable protected status in the administration and operation of, or access to, its educational programs or activities, including, without limitation, educational

policies, admissions, and other University-administered programs.

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200 Bloomfield AvenueWest Hartford, CT 06117

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