S u m m e r A c t i v i t i e s & A c a d e m i c E n r i c h m e n t

Summer Program 2016

Classes begin in June.

June 15–17: Jump Start your summer with a 3 day sampling of a variety of classes! (full day only, lunch included)

Week-long classes:

June 20–24 & June 27–July 1www.peckschool.org • summer@peckschool.org • 973-539-8660 ext. 388

A Note from The Peck Summer ProgramThe Peck School Summer Program offers courses in Academic Enrichment and Summer Activities. Many experienced and outstanding faculty members at The Peck School teach the courses that are being offered. The Peck campus is highlighted by the state-of-the-art Eckert-Huff Academic Building and the spacious Athletic Center, both fully equipped and air-conditioned for summer use. These facilities house the Higgins Library, multimedia center, technology lab, large classrooms, two full-size indoor gyms, and art and woodworking studios. Our 15-acre campus also includes the Kindergarten building, auditorium, and dining hall for summer use as well as regulation-sized fields for field hockey, soccer, lacrosse and outdoor play.

Summer Program courses offer a range of activities designed for students entering grades K–8 in the fall of 2016 and are grouped by grade level. Program courses are offered weekly, each having two sessions: a morning session (9 am–noon) and an afternoon session (12:30 pm–3:30 pm). Each three-hour session is $300. Students may enroll in courses for either or both sessions on a weekly basis. Early morning care is available from 8am-9am, and Afternoon Care is available from 3:30 - 4:30 pm, each offered for a fee of $50 per-student per week. Supervised lunch (noon–12:30 pm, $10 per-student per-day) is provided for those who are interested in staying after the morning session or for those arriving early for the afternoon session. Students who are enrolled in morning and afternoon sessions will receive lunch at no additional fee.

NEW THIS YEAR: Jump start your summer with a 3 day sampling of a variety of classes! From Wednesday, June 15 to Friday June 17, join us for a “summer camp experience” including fun activities such as sports, arts and crafts, robotics, cooking, and more!

This shorter program is full day, 9 am - 3:30 pm. The fee for all three full days is $350 and includes lunch.

Please enjoy reading through our course descriptions, and you can find a registration page at the end of this brochure. Please call or email the Peck School Summer Program at 973-539-8660 ext. 388 or summer@peckschool.org with any questions or inquiries.

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Course Offerings Table of Contents page page

American Girl Doll Club 5Cakes, Cupcakes & Cookies 5Create Your Own Comic Book 6CrossFit Kids 6Dance Party 7Design & Build 7Engineering 8Fairytopia 8GarageBand Musicians 9Junior Detectives 9Kid Stuff 10Kindergarten Express 10Let It Grow 11Make Your Own Masterpiece 11

Making the Music Video 12Morristown Geocaching Explorers 12Musical iPads 12Out and About Adventures 13Out and About Little Adventures 14Painting Party 15Peck Fashion Week 15Peck Soccer Academy 15Peck vs. The Wild 16Robotics 16Sports Experience 17SSAT Prep 17Top Chef 18Writing the Secondary School Essay 18

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General Information• Co-educational summer program for students entering kindergarten – 8th grade

• Jump Start Week (6/15-6/17, full day, includes lunch): $350

• Weeks of June 20 and 27:

• Morning session: 9:00am – 12:00pm program session 12:00pm – 12:15pm pick-up

• Afternoon session: 12:30 – 3:30pm program session 3:30 – 3:45pm pick-up

• Full day students: 9:00am – 3:30pm Lunch included

• Early morning care 8:00am – 9:00am

• Afternoon Care 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Deposit and Payment:• A minimum deposit of 50% of the entire balance is due with the completed registration form.

• The balance is due by the Friday before enrollment. Make check payable to The Peck School.

Additional Information:The Peck Summer Program will make every effort to place students in the classes of their choice.

Courses will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the date we receive your deposit.

In the event that a course must be cancelled due to low enrollment, we will work with you to place your child in another course.

Tuition and Fees: Jump Start Week: (6/15-6/17): Full Day, includes lunch $350

Weeks of June 20 and June 27: 1 per week, single session either morning or afternoon: $300

1 per week, full day (includes lunch): $550

Lunch per day, if not enrolled full day: $10

Early Morning Care per student per week: $50

Afternoon Care per student per week: $50

Out & About Adventures: $600 9–4pm

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Jump Start WeekWeek of June 15–17: Jump Start your summer with a “new” old-fashioned camp experience!

For students entering Grades 1–8

Reminiscent of those golden summer camp days, our Jump Start week promises to be an enriching and entertaining way to kick off the summer! Students will spend their days rotating through a variety of activities (in smaller groups, by age) as well as participate in larger group activities held both indoor and outdoor. A number of exciting adventures are planned, such as water-play, scavenger hunts, a variety of arts and crafts, sports activities, and more. Each day brings something new and different!

Jump Start your summer while enjoying old friends, making new friends, and seeing all that Peck’s summer camp has to offer!

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American Girl Doll ClubWeek of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 1–5 Week of June 27 (PM session) | Grades 1–5

Important Note: It is not necessary to own an American Girl Doll to participate. Based on the popular American Girl Dolls, students will be transported back in time as they experience what everyday life was like during important eras in American History. This will be accomplished through crafts, games, and cooking activities.

Cakes, Cupcakes and CookiesWeek of June 27 (AM session) | Grades 1–5

Use your imagination to create and decorate cakes, cupcakes and cookies using various techniques and materials. Students will have a sweet time making various creations—and family members love the sweet treats brought home!

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Create Your Own Comic BookWeek of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 3–5

Do you love to read comic books and graphic novels? Always wanted to create your own? Bring your imagination and join librarian MaryKate MacVicar for a week of creative fun! We will create storyboards; pencil, ink, and color drawings; and explore iPad apps for comic book creation. All campers will take home an original comic book creation of their own!

CrossFit KidsWeek of June 27 (AM session) | Grades 4–8

Cross-fit Kids focuses on cross training, healthy eating, and creating a healthy lifestyle. Students will engage in a variety of full-range body-weight exercises and intramural sports while learning about the importance of healthy eating habits.

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Dance PartyWeek of June 27 (AM session) | Grades 2–5

Pump up the jam and get your groove on! Great music and super dance moves are what you can look forward to when you sign up. If you enjoy expressing yourself through movement, this camp is for you!

Design & Build Week of June 27 (AM session) | Grades 1–4 Week of June 27 (PM session) | Grades 1–4

Calling all architects and engineers! Join us for some hands-on building. Think-EEZ Master Fort BuilderZ will be used for large-scale structures. A varity of materials, including Legos, will be used for smaller scale building. This open-ended activity promotes critical thinking and problem solving. Have fun building forts and other structures with your friends!

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FairytopiaWeek of June June 20 (AM session) | Grades 1–3

Join us for a magical week of camp! Guided by librarian MaryKate MacVicar, students will create fairy-inspired crafts and treats, play fairy games, and read fairy stories. Outside, we will create our own fairy village, and campers will create a small potted fairy garden to bring home. Campers will also create their own flower crowns and fairy wings!

EngineeringWeek of June 27 (AM session) | Grades 5–8

Guided by science teacher Genny Elias-Warren, you will look at engineering challenges and solutions, as well as brainstorm your own ideas and projects!

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GarageBand Musicians Week of June 27 (PM session) | Grades 4–8

Learn how to compose your own music through the Apple music program GarageBand. You will end the week with your own musical compositions that you can keep in your iTunes music library.

Junior DetectivesWeek of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 4–8

With Peck Security Officer Tim Cooney, students will enjoy enjoy a fun, hands-on adventure learning crime-solving technique and some of the same skills detectives use! Start the week collecting ‘evidence’ from a ‘crime scene,’ and learn procedures and protocols behind fingerprinting and analysis of blood splatter, footprints, hair, fiber, and DNA—just to name a few! Learn to evaluate behaviors and facial expression to distinguish truth from lie when interviewing suspects. Guest detectives will explain how crimes are solved and share their experiences catching criminals. This is not television—this is the ‘real deal!’

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Kindergarten ExpressWeek of June 20 (AM & PM sessions) | Kindergarten Calling all Kindergarteners! Come join us for a fun week or two of multi-sensory themed days in the kindergarten building at Peck. You will be able to meet Peck teachers and staff, take a tour of the campus, and become very familiar with the kindergarten building. Throughout the weeks, you will be able to make new friends, talk like a pirate, search for bugs on campus, be a superhero for a day, cook like a chef, and weather permitting, enjoy a water play day. Hop aboard the “K” Express with Kindergarten teachers Maribel Mohr and Kristin Young!

Kid StuffWeek of June 20 (AM & PM sessions) | Grades 3–6

Kid Stuff brings back good old-fashioned fun for the summer of 2016! Woodworking teacher Mark Mortensen highlights life’s simple pleasures with a down-to-earth accent on having fun! Basic hand tools will be used to create toys and projects.

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Make Your Own MasterpieceWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grades 5–8 Week of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 1–4

NOTE: There is a 12 student maximum for this course.

Have fun in an enjoyable and relaxed environment creating several paintings (suitable for framing!) using various techniques and paint media—including Chinese watercolors, acrylic, and tempera paint. This class, led by art teacher Karen Dispenziere, is one of the most popular offerings in Peck’s summer program! Sessions will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the date we receive your deposit.

Let It GrowWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grades 1–4

First grade teacher Jeannie Brown shows you how to harvest seeds and plant unusual plants such as Little Boo’s, foot long beans and Rainbow tomatoes in this farm-to-table class. Learn how to feed Monarch butterflies, identify edible flowers and prepare delicious food from your harvest.

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Musical iPadsWeek if June 27 (AM session) Grades 4–8

Come experience music like never before. You act as the DJ, creating fun beats and electronic inspired music through different music apps for iPad. You’ll be able to host your own dance party while your friends dance to your tunes.

Making the Music VideoWeek of June 20 (AM session) Grades 3–6

Discover your inner rock star and join teacher Christine LoVerde for the opportunity to star and produce your very own music video. We will use popular songs and iMovie software to create a memory that will last forever. Time will be spent choreographing dance moves; scouting out locations; editing footage; and having a great time!

Morristown Geocaching ExplorersWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grades 3–8

NOTE: There is a 14 student maximum for this course.

Love the thrill of a scavenger hunt? Want to see history come alive? Through geocaching, students will develop skills with latitude and longitude, solve puzzles, follow directions, and operate a GPS system. While teachers Jim Cross and Stewart Wilkinson lead the way, students will participate in a cache hunt (finding hidden containers) among historical sites and parks that are in and around the Morristown area. If you like a challenge and enjoy the outdoors, then Geocaching is for you!

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Out and About AdventuresWeek of June 27 (FULL DAY: 9 am to 4 pm) Grades 4–8

Athletics teacher Laura Caruso hopes you will grab your sunscreen, your lunch, and bring your sense of adventure as you spend the week enjoying exciting outings! The Out and About Adventures group will board a bus and venture across New Jersey and New York. Activities may include riding a wild roller coaster, slipping down waterslides, coming face-to-face with a shark, catching an IMAX movie, trying your luck at arcade games, lacing up your skates for laps around the rink or checking out the creatures of the rainforest. NOTE: Students should bring a bag lunch.

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Out and About Little Adventures Week of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 1–3

Athletics teacher Laura Caruso wants you to grab your sunscreen and bring your sense of adventure as you spend the week enjoying exciting outings! The Out and About Little Adventures camp will board a fun bus headed for adventures around the Greater Morristown area for afternoon activities.

Trips may include ice-skating, Mini-golf, roller-skating, 3D movies, bowling, Turtle Back Zoo, and much more!

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Peck Fashion WeekWeek of June 27 (AM session) Grades 1–4

Move aside New York Fashion Week! This summer Peck Fashion Week is new to the scene. Calling all future fashion designers to join us for a week of creating wearable art. Think hip tie-dye tee shirts and fashionable flip flops. After a week spent designing, enjoy watching your creations in a fashion show!

Peck Soccer AcademyWeek of June 27 (PM session)Grades 1–5

Whether you are a first time soccer player or have been playing for years, we want you to join us for some soccer fun! Coach Kristin Young and Coach Tee Atkins are ready to teach you new skills, or bring your old skills to a new level. Scrimmages, skill-based games, tournament play, soccer trivia, and making new friends are all part of this soccer camp.

Painting PartyWeek of June 27 (AM session) Grades 1–4

Week of June 27 (PM session) Grades 5–8

NOTE: There is a 12 student maximum for this course.

Have fun in an enjoyable and relaxed environment with art teacher Kevin Gillis creating several paintings (suitable for framing!) using various techniques and paint media—including Chinese watercolors, acrylic, and tempera paint! Sessions will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the date we receive your deposit.

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RoboticsWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grades 1–2

Week of June 20 (PM session) | Grades 5–8

Week of June 27 (PM session) | Grades 3–4Love Legos? Want to watch them move? Science teacher Genny Elias-Warren will teach you how to use the Lego EV3 software and hardware (or other age-appropriate materials) to create your own robot design to carry out tasks, maneuver obstacle courses, and interact with the environment!

Peck vs. The WildWeek of June 27 (pm session) | Grades 4–8Explore New Jersey’s wild side! Get to know our local county, state, and national parks while learning the basics of orienteering, first aid, camping, backpacking, and cooking.

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Sports ExperienceWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grades 1–6 Sports Experience will provide instruction, skill development, team strategies, and rules in various sports. Possible sports include flag foot-ball, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, floor hockey, and softball.

SSAT PrepWeek of June 20 (AM session) | Grade 8

This course is designed to review the concepts and exercises that are covered on the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test). The course will be divided between the math and verbal sections. Instruction time will include formal lessons on test concepts, test-taking strategies, and practice tests. The course is suited for students who have not yet taken the test and for students needing a review.

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Top ChefJune 27th (PM session ) | Grade 4–8

Don’t miss the chance to become a a Peck “Cheftestant!” Whether you’re an aspiring chef or a budding foodie, this class gives you the skills to take delicious meals to the next level. You’ll learn a bit of everything: technique and kitchen etiquette, new recipes, healthy cooking, and how to prepare easy, family-friendly meals and snacks for any time of day!

Writing the Secondary School EssayWeek of June 20 (PM session) | Grade 8

Need to prepare for Secondary School Application Essays? Then this is the class for you! This workshop empowers students to creatively express themselves. All writers explore the Personal Narrative and work on developing “voice.” Students will write about themselves, their memories, goals and achievements. By giving students the opportunity to shape their own personal narratives, this workshop aims to help students entering Grade 8 to get a jumpstart on writing essays for their high school applications. The workshop leader will provide practical advice, give constructive feedback on writing style, and conference one-on-one with each student in a small workshop setting.

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June 20-24 (Monday - Friday) For Students Entering... Session Time

Kindergarten Express Kindergarten 9 am -12 pm

Robotics Grades 1-2 9 am -12 pm

Fairytopia Grades 1-3 9 am -12 pm

Just Grow It Grades 1-4 9 am -12 pm

Sports Experience Grades 1-6 9 am -12 pm

Kid Stuff Grades 3-6 9 am -12 pm

Making the Music Video Grades 3-8 9 am -12 pm

Morristown Geocaching Explorers Grades 3-8 9 am -12 pm

Make Your Own Masterpiece Grades 5-8 9 am -12 pm

SSAT Prep Grade 8 9 am -12 pm

Kindergarten Express Kindergarten 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Out and About Little Adventures Grades 1-3 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Make Your Own Masterpiece Grades 1-4 12:30 - 3:30 pm

American Girl Doll Club Grades 1-5 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Make Your Own Comic Book Grades 3-5 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Kid Stuff Grades 3-6 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Junior Detectives Grades 4-8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Peck vs. The Wild Grades 4-8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Robotics Grades 5-8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Writing The Secondary School Essay Grade 8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

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June 27 - July 1 (Monday-Friday) For Students Entering... Session Time

Design & Build Grades 1-4 9 am -12 pm

Painting Party Grades 1-4 9 am -12 pm

Peck Fashion Week Grades 1-4 9 am -12 pm

Cakes, Cupcakes, & Cookies Grades 1-5 9 am -12 pm

Dance Party Grades 2-5 9 am -12 pm

Musical iPads Grades 4-8 9 am -12 pm

CrossFit Kids Grades 4-8 9 am -12 pm

Out and About Adventures Grades 4-8 FULL DAY

Design & Build Grades 1-4 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Peck Soccer Academy Grades 1-5 12:30 -3:30 pm

Robotics Grades 3-4 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Top Chef Grades 3-6 12:30 - 3:30 pm

GarageBand Musicians Grades 4-8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Painting Party Grades 5-8 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Summer Program 2016 REGISTRATION PAGE

(please complete one form per camper)

Student’s Last Name ___________________________________________________________ First Name ____________________________________

Grade Entering in Fall 2016 _________________ Gender: ____ M ____F Currently enrolled in The Peck School? Yes ■ No ■

Parents’ Full Names _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Full Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone ____________________________________________ Business/Cell Phone __________________________________________________

E-Mail Address ___________________________________________________________________________ T-shirt size (circle one): YS YM YL S M L XL

Jump Start Week (6/15 - 6/17, full day, inc. lunch): $350

One Session (am or pm): $300 Early Morning Care: $50 per student per week (8am–9am)

Full Day (includes lunch): $550 Afternoon Care: $50 per student per week (3:30pm – 4:30pm)

Lunch: $10 per day for half-day students Out and About (full day): $600

Courses will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the date we receive your deposit.

Applications will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. Confirmation and health forms will be sent after registration.

Application Contract: It is completely understood that there will be no refunds of tuition or any student fees in the event of absence or withdrawal of any student, regardless of illness, voluntary withdrawal or dismissal from the program for unsatisfactory conduct. Refunds will only be made if the request is made before June 12, 2016. A minimum deposit of 50 percent of the entire balance is due with the completed registration.

The balance is due by the Friday before enrollment. Make checks payable to: The Peck School.

Amount Enclosed $ _______________ Date _______________ ______________________________________________________ Parent Signature

Mail completed form to: The Peck School Summer Program, 247 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960

The Peck School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or family composition in the administrative policies or operation of the School.

(Jump Start Week) Week of June 15-17:

Early Care: $______________________________________ Afternoon Care: $________________________________________ Cost: $___________

Week of June 20-June 24:

Early Care: $_______ Morning Class Name: ___________________________ Cost: $______________ Lunch: $ ____________ Cost: $___________

Early Care: _______ Afternoon Class Name: __________________________ Cost: $______________ After Care: $_________

Cost: $___________

Week of June 27-July 1:

Early Care: $_______ Morning Class Name: ___________________________ Cost: $______________ Lunch: $ ____________ Cost: $___________

Early Care: _______ Afternoon Class Name: __________________________ Cost: $______________ After Care: $_________ Cost: $___________

Total Due $___________