<h1><span style="color: #00ff00;">GREEN EARTH WEEK!</span></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">As the saying goes, time flies when you're having fun! This was the first week here at Future Stars and we're kicking it off right. The Gophers enjoyed different activities that we provided for them throughout the week. In Science we did several cool projects that involved the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. <strong>Vincent</strong> really enjoyed making paper from scratch. As we move on to Art class with Sarah, the kids were able to make frog origami and watch The Lorax. With the frog origami, <strong>Brianna</strong> created the frog that jumped the highest which was super cool to watch. When we weren't in Science or Art, we were keeping the kids busy with several different sports. One of the sports we played was soccer where both <strong>Ella</strong> and <strong>Maya </strong>demonstrated their awesome skills while leading their team to victory with a final score of 6-1. Another game we played was 4-square where <strong>Delaina </strong>loved hitting the ball and getting her fellow Gophers out and advancing to the King square. We also played water-polo in the pool where <strong>Sarah </strong>kept a strong wall of defense and hardly let the ball get past her. On top of having sport, game, and pool, the kids were able to cool down in the computer lab and play games and listen to music. <strong>Marlena</strong> and <strong>Jared</strong> in particular really enjoyed this down time where they were able to play the games of their choice. Last but certainly not least, we have our camper of the week! This camper was always holding doors for everyone, following the counselor's instructions, and participating in every activity we threw at him. Congratulations to <strong>Parker</strong> for being our camper of the week! It was a delight getting to know all of the kids and we can't wait to see them next week! Happy first week of summer!</span>

Your Counselors,

Maria and Eleanor

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<h1><span style="color: #3366ff;">Red, White, and Blue Week</span></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">The second week at Future Stars was red, white and blue week, where campers showed their patriotic colors and had some fun while they were at it. On Monday, we played dodgeball, where <strong>Ella </strong>excelled and showed how well she could play.<strong> Nadia </strong>had fun in the pool during free swim, and was great at human-basketball. On Tuesday, <strong>Luca</strong> and <strong>Shaymus </strong>competed against each other to win Knockout, with Shaymus winning once and Luca winning once, ending in a fun tie.<strong> Delia</strong> loved learning about Fuel for Fun in Science, which taught us how to eat healthy to take care of our bodies. In Art, we created skeletons out of different types of pasta, and <strong>Julia </strong>made an amazing creepy skeleton. <strong>Catie </strong>also added exceptional detail to her skeleton, making sure that all the elbow noodles of the skull were aligned correctly. Wednesday in the pool was Water Polo Wednesday, where <strong>Molly </strong>put up great offense for her team, scoring 4 goals to win the game 7-6. On the other end, <strong>Tommy </strong>put up great defense, stopping quite a few sure goals. Later in the week, we competed in Relay races, where <strong>Delania </strong>and <strong>Marlena </strong>showed their speedy swimming skills by keeping a ball in a cone in front of them, while swimming around a counselor. They both made impressive times! <strong>Brianna </strong>showed how artistic she was when we made plates in art, including all the important grain, vegetable, fruit, dairy, and protein groups to make a healthy plate. <strong>Stephanie</strong> and <strong>Emma </strong>loved computers, when they had an opportunity to relax and play games. Tuesday was cheer day and <strong>Maya </strong>showed the whole camp her singing skills, winning the cheer competition with her original song and singing. Congratulations to <strong>Maya </strong>for being our camper of the week! Have a great Fourth of July and we can't wait to see them all back for another great week of camp.</span>

Your Counselors,

Eleanor and Drew

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