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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Week 1: If I Ran The Rainforest</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is great to have everyone back at camp for the first week.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It is also nice to see a bunch of new faces joining camp.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">During this first week we had a theme of “If I ran the Rainforest”, where everything we did had to do with the animals and environment of the rainforest. This week during Hollywood we put on a play called a “Rumpus in the rainforest”.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Each camper had a role as a different animal that lives in the rainforest.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Catie B</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. and </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Nadia K</span>. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">had lead roles in the play as being the toucan and storyteller.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">We continued the fun of running the rainforest in science by making pictures of the different layers of the rainforest.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Marlena S</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. had a blast using tissue paper to make trees in the canopy layer of the rainforest.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The rainforest fun continued in art where we made different animals that live in the rainforest.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Julia A. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">enjoyed making a bird and snake from the rainforest out of a paper plate.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">To go along with the drawings in are the campers made pipe cleaner animals that </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Steph B</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">.</span> really enjoyed creating a turtle.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">To go along with all the indoor actives during the week the campers also participated in many games and sports.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the games we played was knockout where </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Tye F</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. came out victorious.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The kids also participated in a few games of dodgeball where </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Shaymus M</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. had a grand old time running around dodging balls and getting kids out.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">After playing game and being in the hot weather each day the kids enjoyed time spent in the pool learning different ways to swim such as freestyle and backstroke.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">This turned out to be some of </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Bella S</span>. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">favorite activities of the week.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It gave her a time to cool off and show off her moves swimming around in the free time after all out teaching was done.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Also on Thursday was our famous banana day where each group was in charge of creating a part of the banana dance.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Delania S</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. was very helpful in giving us the idea of doing a grandma banana for the <span style="color: #99cc00;">che</span></span></span><span style="color: #99cc00;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">er.</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Over all it was a great week and I am happy to announce </span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;">Jared S</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. as our top banana for the week. He was very cooperative and had a great attitude toward everything we did for the week and also had a lead </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">part in the play as the frog.</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Im excited to see what the rest of the summer has in store for us and will be looking forward to seeing all the campers again next week for Down the Shore.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks!!!!!</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #99cc00; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Kevin S, Grace C, Caterina B</span></p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Week 2: Down the Shore</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">With all the first week jitters out, the Gophers were ready to go this week! All the beautiful weather during the week made it really feel as if we were down the shore. Everything we did this week was related to activities and things that one would do down the shore. In Hollywood we created a commercial to convince people to go to Wildwood. We took video of the campers as they tried to convince the viewers to go down to Wildwood. We also created our own logo. <span style="color: #ff0000;">Delania S.</span> really enjoyed creating our logo, which was a fox. <span style="color: #ff0000;">Jared S.</span> also was a great contributor to the progress with the commercial. He helped pick Wildwood and helped everybody get the job done. During the week we spent lots of time outside. We were even able to play dodge ball! <span style="color: #ff0000;">Gianna R. </span>really enjoyed playing dodge ball this week. She always seemed to be able to dodge any ball coming at her thrown by her peers. While at the pool, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Catie B.</span> was a fish in the water as she practiced backstroke and freestyle. At the end of the week, we even combined them into a corkscrew where they would use one arm to do freestyle and then rotate on their back to do backstroke with the other arm. On Wacky Wednesday it was Red, White, and Blue day. <span style="color: #ff0000;">Marlena S.</span> was all decked out in her red, white, and blue that we think she was more patriotic that Uncle Sam himself. In science we learned about hermit crabs. We even made our own hemit crabs out of model magic and seashells. <span style="color: #ff0000;">Tye F.</span> enjoyed himself while creating his hermit crab, and it even looked like the real thing! During art we created beaches throughout the week by creating our own rocks, sand, and fireworks! Not only did we do all of these things, everyday we had time to go to the computer lab. In the computer lab <span style="color: #ff0000;">Nadia K.</span> enjoyed herself playing cool math games. Finally, we would like to congratulate <span style="color: #ff0000;">Julia A.</span> for being the camper of the week! She always seemed to be helping out her friends and listening to the counselors. We can't wait for next week and Blue and Gold week! We hope to see everyone back again and we hope you all have a very happy 4th of July!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Nolan P., Kevin S., and Sarah C.</span></p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Week 3: Blue &amp; Gold</h2>
<span style="color: #ff6600;">This week is one of the favorites for the campers and counselors; it's blue gold week! The Gophers had a very competitive and fun-filled week. To start the week off, we had Frank from Learn, Listen, and Play visit us in Hollywood. </span><span style="color: #000080;">Gianna R. <span style="color: #ff6600;">had a blast dancing to the beat of the drums and tambourines. The rest of the week in Hollywood consisted of  games where the kids had to look at photos of different celebrities and guess who it was. <span style="color: #000080;">Stephanie B. <span style="color: #ff6600;">was able to help out her team by correctly answering who the celebrity was. Also in Hollywood, we played videos of all the counselors singing, and the campers were challenged to guess who the counselor was, based only on voice. </span></span><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="color: #000080;">Lucia C.</span> was very good at listening to the video and knowing who the counselor was. We competed in a ton of games in science throughout the week. <span style="color: #000080;">Tommy E. </span>and <span style="color: #000080;">Nadia K. <span style="color: #ff6600;">stood out in all of the games, helping to gain points for their teams. <span style="color: #000080;">Marlena S. <span style="color: #ff6600;">was very enthusiastic during art and created several different projects that supported her team. In the pool, we focused most of the week on backstroke drills. <span style="color: #000080;">Tye F.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"> and</span> Delaina S. <span style="color: #ff6600;">were both able to demonstrate the drills and complete them, even the difficult ones, with ease. During our game periods, the campers enjoyed playing dodge ball related games, such as poison and final four. <span style="color: #000080;">Julia A.</span></span><span style="color: #ff6600;">won multiple games of final four, dodging every ball the came her way. In the game poison, <span style="color: #000080;">Jared S. <span style="color: #ff6600;">used his speed to get everyone out, including the counselors. Last but certainly not least, our Camper of the Week is</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="color: #000080;">Catie B.<span style="color: #ff6600;">!</span></span> She showed great sportsmanship throughout the whole week and was able to work well with everyone on her team. We hope to see everyone next week for another exciting week at camp. </span></span></span>

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<span style="color: #ff6600;">Your Counselors,</span>

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<span style="color: #ff6600;">Sarah, Chris M., and Matt</span>