<h1>Camp Show Week!</h1>
This week the Hawks had fun preparing our dance in the Disney themed camp show! We spent Hollywood and Art practicing our song, One Jump Ahead from Aladdin. <strong>Charlotte</strong> <strong>A.   </strong>had a lead role in our dance, and shined in the spotlight! Others who enjoyed participating in our dance were <strong>Ana N. and Sienna B. </strong>In Science we created Bubble Rockets, and <strong>Jerry G. and Ryan V. </strong>had a blast playing with them. One of the games we played this week was Poison, which was dominated by the trio of <strong>Evan, Lukas, and Ava M. </strong>In the pool this week,<strong> Leah C. </strong>had fun making a whirlpool and playing water polo. Our camper of the week this week might have been new to Future Stars, but we would have never been able to tell because she made so many friends and and participated in everything with a positive attitude. Congratulations <strong>Sofia S.!</strong>

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<strong>Have a great </strong><b>school year and hope to see everyone next summer!!!</b>
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<h1><span style="color: #008000;">Future Starblazer Week!</span></h1>
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The Hawks had another fun week here at Future Stars with the theme of future starblazer. The campers had a blast learning about space and what it takes to make rockets move. On monday, <strong>Ana N.</strong> was amazed to see what happens when we put alka seltzer and water into a film cannister, the results were out of this world! The rest of the week the hawks worked on creating a balloon powered car. <strong>Leah C. and Sabrina G. </strong>worked well together to find the right supplies to make a car that actually moved. Science wasn't the only fun the Hawks had this week. In Art, <strong>Dean R. and Elly G. </strong>made their very own shooting star out of construction paper, streamers, and glitter. <strong>Sienna B. </strong>created a beautiful painting by first putting glue down on construction paper, covering that in salt, and then placing water color in the salt. The campers got to show off many hidden talents this week in Hollywood during the camp talent show. <strong>Ryan V. </strong>amazed his fellow Hawks by showing off his magic skills. We also played a lot of fun games this week, and <b>Lucas M. </b>showed his athletic side and was the last man standing in our game of poison, a variation of dodgeball. His sister <strong>Ava M. </strong>also showed her competitive side and won King Fisher during swim this week. Lastly, we want to mention our Camper of the Week, <b>Charlotte A. </b>Charlotte always stays focused on the present activity, listens to directions very well, and most importantly makes camp a blast for her peers! Thanks for another great week, and hope to see you next week for our last week!

Your counselors,

Laura and Seth
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<h1><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Imagine &amp; Build Week!</span></h1>
This week was all about the campers' creative minds! We as the Hawks had a last making tons of Art-RAGEOUS projects. Including: shaving cream tye-dye notecards, bouncy balls made out of only a few ingridients, and other artwork inspired by famous artists! <strong>Leah C.</strong> showed an impressive result for our underwater challenge. This is where the campers swam the whole pool without taking a lot of breathes! She only took one breath! <strong>Jerry G</strong>. was very enthusiastic about our bouncy balls during science. <strong>Lukas M.</strong> did amazing with our shaving cream notecards! <strong>Ana N.</strong> had good game strategies in poison with a whopping two wins! <strong>Dean R.</strong> made beautiful artwork based on famous local artists.<strong> Graham S.</strong> had so many great suggestions for our camp songs in Hollywood. Here at Future Stars, we have a camper of the week. This camper demonstrated good listening skills, as well as effort in all activities. We are happy to announce that <strong>Ava M.</strong> is our camper of the week. She showed all the qualities of Camper of the Week plus more! Congratulations Ava!

Cant wait for next week's adventures!

Your counselors,

Laura, Kevin, and Jenna
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<h1><span style="color: #ff0000;">Carnival Week!</span></h1>
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This week with the Hawks was action packed! This week had activities that were carnival themed. In science, we learned about the water cycle! <strong>Charlottle A</strong>. and <strong>Hannah P</strong>. made awesome diagrams of the water cycle with tons of glitter! In Hollywood, <strong>Leah C.</strong> and <strong>Ana N</strong>. put on an awesome puppet show to the song "Uptown Funk!" Art was chock full of carnival themed activities! <strong>Jerry G.</strong> and <strong>Ava M.</strong> made delicious looking fake cotton candy out of shaving cream and food coloring! <strong>Lukas M.</strong> was a great sport in World Cup soccer, he impressed all the counselors! <strong>Sabrina G</strong>. and <strong>Sienna B.</strong> showed excellent sportsmanship in keep away in the pool! Our camper of the week this week is <strong>Maddie P!</strong> She had great enthusiasm for all the activities we did!

Your Counselors,

Frankie, Harris, and Grace

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<h1>Fueled for Fun!</h1>
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Man what a week of fun in the Hawk group! This week was focused on the good foods that we put into our bodies. In science <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Dean R.</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Maddie P</span></strong>. had the outlines of their bodies traced so we can make the bones and organs! We also extracted strawberry DNA. For one of our games, we played World Cup Soccer. The team of<span style="color: #c0d02e;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Lukas M</span></strong>. </span>and <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Graham S</span></strong>. were always the first to score! Next was Hollywood, we played multiple group dynamic games. We played a game called "What is this?" and it included items that we would use in the kitchen. <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Ana N</span></strong>. was very good at figuring out what the items were originally used for. Our next game was called "Kitty in the Corner" and although everyone in the Hawks loved playing that game, <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Jerry G</span></strong>. loved being the kitty and making meow noises. One of the drama "exercises" was how each camper would write down a silly sentence and they would have to be incorporated into the scene. <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Hannah P.</span></strong> was a triplet who forgot to change her underwear for three weeks!! In Art we made my plates and grape towers. <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Ava M.'s</span></strong> tower almost touched the sky it was so big! Since this weeks weather was colder in the morning, the gophers got to swim with us. This led to a relay of freestyle and backstroke.<strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Leah C.</span></strong> led the Hawks to victory in the freestyle and backstroke!! All of these events led up to Friday where we conclude with our camper of the week! This week we received a new camper who has been here in the past. Her name is <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Bella M</span></strong>! Congratulations Bella, enjoy your banana trophy!

Counselors,

Alison and Shane
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<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;">Blue</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Gold </span>Olympics!</h1>
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What a great week of fun games for the Hawks!!! This week, the hawks split up into two teams, blue, and gold, and competed in friendly games in all of our activities. This spirited competition eventually lead to the Blue and Gold Olympic Games on Friday. In Science, we did a series of challenges including turtle races and balloon challenges. <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Noah K</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Sabrina G</span> really excelled in the balloon challenge while <span style="color: #0000ff;">Lukas M</span> and <span style="color: #0000ff;">Ryan V</span> really did well in the turtle race. In Hollywood, we did a few trivia challenges touching on the campers' abilities to identify music icons and counselors through visual and oral cues. <span style="color: #0000ff;">Leah C.</span> was excellent at naming all of the logos and won numerous points for her team. Although<span style="color: #ffcc00;"> Jerry G.</span> wasn't fond of the balloons, he did very well at the clothes obstacle during the Olympics which led his team to victory! In the pool, after our lessons, we would play games to help earn points for each team. <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Dean R.</span> would always have a smile on his face when trying to steal the bacon from the other players while <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Ava M.</span> enjoyed the counselors tossing her in the pool during free swim! <span style="color: #0000ff;">Hannah P.</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Ana N.</span> were very artistic when it came to decorating the hopscotch page in Art, going from peace signs on the 5 all the way to making cubes! This week was very exciting and we can't wait to see what week 4 will bring us!

Counselors,

Alison, Brian, and Caterina
<h1><span style="color: #ff6600;">Down the Shore Week!</span></h1>
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The Hawks had another fun week at camp as we pretended to be down the shore.  All of our activities were based on the beach.  In science we created an awesome jellyfish habitat with some plastic water bottles, cut up plastic bags, and some food coloring.  <span style="color: #ff6600;">Ryan V</span>. and <span style="color: #ff6600;">Ava M.</span>'s jellyfish came out awesome and they really enjoyed the activity.  In Hollywood we made a commercial for Ocean City New Jersey.  <span style="color: #ff6600;">Jerry G.</span> and<span style="color: #ff6600;"> Leah C.</span> came up with some fantastic ideas and the final product looked amazing.  Then in game we played Sharks and Minos.  The group had a fantastic time and <span style="color: #ff6600;">Julia G.</span> and<span style="color: #ff6600;"> Charlotte A.</span> were really able to showcase there speed and talent.  In pool<span style="color: #ff6600;"> Hannah P.</span> was able to lead the way and really show us all of her swimming talent.  For our sports period we teamed up with the Gopher group in order to make a larger game. <span style="color: #ff6600;"> Lukas M.</span> was able to conquer both groups in knock-out and was the overall champion.  In art we created many beach themed projects. <span style="color: #ff6600;"> Dean R.</span> always has a great time with these and was able to enjoy each one to the fullest.  Finally, this week was another strong week for the campers.  However, above everyone else we had to choose one camper as our camper of the week.  This week <span style="color: #ff6600;">Eric B.</span> earned the honors.  He was able to do everything that was asked of him and responded well to every event this week.  He did a great job with every scenario presented and had a blast the entire time.  We look forward to seeing everyone next week!

Counselors,

James, Alison, and Matt
<h1><span style="color: #00ff00;"><b>Rainforest Week!</b></span></h1>
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The newly formed Hawks had a fantastic first week of camp.  We learned all about the rainforest and all that inhabits it.  The group was fairly large and had a lot of personality.  We had a lot of fun playing a bunch of different games this week.  <span style="color: #00ff00;">Eric B.</span> and <span style="color: #00ff00;">Noah C.</span> had a blast when we played Poison, a variation of dodge ball, and capture the flag.  In the pool the hawks were really able to showcase their skills.  <span style="color: #00ff00;">Maddy Z.</span> was able to show the group some of the different exercises along with<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Lukas M. </span> Another game that the campers enjoyed was wall ball.  This was a group favorite this week and <span style="color: #00ff00;">Sarah D.</span> and<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Ava M.</span> <span style="color: #000000;">r</span>eally enjoyed themselves during the game.  Science was very interesting and we learned a lot of fun facts about the rainforest.  We created a mural of the four different rain forest layers and <span style="color: #00ff00;">Ryan V.</span>,<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Sabrina G.,</span> and <span style="color: #00ff00;">Hannah P.</span> really enjoyed creating and drawing out the different sceneries.  In computers the campers were able to chill out and relax and enjoy some of their favorite games. <span style="color: #00ff00;"> Julia G.</span> and<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Logan M.</span> really enjoyed this and were able to rest up for the rest of the day.  In Hollywood the campers acted out A Rumpus in the Jungle. <span style="color: #00ff00;"> Dean R.</span> played the role of the Sloth and the Explorers, and<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Ana N.</span> played the lead of the Frog.  In art we had tons of cool activities where <span style="color: #00ff00;">Sienna B.</span> and<span style="color: #00ff00;"> Leah C.</span> were able to showcase their artistic skills.  Finally, though all of our campers had a blast and did a great job this first week, we had to choose a camper of the week. This award is given to one child in each group every week for the summer.  Our camper of the week this week is <span style="color: #00ff00;">Evan M.,</span> Evan was a fantastic listener all week and fully participated in every activity.  Thank you to everyone for a fantastic start of the summer and we look forward to seven more fun filled weeks with everyone!

Counselors,

James, Frankie, and Matt