<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Camp Show!!!</h1>
This week at camp was bittersweet.  It is one of the most fun weeks of camp, and sadly the last week of camp:(.  All week we prepared for their group dance and the whole camp finale.  We also did normal activities that we have been doing all summer.  In science this week we made lava lamps! <strong>Riley S</strong>. and <strong>Nate M.</strong> really enjoyed learning about how you can make a lava lamp out of common household items.  Also in science, we made our costumes for the camp show.  <strong>Tessa G.</strong> and <strong>Ethan C.</strong> both made great tails and manes for our lion costume.  In the pool this week we played a couple of games of sharks and minnows. <strong> Addison L.</strong> and <strong>Tommy C.</strong> both were great eluding the sharks and seaweed, making it to the other side.  In sport we played the camp favorites this week.  In rock,<strong> Tyler P.</strong> and <strong>Sierra C.</strong> were very funny, moving closer to the looker when they weren't in sight.  In poison, with the hawks and gophers,<strong> Giuliana B.</strong> and <strong>Rebecca S.</strong> were very good sports, and never argued when they were called out.  This week in computers, <strong>Jillian V.</strong> and<strong> Graham W</strong>. had a lot of fun playing primary games!  This week our cheer was dedicated to <strong>Jude R</strong>. by making it to the tune of the song, "Hey Jude."  The line dance this week was voted on by the campers, and turned out to be the, "Watch Me," dance. <strong> Isaac M.</strong> and<strong> Madalyn Z.</strong> both helped show the ducks the proper technique to whipping and nae naeing.  This week in Hollywood we had to learn two dances. <strong> Zackery W.</strong> and<strong> Riley H.</strong> both knew all the moves to the dragons dance, "Can't Wait to be King!!"  For the giant camp dance, "Were All in This Together," <strong>Madison S.</strong> and<strong> Mackenzie B</strong>. showed lots of enthusiasm and helped all the campers have fun while dancing!!  While walking to every activity, any time going in the door, <strong>Amanda S.</strong> was always hiding behind the door holding it for every person in her group!  Finally, the camper of the week for the last week is <strong>Sarah P.!</strong>  Sarah helped out all her dragons with the dance, and without even being asked helped her friends who didn't know how to tie their shoes tie them.  We hope everyone was an awesome, fun, and healthy school year!!  We really hope to see everyone next year.

Your counselors,

Helen C., Megan M., Alexis F., and Seth W.
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Future</span> <span style="color: #ffff00;">Stars</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">Blazer</span></h1>
This week in the Dragons was a fantastic week! There was lots of talent here at Future Stars with both the campers and the Solo Circus on Thursday. This week in Hollywood we had our annual talent show. The campers were given the opportunity to show off their great and amazing talents. To start off the talent show <strong>Sarah P.</strong> and <strong>Elena B.</strong> showed all of the camp how to make marble art. They covered a marble in paint and then rolled it around on a piece of paper. It was very neat! Also in the talent show, <strong>Nate M.</strong> and his lovely assistant, <strong>Jillian V.</strong>, put on a great magic show while entertaining everyone in the crowd. On Monday, before the talent show, to get in the performing spirit, <strong>Amanda S.</strong> and <strong>Leah C.</strong> sang karaoke to the Frozen hit song, "Let It Go". In art and science this week, the theme was space. In art, <strong>Zachary W.</strong> had a very accurate representation/drawing of all the planets in our solar system. <strong>Issac M.</strong> created a magnificent glitter star out of Popsicle sticks and, of course, glitter. Also in science, <strong>Tommy C.</strong> had a lot of fun while getting messy making moon dough. Throughout the week we played lots of games and sports to vary up the days events. In a game of kickball, <strong>Ethan C.</strong> and <strong>Addison L.</strong> proved to be true MVP's for their team as they carried them to victory. On Thursday, we played a game of capture the flag. While playing this, <strong>Jude R.</strong> was somehow always able to get the other teams' flag while protecting his own. On Wednesday, we had the Belgian horses come to camp to give us a hayride around the Del Val campus. While on the hayride, <strong>Tessa G.</strong> and <strong>Mackenzie B.</strong> had a blast seeing the different parts of the campus and all the animals on the farms! Finally on Thursday, we had the Solo Circus come to perform for us. During this,<strong> Tyler P.</strong> and <strong>Maddie M.</strong> really enjoyed all the fascinating and dangerous tricks that included juggling with machetes! It was a very cool ending to an awesome week! We would lastly like to congratulate <strong>Gwen R.</strong> on being our camper of the week! She continuously was a help to the counselors and her group members. She also always displayed a positive attitude. <strong>Congratulations Gwen!</strong> We hope all the campers and their families have a great weekend, and we cant wait to see you all for the last week of camp and the camp show!

Your Counselors:

Nolan P., Helen C., and Matt Y.
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This week at camp was a lot of fun in the Dragons. The theme of the week  was imagine and build. In art we learned about different artists and their artistic style. For example, on Monday and Wednesday we used oil pastels and water colors which were inspired by Claude Monet. <strong>Giuliana B.</strong> did a great job with this art project and helped her classmates with their projects as well. During swimming, the campers worked on their freestyle and backstroke, while mixing in some fun water activities like the underwater and penny challenges. <strong>Sarah P.</strong> did really well in the penny challenge and collected the most pennies. Also, <strong>Addison L.</strong> and <strong>Tyler P.</strong> demonstrated their freestyle technique and set a good example for their peers in the pool. During Hollywood this week, the campers did a variety of fun activities, which include camping , the bear cave, and musical chairs. <strong>Amanda S.</strong> and <strong>Tessa G.</strong> had a lot fun singing along to the bear song and playing in the bear cave we made in the Hollywood room. Also, <strong>Nate M.</strong> wrote and directed our  group cheer, which we performed at the end of the day Tuesday for the entire camp. On Friday, we played musical chairs and <strong>Madalyn Z.</strong> not only won, but showed her sportsmanship by shaking hands with the other campers. On Wednesday at camp we had crazy hat day. During Hollywood  all the Dragons got their picture taken with their hats and <strong>Mackenzie B.</strong> and <strong>Ainslie K.</strong> had the best hats in our group, which shows their creativity and group spirit.  During science this week, we did several activities that showed the relationship between art and science. <strong>Leah C.</strong> and <strong>Thomas C.</strong> did a great job with their projects, especially on Friday when we used nail polish and water to make a rainbow appear on their paper. During computers, <strong>Zackery W.</strong>  and <strong>Gwen R.</strong> helped to teach many of their peers and counselors to play the computer games while being kind and respectful. Some of the games we played this week consisted of wall ball, dodgeball, poison, and basketball. <strong>Elena B.</strong> , <strong>Ethan C., and Amelia C. </strong>showed their athleticism and teamwork as we played sports as a group this week. On Friday, we had comedy balloon show for the kids, which <strong>Graham W.</strong> and <strong>Maddie W.</strong> especially enjoyed, as they were very attentive and respectful of our guest. All of our campers were very well behaved and they are excellent kids to work with, but our camper of the week is <strong>Isaac M.</strong> Isaac showed all of the qualities of a good camper, he was respectful, caring, and nice to all campers and counselors. Great job Isaac and all the Dragons.

Your Counselors,

Shane, Allison, and Seth
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<h1><span style="color: #339966;">Carnival Week</span></h1>
Another fun week here at Future Stars! This week was carnival week and the dragons had a blast playing carnival activities and making carnival crafts. The campers had so much fun in art this week, making all sorts of carnival creations. <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Elena B.</span></strong> and <strong>Jude R.</strong> used their imagination to make a fun clown face out of paper plates, pom poms, and googly eyes. Also in art, the group made their own rings for a ring toss. <strong>Mackenzie B.</strong> and <strong>Amanda S.</strong> were experts at getting the ring on the ring pole. This week at the p0ol was more free style and back stroke.<strong> Isaac M.</strong> improved both swimming techniques and had fun during a relay race. We played a lot of fun games this week and <strong>Addison L. </strong>showed her athletic ability during a game of wall ball. She also helped her peers who weren't sure how to play. New this week to Future Stars is <strong>Helen M. </strong>and she had a blast when playing poison, which is similar to dodge ball. We also played a fun game of Sharks and Minows, and <b>Tyler P. </b>made it very far in the game, escaping the sharks almost every time!  The dragons did so many fun things in science during carnival week. <strong>Zackery W.</strong> and <strong>Leah C</strong><strong>. </strong>were amazed when they took a Q-tip covered in dish soap and dipped in milk with food dye. The result was a cool tie dye design! Also in science, the campers learned about the water cycle and <strong>Ethan C. </strong>and <strong>Nate M.  </strong>used their previous knowledge to tell their fellow campers about preciptation, condensation, and evaporation. All of the campers had a blast creating oobleck in science, which is made with corn starch, food coloring <strong>Thomas C. </strong>and <strong>Sarah P. </strong>were very interested in learning how something can be both a liquid and a solid. In Hollywood, the dragons created their own Minion puppet show. <strong>Amelia C. and Mattie W. </strong>had a great time dancing with their Minion hand puppets to the song Happy. Lastly, congratulations to our Camper of the Week, <strong>Rebecca S.! </strong>Rebecca was with Future Stars last year and this is her first week back. She is always excited to participate in everything she does and pushes herself in new activities.

Your counselors,

Laura, Shane, and Matt

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This was another great week for the dragons as we learned what foods fueled our bodies best.  In computers we had a blast.  <strong>Zack W.</strong> and<strong> Ethan C.</strong> had a great time and where able to help other campers along with there games.  Art featured a lot of interesting projects and activities involving healthy foods.  <strong>Mackenzie B.</strong> made some really cool splatter paint using milk and food coloring.  <strong>Madalyn Z.</strong> also did an amazing job in art making a grape sculpture using grapes and toothpicks.  In pool this week the dragons progressed there swimming talents.  <strong>Tyler P.</strong> had a great time working on his backstroke and then <strong>Elena B.</strong> won one of our pool games King Fisher.  In our game and sports periods our campers had a great time trying out the many different activities.  <strong>Thomas C.</strong> loved playing Pac Man Tag and was able to use the different lines to his advantage as the tagger.  <strong>Addison L.</strong> really enjoyed our Mattball game and excelled when she was kicking.  Finally, <strong>Sarah P.</strong> and <strong>Isaac M.</strong> really enjoyed Poison,  which is a variation on dodgeball, and was able to excel and get plenty of other campers out.  Science featured many cool experiments this week.  We were able to create butter using some heavy whipping cream and salt.  <strong>Collin E.</strong> did a great job shaking the cream to help thicken our buttery creation.  We also learned all about the different plant parts, and <strong>Tessa G.</strong> and <strong>Gwen R.</strong> really did a great job grasping the concepts.  In Hollywood<strong> Jude R.</strong> did a fantastic job coming up with our groups cheer for this week.  Also, we played a really fun game called Kittycorner. <strong> Amelia C.</strong> and <strong>Giuliana B.</strong> did a great job with this game.  Every camper this week did a fantastic job but one camper stood above the rest with participation and listening abilities.  <strong>Amanda S.</strong> is this weeks camper of the week and she really showcased her talents.  We look forward to seeing everyone in the coming weeks!

Councilors,

James, Laura, and Caterina

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This week, The Dragons of Future Stars went DOWN THE SHORE!!! From science to Hollywood, to art,. it was a fantastic week of fun and educational beach themed activities!

In art, we spent a lot of time making great crafts that represent animals of the sea! <strong>Guilana B.</strong> made a beautiful sandpaper starfish while <strong>Amelia C.</strong> and <strong>Maddie M.</strong> made wonderful and fun shark hats!

With it being another week of warm weather, the pool was a nice way to cool off! All campers are making significant progress in their swimming abilities! We also had plenty of time for free swim, where campers got to play with noodles and kick boards! We also introduced a new game called Kingfisher, which was a big hit! <strong>Ethan C</strong>., <strong>Madalyn Z</strong>., and <strong>Gwen R.</strong> really showed off their speed in the pool and had a blast!

We got to play a variety of really fun games this week! <strong>Sarah P.</strong> and <strong>Mackenzie B.</strong> both shared a great game called Mr. Fox that everyone enjoyed! <strong>Tessa G.</strong> and<strong> Jude R.</strong> really enjoyed a game called Baby in the Air! We also kept with the spirit of the ongoing World Cup, and played more world cup soccer! <strong>Thomas C.</strong> was an all star goalie for the Dragons!

In Hollywood, we've been having a great time singing and dancing to beach songs! We put together a fantastic music video of the kids at the beach!<strong> Nate M.</strong> and <strong>Elena B.</strong> both really shined on camera!!!

Science was a great place to learn all about the beach and many types of sea creatures!<strong> Katie D.</strong> and<strong> Amanda S.</strong>  really had a great time learning about jellyfish and making a jellyfish aquarium craft! <strong>Jillian V.</strong> and <strong>Issac M.</strong> really learned a lot about why certain objects sink or float in a buoyancy test with salt and fresh water!

Overall, this was another fantastic week at Future Stars for the Dragons, which leads me to our last topic: Camper of the Week! This week, our camper of the week is <strong>Mackenzie Bombas</strong>!!! Mackenzie showed great enthusiasm in everything that we did this week! She also wasn't afraid to offer great camp games to share with her fellow campers!!! Thank you Mackenzie!!!

It's been an absolute pleasure working with the dragons this week, and we cant wait for the weeks to come!!!

Sincerely,

Brian, Erin, and Caterina

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This week, the Dragons split into teams for Blue and Gold week. In all activities, from Science to the Pool they competed against each other. In Hollywood  the campers played many different types of guessing games. <strong>Zackery W.</strong> and <strong>Jillian V. </strong><strong> </strong>had a fantastic time guessing the cartoon characters. <strong>Leah C. </strong>gained her team many points when guessing" The Voice".  In Science this week the campers participated in many physics challenges. <strong>Jude R. </strong>and<strong> Amanda S. </strong>were the group champions of "Say Ah". <strong>Sarah P.</strong> and<strong> Mackenzie B. </strong>racked up many points for their teams in "Pom Pom Toss". This week in the pool we learned how to do the backstroke. <strong>Thomas C. </strong>and<strong> Hannah F. </strong>improved tremendously throughout the course of the week. In our sports activities <strong>Ethan C. </strong>was the camper to get in Poison as he got out many of the campers. <strong>Amelia C. </strong>stepped up her games as she participated in the winning relay for her team. In Art ,  <strong>Madison S</strong>. and <strong>Nate M. </strong>used their teamwork and knowledge of the pyramids to make a pyramid out of a certain amount of marshmallows and toothpicks.  <strong>Gwen R. </strong>and <strong>Giuliana B. </strong>had a blast "Rolling a Picasso" . <strong>Madalyn Z. </strong>expressed great creativity in all of our art activities. This week we are proud to announce  <strong>Addison L. </strong>as our Camper of the Week. Addison showed great athletic and sportsmanship when competing in all activities. She had a great transition from Sharks to Dragons. Great job Addison!!!!<strong>
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Sincerely,

Grace and James