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<p style="text-align: left;">This week at Future Stars was Da Vinci Science week! The Gators had a great time learning about Da Vinci and inventing things for themselves. We did a lot of fun things in science this week. <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Sidne </span></strong>and <strong>Kenzie</strong> experimented with gobstoppers and skittles in water. They had to use their science knowledge to create hypotheses for what might happen to the different candy once in water. The outcome was very cool! Also in science this week, the group was given the task to create a frame structure out of newspaper.<strong> Tanner, Tyler</strong>, and <strong>Ryan</strong> created a very sturdy structure. Their structure was able to hold the most marbles out of the entire group at 192 marbles! On Friday, the group had to use their imagination to make another structure with only paper, straws, paperclips, and tape. <strong>Abbey</strong> and<strong> Devlin</strong> worked well with their team and gave awesome suggestions on how to make the structure great. In the pool this week, the gators worked on their butterfly stroke. <strong>Ilene</strong> did an amazing job and was a natural at it. The group also had a blast playing steal the bacon in the pool, and <strong>Jimmy, Isabelle and Danielle</strong> were great competitors for their team.  In Hollywood this week, the group showed off their many amazing talents. <strong>Madison G.</strong> shared her impressive coin collection as well as did a cool cup stacking trick.<strong> Addison</strong> played a fantastic rendition of Brave by Sara Barrellies on her viola. <strong>Caterina</strong> beautifully sang Red by Taylor Swift. Boy do we have some talented campers! We had some fun times in sport and game this week, and played with the Sharks a lot. <strong>Kya</strong> and <strong>Morgan</strong> had some awesome hits during a game of tennis baseball. In art this week, the campers tried their hand at some famous art pieces. The first thing the gators worked on was their own version of The Scream by Edvard Munch. <strong>Andrew, Nolan, and Maddie S.</strong> drew beautiful masterpieces, with the "scream" part being a picture of themselves! Also in art, the group created The Starry Night. <strong>Max and Forrest</strong> did a great job creating this famous art piece out of construction paper pieces. Lastly, congratulation to our camper of the week, <strong>Emeric</strong>! Emeric is always involved, listens to directions, and looks excited to be at camp every day.</p>

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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Arctic Week!</span></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">This week at Future Stars was Arctic week! We had a great time learning about the Arctic vironment and the animals that live there. In art earlier this week, <strong>Hannah</strong>  and<strong> Nolan</strong> made fantastic melting snowmen y fading in white and blue colors. In science, <strong>Andrew</strong>,<strong> Tyler</strong> and <strong>Emeric</strong> had a blast making their own snowflakes by putting packing peanuts in water and sticking them together. Because it was so chilly this week, the gators had to swim with the pandas for part of the week. Everyone was very cooperative and <strong>Kenzie</strong> and <strong>Isabelle</strong> were very helpful with the pandas during their swim lessons. We had an exciting scavenger hunt for the North Pole in Hollywood on Tuesday. <strong>Ella</strong> and <strong>Deepesh</strong> were wonderful at finding the clues and making connections to where the next location would be. We got to interact with the all-sport groups during our sport and game this week, and<strong> Kya</strong> was a great competitor during our game of mat ball. Also in science, the gators experimented with the differences between polar bear fur and whale flubber. To do this, <strong>Jimmy</strong> and <strong>Ilene</strong> put a bag of ice on top of a bag of cotton balls on their hand. They then put their hand in a bag of Crisco and did the same thing. Also in art this week, the group glued string on paper that was then covered in foil. The next day they colored the foil with permanent markers. <strong>Danielle</strong> was very creative with her art piece and the end result was really cool. On Monday, <strong>Sidne</strong> had a great time playing nine-square with her teammates during our game time.<strong> Caterina</strong> worked with her group in Hollywood to do a sort of group charades. Also during the game this week, the group played world cup soccer and <strong>Addison</strong> was a great competitor, even advancing to the finals. Lastly, congratulations to our camper of the week,<strong> Forrest</strong>! Forrest was only here for half the week but every day he came in with a smile and great contributor to all of the activities. </span>

Sincerely,

Laura and Steve

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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Carnival Week!</span></h1>
This week at Future Stars was Carnival Week! The week started out amazingly with a one-man circus performing on Monday! It ended with the camp carnival on Friday! <strong>Isabelle </strong>made a beautiful pinwheel designed with flowers in Art. <strong>Madison </strong>made her pinwheel super colorful with an awesome tie-dye pattern. <strong>Hannah </strong>painted a great carnival scene on Thursday and Friday! In Science, <strong>Tyler</strong> had a great time playing tug-of-war and learning about physics. <strong>Tanner </strong>learned a lot about matter when he played with Oobleck, which is both a solid and a liquid. <strong>Annabel </strong>and <strong>Kate </strong>had a great time learning about chemical reactions by blowing up a balloon with vinegar and baking soda. They chose to sit in the splash zone! <strong>Andrew </strong>had a great time all week playing carnival games in Hollywood. <strong>Caterina </strong>showed off her fabulous acting skills when we played competitive charades in Hollywood. When the Gators played sports this week, <strong>Nolan </strong>showed off his basketball skills during a few rounds of knock-out! <strong>Grace </strong>did a great job scoring some goals for her team during handball. <strong>Emeric </strong>had an awesome time learning a new sport when we played ultimate Frisbee. <strong>Danielle </strong>loved sliding down the giant, inflatable waterslide on Thursday! This week the Gators' Camper of the Week was <strong>Julia</strong>! She did an awesome job all week listening to directions and being nice to everyone at camp. We will miss her when she goes back to Spain! We look forward to three more amazing weeks of camp!

Your Counselors,

Eleanor, Nolan &amp; Steve
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #339966;">Safari</span> Week!</h1>
This week was Safari Week! We had Karaoke, Jensen Music, a campus-wide scavenger hunt and Learn, Listen, Play! It was a week of adventure as we learned about the African Savannah, its wildlife, and the food chain. <strong>Caterina </strong>led her group in depth presentation on giraffes, which was then creatively presented by her, <strong>Julia</strong>, <strong>Aubrey </strong>and <strong> Kate</strong> as if it were a news report. <strong>Hannah </strong>drew an awesome Zebra on her group's poster presentation. All the presentations were great and we learned some really interesting stuff. In art, we drew some of the animals we were researching in science and used oil pastels to bring them to life. <strong>Abbey's </strong>psychedelic elephant and <strong>Madison G's</strong> lounging leopard should be seen by every pair of eyes. <strong>Max </strong>had impressive creativity in art, thinking outside the box.<strong> </strong> The campers rocked the stage with karaoke and had some good laughs while doing it. <strong>Madison S </strong>sang out a Taylor Swift song and <strong>Franny</strong>, though he didn't know all the lyrics to the particular song, had an unparalleled stage presence. We also enjoyed playing freeze tag where all the counselors were the "freezers". <strong>Annabel </strong>and <strong>Sidne </strong>created strategies and led the team to defeat the counselors. <strong>Emeric </strong>was always one of the last campers unfrozen. <strong>Deep </strong>enjoyed constructing beats on the djembe drum, while <strong>Jaden </strong>created new rhythms on the conga drums in Learn, Listen, Play. <strong>Tyler </strong>and <strong>Ella </strong>were like fish in the pool, often being the demonstration for the correct way to do different strokes we are learning. <strong>Tanner </strong>was the victor in an intense game of HORSE. <strong>Isabelle </strong>and <strong>Andrew </strong>were both scoring many points for there teams during a game of Mattball. Our camper of the week this week is <strong>Tanner. </strong>His positive participation and encouragement of others is an example to all of us. He is a hard worker and respects his fellow campers and his counselors. It was a pleasure to have him in our group. Another great week for the Gators! And as always, we're looking forward to seeing you next week!

Your Counselors,

Alison, Eleanor and Cory
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This week here at Future Stars we had Blue and Gold Week! Blue and Gold Week is the week where the counselors split up the group into two teams, blue and gold, respectively. It is a week filled with fun and friendly competition. Not only were we competitive in sports, but we were also able to incorporate some competition into our other daily activities. For example, in Hollywood, we had a special guest, Frank, who taught the kids different rhythms they could beat on their drums. During this time, <strong>Tyler</strong> and <strong>Ryan</strong> had a blast "dancing to the beat of their own drums". When we didn't have our special guest, the kids were entertained with a game of "Guess Who" where Theresa provided pictures of famous people and the counselors at camp and the two teams had to guess who it was, first. <strong>Jimmy</strong>, on the blue team helped lead his team to victory; however, <strong>Isabelle</strong> and <strong>Hannah</strong> didn't make it easy for him being as they were both forces to be reckoned with on the gold team. Moving on to Science, this week the kids were able to observe the beautiful colors that surround us everyday. To start off the week, Tricia had the kids watch a Brain Pop that talked all about tinting and blending colors together. After the video, <strong>Sidne</strong> proved to us that she had a full understanding of the material as she colored a coffee filter with markers and then watered it down and watched the colors bleed out. Also in Science class, we took flowers, cut their stems, and stuck them into color-dyed water and watch them slowly turn. <strong>Jaden</strong>, <strong>Nolan</strong>, and <strong>Abbey</strong> really enjoyed watching our flowers go from white to blue and yellow (for Blue and Gold Week)--it was super cool. As we progress into Art, the kids had a lot of fun sketching and coloring in their drawings. Although at first, <strong>Franny</strong> had a hard time sketching his owl, he persevered and managed to draw an awesome owl; a sketch he could be proud of. Once warmed up, the kids watched a video that helped them draw an awesome fire-breathing dragon. <strong>Maddie</strong> and <strong>Emeric</strong> drew awesome dragons and colored them in beautifully, using a large array of colors. We were lucky enough to have more than one special guest this week being as on Monday and Tuesday, professional fencers came in and did some demonstrations. Following the informational session, the kids were able to fence themselves, and learn the special techniques behind fencing. <strong>Samantha</strong> and <strong>Max</strong> had a blast fencing one another with both the foil and the saber. Because this week is in fact Blue and Gold week, the kids had  a chance on Thursday to participate in several relay races where <strong>Andrew</strong> kicked some butt and helped his team win crucial points. Last but definitely not least, we have our camper of the week, <strong>Danielle</strong>. She was an amazing listener, put her heart and soul into everything she did, and never once acted out. She is a role model to her fellow Gators and it was a pleasure to be her counselor this week. We hope the kids had fun and we can't wait to see you back here next week!

Your Counselors,

Maria and Cory
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">~Fuel for Fun~</span></h1>
Two weeks down and six more to go! This week at Future Stars our main focus was on learning about nutrition and eating healthy! All of our activities in Art, Science, and Hollywood had to do with keeping our bodies in shape. In Art we made macaroni skeletons and made our own healthy food plates. <strong>Kenzie</strong> and <strong>Grace</strong> showed us how dedicated they were to eating healthy as they put all the food groups onto their plates. In Science we were able to make our own chocolate using chocolate chips, aluminum plates, and the sun. <strong>Isabelle </strong>devoured her chocolate and threw in a healthy banana to the mix. In Science we also learned how to read the nutrition facts on products you can buy at the store and <strong>Tyler</strong> and <strong>Jimmy</strong> worked together to decipher what meant what and what ingredients were healthy and what which ones weren't. As we move on to Hollywood, Mrs. Theresa provided us with a bundle of different games that included fruits, vegetables, and crazy songs that taught us about what foods go with what. As the kids competed to see who knew their fruits best, <strong>Emeric </strong>came out on top as he was our winner for several intense rounds. When we weren't in Art, Science, or Hollywood, we were playing in the gym and running around. <strong>Kya</strong> showed her team spirit and awesome kick during World Cup which helped her move on the one of the last rounds. However, with <strong>Danielle</strong>'s awesome foot work, she moved on to the final round and was crowned our champion. In addition to playing World Cup, we also had the kids play Knock Out. During Knock Out <strong>Ryan</strong> and <strong>Morgan</strong> sunk the basketball more than once making them both forces to be reckoned with. Since this week was such a scorcher, to cool off we spent time in the computer lab. Every time we would walk into the air conditioning, <strong>Maddie</strong> and <strong>Tanner</strong> couldn't wait to just dive in and play games of their choice during our down time. Another way we were able to simmer down was during our much appreciated pool time. This week we were lucky and were able to play Water Polo both on Monday and on Wednesday. Both of those days, <strong>Hannah</strong> and <strong>Andrew</strong> dominated and proved their defensive and offensive skills. Last but certainly not least, we have <strong>Caterina</strong>, our camper of the week. This week we needed some extra hands and she, without complaint, stepped up to the plate and showed us she had what it takes to be a counselor. Not only was she responsible, but she also managed to have fun at the same time-- the number one rule at camp. Thank you, Caterina for helping out! We had a great week here at Future Stars and we can't wait to see all of your faces next week! <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Happy <span style="color: #000000;">Fourth of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> <span style="color: #3366ff;">July!</span></span></span></strong>

Your Counselors,

Maria and Kevin
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We had a wonderful first week at camp! On Monday in Science we started a green observation journal by making the cover of our books, <strong>Caterina</strong> and her brother <strong>Andrew</strong> paid extra special attention to the details of their covers by doing leaf rubs to decorate. For sport we played the All Sports in a game of kickball where <strong>Emeric</strong> really shined, as he kicked home-run after home-run. Tuesday is Cheer Day, in Hollywood we had to come up with a cheer to show our Gator spirit! <strong>Danielle</strong> and <strong>Ella</strong> came up with and led the Gators in an amazing cheer! In Science we put our bird brains to the test in a contest to see who could build the best bird nest. <strong>Isabelle</strong> and <strong>Grace</strong> demonstrated awesome team work, building the perfect home. During game we played knock-out where<strong> Tanner</strong> and <strong>Tyler </strong>were victorious. On Wednesday in Art class we made origami frogs, <strong>Nolan </strong>used his knowledge of the craft to demonstrate to the rest of the group how to make the perfect frog. Wednesday was also Banana Day! <strong>Forrest</strong> really rocked it out showing tremendous spirit and enthusiasm during every group's banana dance.  On Thursday in Science we used recycled materials to create and decorate our own paper! <strong>Sidne</strong> showed her creative side as she added special touches to her paper. In Hollywood we did Green Earth Week inspired PSAs, <strong>Madison</strong> proved that her voice is radio worthy with a fabulous reading. Our camper of the week, is new comer, <strong>Noah</strong>! Noah demonstrated great camper behavior as he listened carefully to all instructions and was enthusiastic about all of our activities this week. Congratulations Noah! We had a wonderful week and can't wait for the rest of the summer!

Kevin and Alyson