<h1><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>Silver Screen</strong></span></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">The gophers had a great last week at camp and we did a lot of fun thingas in all of our different activities. In science both <strong>Michael </strong>and <strong>Brendan </strong>made some deliciouse vanilla ice cream with milk, vanilla, sugar, ice, and rock salt.  <strong>Jaden </strong>made some insightful observations and predictions in our pH expreriments with cabbage juice. <strong>Corinne </strong>and <strong>Ryan</strong> made a colorful pH scale that they used suring theior experiments in science. In art <strong>Olivia </strong>and<strong> Jackson</strong> made some seaguls that will be put up during our camp show on friday.  <strong>James </strong>and <strong>Hannah</strong> made a wonderful frog that they will enjoy back at home.  In the pool <strong>Forrest</strong>, <strong>Ava, </strong>and<strong> Madison </strong>all had a great time playing games in pool.  All week in Hollywood we worked on the camp show. The five main parts in our number are <strong>Sidne, Carly, Bridget, Grace, </strong>and<strong> Madeline </strong>and I am sure they will do great.  <strong>Aidan </strong>also got a lead role in our show finale during the song Fireworks by Katty Perry.  We also played many games in camp this week both <strong>Autumn </strong>and <strong>Tyler </strong>had fun playing dodgeball and did very well.</span><span style="color: #000000;">Hope everyone has a great summer and we hope to see all of you guys back at Future Stars next year.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Your Councelors</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">James, Michelle, and Maggie</span>

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<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>CARNIVAL WEEK!!!!</strong></span></h1>
This week at Future Stars was Carnival week. We played carnival games, went on a hayride and even got to see a magician! <strong>Ryan </strong>excelled in science always raising his hands with the right answers, while <strong>Michael</strong> made an awesome duck call. Also in science <strong>Tyler Z.</strong> made a great collage out of recycled packing peanuts. <strong>Emma </strong>had a blast on the hayride and <strong>Tyler E.</strong> proved to be a great assistant to Stu the magician during his spoon trick. In Hollywood we celebrated carnival week by playing and creating carnival games.  <strong>Carly</strong> got a sweet whale tattoo on her face and <strong>Corinne </strong>rocked at all the games we played.  <strong>Gracelyn </strong>came up with a great game for our group by putting candy in balloons. In art <strong>Aidan </strong>and <strong>Forrest </strong>made awesome clowns. <strong>Brendan </strong>and <strong>Jaden </strong>were madmen in the moon bounce jumping higher than anyone else.  Also in art <strong>Ava</strong> made an awesome calendar. <strong>Hannah </strong>and <strong>Marissa </strong>showed off their great swimming skills in the pool. Eventhough <strong>Autumn</strong> was only here one day she brightened up up our Friday and our carnival with her fun loving attitude. Last but not least <strong>Bridget Hogan</strong> is our Camper of the Week! She always listens to directions is always super nice to everyone. Thanks for a great week Gophers!

You counselors,

Joe, Hannah, Maggie
<h1><span style="color: #ff0000;">D<span style="color: #0000ff;">r</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span> <span style="color: #800080;">S</span>e<span style="color: #0000ff;">u</span><span style="color: #008000;">s</span><span style="color: #800080;">s</span> W<span style="color: #0000ff;">e</span><span style="color: #008000;">e</span><span style="color: #800080;">k</span>! </span></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">This week at camp, the Gopher Group had fun learning about Dr. Suess and his stories.  In<strong> Hollywood </strong>we made a skit about the Dr. Seuss book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Lorax</span>.<strong> Aidan </strong>was a great Lorax in our play, and <strong>Forrest </strong>was an awesome brown barbaloot. We also played freeze dance in<strong> Hollywood</strong>, and <strong>Bridget </strong>was excellent. In<strong> Art</strong>, <strong>Grace </strong>drew an awesome Lorax, and <strong>Hannah </strong>drew a great penguin. <strong>Carly </strong>also made a colorful rainbow hat. On <strong>Tuesday</strong>, we made an awesome cheer and performed for the camp at closing. <strong>Shamus </strong>and <strong>Autumn </strong>really helped us make our cheer. On <strong>Wednesday</strong>, the whole camp participated in crazy hair day, and <strong>Ryan </strong>had the craziest hair in our group. On <strong>Thursday,</strong>  we came up with our own addition to the banana dance. During sport and game time, <strong>Halle </strong>was great at capture the flag. <strong>Sidne </strong>was a super soccer star, and <strong>Michael </strong>was his team's secret weapon in dodgeball. At the pool, <strong>Brendan </strong>and <strong>Jaden </strong>had a fantastic time swimming. <strong>Jackson </strong>did a really great job playing Marco Polo in the pool. In <strong>Science</strong>, <strong>Tyler </strong>made great predictions about what would happen in our UV bead experiments. This week, <strong>Tia </strong>was the Gopher Camper of the Week. She participated in every activity and was nice to everyone. We hope to have more fun in the weeks to come.</span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;">Your Counselors,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;">Alyson and Steve</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #339966;">GREEN EARTH WEEK! </span></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;">6/27-7/1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This week at camp, the Gophers learned about taking care of the Earth! In Hollywood we made a news report. <strong>Sophie </strong>reported about art class and <strong>Madison </strong>interviewed our counselor Hannah. <strong>Forrest, Aidan, </strong>and <strong>Jackson</strong> helped create our winning cheer on Tuesday using Justin Bieber's song "Baby". In art, <strong>Shamus</strong> made a really cool collage out of leaf tracings. <strong>Tyler </strong>and <strong>Hannah </strong>also made really neat fish in art, and <strong>Grace</strong> and <strong>Sidne</strong><a></a><a></a><a></a> colored and made awesome octopus mobiles. In the pool this week, <strong>Jake </strong>was  super fast swimmer during the steal the bacon game. When we played freeze tag in the pool, <strong>Brendan </strong>showed off his great swimming skills by avoiding tags all over. In science, <strong>Ryan </strong>showed off his big brains with his knowledge of water purification. The Gophers played a lot of different games and sports this week. <strong>Halle</strong> kicked a home run in kickball, and <strong>Carly </strong>survived EVERY round in dodgeball! <strong>Michael</strong> and <strong>Jaden</strong> dominated in four square, and <strong>Autumn </strong>won a round world cup soccer! On Friday during luau, <strong>Corinne </strong>and <strong>Bridget</strong> showed off their limbo skills as they wiggled under the bar each time. Last but not least, <strong>Paige </strong>is our CAMPER OF THE WEEK! She participated in everything and had a great attitude all week. She was a real star! We hope to have many more great weeks like this one.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Your Counselors,</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Hannah, Steve, and Laurel</p>
 
<h1><span style="color: #ff0000;">STARS <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #333333;">&amp;</span> STRIPES <span style="color: #333333;">WEEK</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;">!</span></h1>
<span style="color: #333333;">7/5-7/8</span>

<span style="color: #333333;">Future Stars this week celebrated the 4th of July with our Stars and Stripes week! We had a BBQ, and campers were encouraged to show their patriotism by wearing red, white, and blue clothing. <strong> Tia </strong>was decked out in her patriotic colors, while<strong> Jaden </strong>and<strong> Brendan </strong>rocked out on a drum during our music video for Hollywood. During our intense game of dodgeball, Halle was a super star! When we asked some of the kids what they enjoyed most about the week, they said...</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Madison</strong>- "</span><span style="color: #333333;">I had so much fun making the music video!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Gracelyn</strong>- "I loved dressing up for red, white, and blue day!!'</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Forrest</strong>- "Watching and rocking out to the music videos was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">awesome!</span>"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Corrine</strong>- "My favorite part about camp this week was the counselors!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Shamus</strong>- "I think doing art and swimming were my favorite."</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Sidne</strong>- "EVERYTHING was soo much fun, that I can't chose!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Carly</strong>- "Singing was the best."</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Bridget</strong>- "The pool is always my favorite part of camp!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Michael</strong>- "Getting waterice at the BBQ was great!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Ryan</strong>- "I like getting to spend time with all my friends everyday!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Tyler</strong>- "It was so hot this week, that I liked cooling off in the pool."</span>

<span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Autumn</strong>- "ALL. OF. IT!"</span>

<span style="color: #333333;">Last but certainly not least, <strong>Jake Kerskey </strong>was named our Camper of the Week! He always participated and was enthusiastic during all the activities! He was also willing to lend a helping hand whenever he could. </span>

<span style="color: #333333;">Thanks for a great week, we are looking forward to seeing you next week!</span>
<p style="text-align: right;">Your Counselors,</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Nick, Joe, and Maria</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">BLUE <span style="color: #000000;">and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">GOLD <span style="color: #000000;">week!</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
For this entire week the camp split up into two different teams, blue and gold, and earned points that were totaled up at the end of the week.  On Friday the entire camp participated in Blue and Gold Olympics, and by the end of the day it was found that Blue won by just <em>one </em>point!   But our campers on both blue and gold earned a lot of points for their teams!  On Tuesday both <strong>Ryan </strong>and <strong>Aidan</strong> earned points for the blue team by helping Jen out with  the dance in the morning. In Hollywood <strong>Sophie </strong>was the only one who could balance a plate and 5 legos on her head, earning her team more points. Also <em>both </em><strong>Tyler Z </strong>and <strong>Autumn </strong>won Bingo at the same time!  Later during game time, <strong>Tyler E </strong>kicked 2 home runs; and one was a grand slam! <strong>Jaden </strong>had a great time making crafts in art, where <strong>Marissa </strong>earned points by helping clean up! <strong>Carly </strong>won points for her team by winning “A Minute to Win It” in Hollywood. On Thursday <strong>Michael </strong>was one of the last ones standing during dodgeball! <strong>Brendan </strong>also kicked a homeroom, earning points for his team! Earlier this week we had the Davinci Science Show, and <strong>Emma</strong> really loved it. <strong>Corinne </strong>helped everyone made gimp in art class. And on Friday,  <strong>Hannah </strong>and <strong>Forrest</strong> were both really helpful to her teammates when it came to the Olympic games!  <strong>Sophie </strong>showed off her cartwheels in the morning. <strong>Bridget</strong> had an awesome time in Science class during the static electricity experiments. <strong>Shamus </strong>came up with the Gophers’ Banana dance on Thursday: Zombie Bananas!

Overall the Gophers had a great time this week!

Joe, Michelle, Laurel
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: #000000;">Bug Week!</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #3366ff;"></span><span style="color: #3366ff;"></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: #000000;">This week at Future Stars, the Gophers learned a lot about bugs and even got to catch some of their own when the Bug Guy visited camp. On Tuesday a few guests from Art and Music Patrol came to camp and helped the kids with art and music for the day. <strong>Autumn </strong>made an awesome picturing of a dog out of paper scraps. <strong>Ryan </strong>showed off his great rhythm on the West African drum that the Art and Music Patrol supplied. On Wednesday, Puppets Pizzazz came to camp and put on a great show. <strong>Tyler E.</strong> and <strong>Carly </strong>really enjoyed the show and like dancing to all of the songs. The Bug Guy came to camp on Thursday and shared a lot of his insect knowledge with the campers. He also helped the kids catch bugs with butterfly nets! <strong>Michael </strong>and <strong>Emma </strong>found some really cool bugs. On Friday, we went on a Cootie Bug Hunt. The group traveled across the campus finding pieces to our bug and clues to the locations of the other pieces. <strong>Tyler Z.</strong> and <strong>Corrine </strong>were great and decoding riddles and finding pieces of the bug. In Hollywood, the campers displayed their humor at the Gopher Comedy Night. All of the kids told jokes about bugs and had a great time. <strong>Bridget </strong>and <strong>Paige </strong>were both hilarious and made the crowd roar. In art, the Gophers made tons of super neat bug crafts. <strong>Forrest </strong>made his own imaginary bug out of clay, while <strong>Shamus </strong>and <strong>Olivia </strong>made awesome butterflies out of foam. When there was a break from the heat, the Gophers played many fun games and sports. <strong>James </strong>and <strong>Aidan </strong>did a terrific job during dodgeball. They dipped, ducked, dived, and dodged there way to victories. This week, <strong>Grace </strong>was the Gopher Camper of the Week! As usual, she was nice to everyone at camp and showed great enthusiasm towards every activity. We hope to have many more great weeks like this one here at Future Stars.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: #000000;">Your Counselors,</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: #000000;">Grace, Steve &amp; Emma</span></span></span></span></p>