This week was the first week of Future Stars Camp for Summer 2013! This weeks theme was Dr. Seues Week where we did all things Dr. Seus!<strong> Caterina</strong> and <strong>Michael</strong> showed their camp spirit by rocking their crazy hats for Crazy Hat Day! In Hollywood we've been singing along and listening to Seusical the Musical music! <strong>Hannah</strong> and <strong>Ella</strong> showed us all their funky dance moves during freeze dance! Another thing we did in Hollywood was brainstormed ideas for our cheer.<strong> Forest</strong> and <strong>Tyler</strong> used their creative rhyming skills and helped lead their group through it. During Art, to show our group spirit we created a huge Gator banner where <strong>Yaya</strong> and <strong>Lauren</strong> put their artistic abilities to work and helped make the banner look amazing! We were priveleged enough to have Jensen Music as our guests this week and they taught us about the different types of music notes. Aidan was our go to guy whenever they asked questions about which note was which. Another guests we had this week was the Bug Man! <strong>Madison</strong> and her partner had a lot of fun catching bugs and showing them off to their friends! After swim lessons, when the group had free swim, <strong>Julia</strong> had fun playing tag with her counselor Steve. In relation to Dr. Seus week, in Science, the kids made awesome Truffula Trees and <strong>Tanner</strong> made his look super cool and it was put on display. Last but certainly not least, during our intense game of Kick Ball, Elizabeth and <strong>Tanner</strong> had powerful kicks and great sportsmanship which helped their team score runs. Congratulations to our Camper of the Week who always participated in activities and always had a smile on her face. This camper was always including everyone in the group and always made sure she tried her best in everything she did! Good job <strong>Gabrielle</strong>!! Thank you for a great first week of camp and we hope to see you again this summer!

Your Counselors,

Maria, Steve, Emily, and Jake

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Gators Celebrate Our Independence!

Red, white and blue, hot dogs and pool fun are great ways to celebrate the 4th of July at Future Stars.We managed to dodge the rain drops and have a great time at camp despite only having 4 days this week.  Here are the Gators favorite moments of the week.

<strong>Forrest - </strong>"It was cool seeing the whole big soda thing."

<strong>Aidan - </strong>" The soda thing in science spouted up really high and it was cool."

<strong>Ryan C. -</strong> "The (alleged) banana man on the roof was funny."

<strong>Tyler - </strong>"I enjoyed playing dodge ball and am looking forward to the pic Friday!"

<strong>Hannah - </strong>"I liked the arts and crafts."

<strong>Caterina - </strong>"The science with the Mentos and Diet soda was cool."

<strong>Madison - </strong>" I love getting to see the counselors and all my friends.  They tell lots of funny jokes"

<strong>Nick - </strong>"I had a great time swimming in the pool!"

<strong>Tanner - </strong>"I liked in science when we put things in the bag and it popped."

<strong>Steven - </strong>"I liked making the Eagles in  art!"

<strong>Samantha - </strong>" Karaoke week was fun!"

<strong>Ryan I. - </strong>"I liked science when we exploded stuff!"

<strong>Ella - </strong>"I loved it all!"

<strong>Marshall - </strong>"The sports at camp were fun this week!"

<strong>Michael -</strong> "I loved swimming in the pool!"

<strong>Makenna - </strong>"Everything!"

What a great time?  And our camper of the week was <strong>Ella</strong> for her great listening and her enthusiasm every day.  Hope to see you next week for our annual Blue/Gold Olympics.

Gator Counselors

Joe, Nick and Cassie
<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;">Blue</span> <span style="color: #ffff00;">a</span><span style="color: #3366ff;">n</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">d</span> <span style="color: #ffff00;">Gold</span> <span style="color: #3366ff;">O</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">l</span><span style="color: #3366ff;">y</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">m</span><span style="color: #3366ff;">p</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">i</span><span style="color: #3366ff;">c</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">s</span><span style="color: #3366ff;">!</span></h1>
Happy Blue and Gold Olympic Week! We had a wonderful week at camp, showing our blue and gold pride while participating in some friendly competition. On Monday we were visited by a Reptile Show, <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Nick</span> </strong>really enjoyed learning all about the animals. In Art <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Hannah</span> </strong>enjoyed putting beautiful touches on her Gumball Machine picture. In Hollywood, it was "game show week" and Monday's game was "Dancing with the Stars". <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Sidne</span> </strong>contributed her dance moves to the Gold Team, while <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Ryan I</strong></span>. showed of his dance moves for the Blue Team. For game we played World Cup Soccer, <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Marshall</strong></span> dominated, demonstrating his amzing soccer skills. On Tuesday we had a visit from David Jack for a bit of kareoke. <strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">Caterina</span></strong> wowed everyone with her vocals during a P!NK song. In Hollywood the game of the day was "Fear Factor" were <strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">Ella</span> </strong>proved to be fearless. On Wednesday in Art we made Blue and Gold bracelets to show team pride. While in Science we carried out our designs in a building battle. <strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">Fran</span></strong> and <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Michael</strong> </span>teamed up for the Blue Team, adding creativity to their teams design by adding a radio station to their high rise. In Hollywood the game show of the day was "Finding Bigfoot" it was <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Forrest</span> </strong>who found the most clues and even agreed to keep his team's big foot. For Sport we played capture the flag, <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Ryan C.</span></strong> scored the Gold Team all of their points, stealing the Blue Team's flag three times in a row! Thursday in Art we worked on foam fingers and suncatchers. <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Makenna</strong></span> showed her creative side, bubble lettering her name on her foam finger, while <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Madison</span> </strong>made the group's most beautiful sun catcher. In Science we competed in a Turtle Olympics, <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Emma</strong></span> demonstrated a careful technique that one her team the gold. For sport we played soccer where <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Aidan</span> </strong>dominated, scoring three goals! Our Camper of the Week award this week goes to <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Tanner,</span></strong> who not only demonstrated tremendous team spirit but also awesome sportsmanship. Congrats Tanner! We can't wait for next week!

Eric and Alyson
<h1><strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">Green Earth Week!</span></strong></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">This week was Green Earth Week! We had a great week learning about the rainforest and recycling. In science we made terririams out of water bottles. <strong>Nick Thompson</strong> enjoyed being the winner to take the bottle home. In Hollywood </span><strong>Aiden Kubala</strong><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><strong>Tyler Errichetti</strong><span style="color: #000000;">, and </span><strong>James Boyle </strong><span style="color: #000000;">acted as models and praced down the runway in the most finest recycling material. </span><strong>Aiden Kubala</strong><span style="color: #000000;"> was also our king in the banana dance. In art this week, we had a fun time painting our tints and shades. We also practiced our "V" trees.<strong> Sidne Capozzoli</strong> enjoyed painting her tints and shades while enjoyed giving others compliments on how well they were doing. <strong>Nick Schultz </strong>loved making everything arts and crafts that we did, he always loved bringing his masterpieces home. Throughout the days this week, we spent time at the sprinkler to cool off. <strong>Steven Wise</strong> would always get a big smile on his face once we got there because we would be somewhat outside most of the day. On Firday, we had a Luau and a Waterslide! <strong>Ryan Ciccolini</strong> and <strong>Tanner Wood</strong> had the biggest smiles around when they would be going down the slide. At the Lua <strong>Ryan Iannuzzi</strong> and <strong>Marshall Miller</strong> would be the first ones in line to do the obsticle. Also <strong>Franny Rahill</strong> loved playing with the water balloons at the water balloon toss.<strong> Forrest Cameron</strong> and<strong> Emma Meglio </strong>just loved everything we did this week, it was such a fun week.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Alison and Nick</span>
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This week was not just any ordinary week. This week was the one, the only, CARNIVAL WEEK. <strong>Forrest </strong>and <strong>Tanner</strong> loved making use of the moon bounce, while <strong>Ryan I </strong>and <strong>Tyler E </strong>thoroughly enjoyed shooting pom poms at one another out of spoon catapults constructed in science.  <strong>Maddie </strong>and <strong>Steven </strong>evoked wonderful team spirit while helping the Gators win the war of the chalk boards with the Dragons and Gophers. And though <strong>Marshall</strong> may or may not have broken his foot, he never stopped trying in our round of capture the flag with the big dogs! <strong>Ryan C </strong>and <strong>Aidan</strong> opened a dialogue about acceptance of people that are different in art promoting a sense of unity in the group and raising everyone’s spirits. We are actually convinced that <strong>Nick </strong>is a fish as in the pool he always has a great time.  <strong>Seth </strong>lead the team to victory in cheer day and the past banana day which marked a 3 round win streak for the Gator group! HERES HOPING FOR ROUND 4! <strong>Franny </strong>showed concern for the wellbeing of his fellow campers by being on top of injuries and letting the counselors know, it was like an extra set of eyes. And last but no where near least. For her first and last week at Future Stars this summer. <strong>Miranda was the camper of the week! </strong>It was a blast! See you all Monday!
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-Alison and Nick
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