July 8, 2011

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to Future Stars camp for an exciting 3rd week of camp.  The theme of this week was Stars and Stripes week to celebrate America's birthday.
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<div>This was an exciting week for the Dragon group which included making their own newscasts in Hollywood, learning about pulleys in Science, and playing great games of Q-tip ball.</div>
<div>Lauren, Michelle and Jeffrey were all enthralled in Science with Katie when she taught the campers about free and moveable pulleys.  The Dragons had to weigh several items and then make their own pulley so that they could lift the weights in the air with ease.  The campers were all architects by the time the class ended.</div>
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<div>In Hollywood the campers got to create their own newscasts that were taped live and watched on Friday by the whole camp.  The broadcasts included updates on the Phillies, the weather and new information about the camp.  Julie, Kyle, and Kate all hoped on board with the plan and wrote out the scripts for their group to read.  They did a great job and the final production seemed like a show right out of ABC studios.</div>
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<div>To go along with the celebration of America, the Dragons got to make awesome red, white and blue visors along with patriotic picture frames the were boarded with American Flags and fireworks.  Natalie, Emily, and Aaron all created original works of art that showed their artistic side, along with their patriotism.</div>
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<div>Last but not least, Joshua and Ria did great in pool this week with their swimming lessons and really improved on their technique.  Whether it was floating on their back or perfecting the breathing technique while swimming freestyle these kids tried very hard and improved immensely</div>
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<div>Thanks for joining us for another great week here at Future Stars and have a great weekend and make sure you join us next week for the exciting Around the World week as the kids will learn about different cultures all over the world and do fun and exciting activities.</div>
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<div>Your Counselors,</div>
<div>Dan, Nick and Veronica</div>
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July 1, 2011

Dear Parents,
<div>The Dragons this week won the cheer on Tuesday with an Earth Day cheer written mystically and extraordinarily well. Carter and Ria especially impressed with their funny cheer, loud voices, and enthusiasm. The Dragons later went outside and found suitably-sized sticks to select one of the perfect size, which they would later decorate to fashion it into the Spirit Stick. Dragon-themed, of course, with green wings and a “D” at the top.</div>
<div>During sports with kickball, Jason caught the ball many times to get the other team out and bring his team to bat. Lex, Jeffrey, Andrew, and Aaron were also stationed at the bases and were quick on their feet to throw and catch the ball.</div>
<div>In Hollywood this week, Mikaela, Ilena, Natalie, Skylar, Eva, and Christina performed their songs and danced to the tunes of “Dynamite” and “Firework” to make lively music videos.&nbsp;

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<div>Emily and Julie made masks and puppets in art class, which they loved. The creativity was brimming as the campers used markers, crayons, and colored pencils to bring their ideas to creation.</div>
<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Dan, Lumin, and Tyler</div>
June 24, 2011

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Welcome back to Future Stars Camp and to the start of a fun new summer!  Week One was a complete success and a lot of fun.  The theme this week was Dr. Seuss and the campers had a blast!

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This week in Science the campers read <em>Bartholomew and the Ooblek</em>, a Dr. Seuss classic, and afterwards, the campers actually created ooblek with the new Science instructor, Katie.  Natalie and Jason really enjoyed the ooblek and had a ton of fun while playing with it.  They followed directions and were great listeners, which made Science that much better.

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In Hollywood, the campers created their own landscapes on poster board and wrote a script to perform in front of the camera.  Erica, Ria and Andy worked together to creat a great story and put on a great show for Laura, the Hollywood instructor.  All the campers had a great time doing this and we will be watching the final production on Friday in front of the whole camp.

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The start of summer means time for pool and the Dragons had an awesome time swimming this week.  Carter, even with his cast, was a great swimmer and showed off his impressive freestyle skills.  Along with Carter, Kyle and Elena showed improvements in their swimming in only a week’s time.

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To follow up with that wackiness of Dr. Seuss, the campers created wacky paper hats in Art. Andrew and Joshua had great hats that showed off their creative sides but made them look like a character right out of <em>The Lorax. </em> Along with the paper hats we also painted maracas that were very impressive and sounded  like music to our ears.

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This week was a blast and the next one is only going to be more fun!  Be sure to join us for the rest of the summer here at Future Stars.

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Sincerely the Dragon counselors,

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Daniel, MaryEllen, Mary

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