Summer Camps for Rising 4th Graders | Center for Excellence at Hutchison

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Cupcake Factory

June 20-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 3-6

Learn business basics by creating baking cupcakes, designing a stand and promoting your business through an original marketing plan.

instructor: Amanda Killen (professional baker and Center for Excellence Co-Director)
cost: $225, all supplies included
Girls Guide To Back To School

July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For Hutchison girls entering grades 4-5

Campers will build life and academic skills to help them as students: organization, prioritization, goal setting, note taking, reading for retention, memorization, time management, and growth mindset. All skills will be taught using concepts they will learn in the coming year.

instructor: Alyson Kapki (lower school learning specialist)
cost: $200
Artist Workshop

July 18-22 | 1:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-4

Create original works of art using various techniques and media.

instructor: Martha Berge (lower school art teacher)
cost: $200
Basketball Skills & Drills

June 30-July 1 (TH-F) | 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
For girls entering grades 1-5

Instructor: Coach Thomas Jones (Varsity basketball coach, AAU coach, and basketball trainer)
Cost: $75
Comic Book Design

June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 4-7

Calling all artists, superhero lovers, or graphic novel enthusiasts. During this workshop you will be putting your storytelling skills and artistic skills (either digital or drawing) to use as you create a story for the ages. Read graphic novels and create your own throughout this weeklong workshop that explores the boundary between art and writing.

instructor: Cydnie Trice (graphic design and communications teacher)
cost: $200
Creativity Toolbox

June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-4

instructor: Reem Rassoul (early childhood teacher)
cost: $200
Dance

June 13-17 | 1:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 4-8

Join Ms. Koeppel for ballet technique, contemporary movement, and creative choreography.

instructor: Louisa Koeppel (director Hutchison creative ballet center)
cost: $200
DIY SCI Camp

June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 3-6

Make cool science projects that mom won't let you do at home! Chemistry rockets, exploding Mentos, elephant toothpaste, egg in a bottle, and smoke bomb launchers. Experiment with magnets, electricity, air pressure, eggs, and sound. Get ready to get messy and have fun!

instructor: Lucy Wesson (lower school science specialist)
cost: $200, all supplies included
Dollhouse Design (New Afternoon Option)

June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (waitlist only)

June 27-July 1 | 1:00-4:00 PM

For girls and boys entering grades 1-4

Will you create a space fit for fairies and unicorns to call home? A hideout for your favorite action figures? – the choice is up to you! Each camper will be designing, building and decorating their very own wooden dollhouse to take home at the end of the week. Campers will learn about blueprints, architectural planning and spend each day customizing both the exterior and the interior of their dollhouse. We will weave carpets, create custom furniture, decorate the houses with fabric accents and more. DIY Dollhouse Camp is a ton of fun for everyone!

instructor: Tanya Crump (early childhood teacher)
cost: $200, plus $40 dollhouse and supply fee
Farm Spa Creations

July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4

Discover the science of mixing, melting, dissolving, and decorating your very own spa creations. Students will learn to follow a recipe, design a label, and package their own bath bombs, play dough soap, and explore the Hutchison farm for ingredients and inspiration.

Instructor: Amanda Valentine (early childhood teacher)
Cost: $200
Farm To Table

June 13-17 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-5

Learn about plants while taking care of them, harvest and prepare a snack fresh from the garden.

instructor: Alison Chesney (Director of the Hutchison farm)
cost: $200
Fly Into Fourth Grade

August 1-5 | 9:00 AM-12:00PM
For Hutchison girls entering grade 4

instructor: Nancy Fields (fourth grade teacher)
cost: $200
Hogwarts at Hutchison

July 11-15 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 3-6

Care of magical creatures, potions class, quidditch matches, while reading and analyzing the original literature.

instructors: Lucy Wesson (lower school science teacher) and Robert Lofton (upper school science teacher)
cost: $200
Just "Dough" It

July 18-22 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 4-8

Great cooks know how to make dough–from pastry to pastas, dough is a building block of cooking. It is a fun and delicious thing to cook, and it is a simple skill that leads to immeasurable creativity in the kitchen. Campers will spend each day learning the basics of baking, from precise measurement to how to know when something’s done, and we will focus each day on a different type of dough: play dough, pie dough, pizza dough, cookie dough, and pasta dough.

instructor: Becca Sloan (middle school teacher)
cost: $225, all supplies and ingredients included
Lacrosse Clinic

June 13-17 | 9:00-12:00 AM
For girls entering grades 3-5 and 6-8

instructor: Hutchison lacrosse coaches and staff
cost: $200
Little Engineers

June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-4

Kids tend to engage more with STEM when they are connected to a story, so each day of camp will be connected to a story. From the stories, we will have a problem that campers will use the engineering design process to come up with a solution. (How to protect Humpty Dumpty, How to escape Treasure Island with the most treasure, etc)

instructor: Josh Sloan (middle school teacher)
cost: $200
Mad Math Skills 3-4

August 1-5 | 1:00-2:30 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 3-4

Change your ADDitude about math with this fun, fast-paced skill building experience. Improve math skills and gain confidence for the new school year. Speed and accuracy of math facts will be a focus.

instructor: Nancy Fields (fourth grade teacher)
cost: $150
Make a Day of it with SPARK Day Camp

May 31-August 12
9:00 am-3:00 pm (early and aftercare available)

Combine Center for Excellence summer camps with SPARK Day Camp for the best of both worlds - a full-day camp experience and specialty camp offerings.

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Make Em' Laugh: You Are Funny!

May 31-June 3 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-5

Start clowning around with us! Clowning is a high art, and at the root of all comedy and tragedy! Playfully explore physical and verbal comedy using contemporary children’s stories or well-loved comedy sketches. Whether you want to be sad, happy, bumbling, or pompous, there is a role for you. This is more fun than should be legal! Campers will show off in an antic showcase on June 3.

instructors: Tennessee Shakespeare Company teaching artists
cost: $200
Mosaics 2-4

August 8-12 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4

Work with local mosaic artist, Kristi Duckworth, and design your own mosaic tile art pieces. Space is limited.

instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: $250
Pottery

June 13-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Week 1: June 13-17
Week 2: June 20-24
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4

Choose from a one or two week course that includes hand building and throwing on the wheel.

instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: Grades 2-4 $225 per week or $400 for both weeks
Renegades of Rhythm Summer Intensive

July 25-29 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM
For students in elementary through high school

Students will learn fundamentals of drumming as well as rudiments, proper technique. Students will also learn group beats and play as a full group while preparing for the upcoming performance season.
All equipment is provided.

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $275
S.M.I.L.A. Summer Reading Clinic

June 6-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-6

The SMILA mission is to help ensure that all children succeed in the basic language skills of reading, writing, and spelling.

instructors: SMILA certified teaching staff http://www.smilareading.com/
cost: $800; $75 non-refundable deposit is required to hold a space in this camp. Payment in full is due no later than May 20, 2022.
STEAM Creations

July 11-15 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 4-7

Learn about math principles through engineering challenges and designing amazing works of art!

instructor: Jennifer Stanford (middle school teacher)
cost: $200
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Quad Camp

June 20-24 | 2:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys elementary through high school

Students will learn proper technique, rudiments and reading as well as beats.

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $130
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Snare Camp

June 20-24 | 8:30-11:30 AM
For girls and boys elementary through high school

Students will learn proper technique, Rudiments, reading and playing beats.

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $150
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Tom Bass Camp

June 20-24 | 12:00-2:00 PM
For girls and boys elementary through high school

Students will learn fundamentals of drumming, reading and playing.

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $130
Theatre Camp

July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-4

Students will play, discover and get creative.
Develop theatre skills in a supportive, collaborative, and imaginative environment. Students will work together as an ensemble to explore and expand their “Actor Toolbox” – their body, voice, and imagination.

instructor: Jennifer Stanford
cost: $200
Wonderland Ballet

July 25-29 | 1:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-5
Stumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland and discover your love for dance. Campers will experience the story of "Alice in Wonderland" and see it brought to life through dance, costumes, and crafts. Camp will conclude with a performance at Memphis Botanic Garden alongside "Alice's Adventures at the Garden".

Date/Time: July 25-29 | 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance: July 29 at 3:00 PM at Memphis Botanic Garden
Cost: $225

Camps for Rising 4th Graders

List of 29 items.

Cupcake Factory

Girls Guide To Back To School

Artist Workshop

Basketball Skills & Drills

Comic Book Design

Creativity Toolbox

Dance

DIY SCI Camp

Dollhouse Design (New Afternoon Option)

Farm Spa Creations

Farm To Table

Fly Into Fourth Grade

Hogwarts at Hutchison

Just "Dough" It

Lacrosse Clinic

Little Engineers

Mad Math Skills 3-4

Make a Day of it with SPARK Day Camp

Make Em' Laugh: You Are Funny!

Mosaics 2-4

Pottery

Renegades of Rhythm Summer Intensive

S.M.I.L.A. Summer Reading Clinic

STEAM Creations

The "Renegades of Rhythm" Quad Camp

The "Renegades of Rhythm" Snare Camp

The "Renegades of Rhythm" Tom Bass Camp

Theatre Camp

Wonderland Ballet

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