Summer Camp
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We are excited for Pittsford Rec's Summer Camp 2024! The home base for camp will be out of the Lothrop Elementary School Cafeteria. Camp will run for 8 weeks, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Campers will have a different theme each week filled with lots of learning, fun activities & field trips. We are happy to partner with local organizations such as the Maclure Library, Pittsford Village Farm and more to make camp a wonderful experience.
If you are in need of early drop off and late pick up, please contact the recreation director at 802-483-6500 ext. 170. Scholarships are available to Pittsford residents only.
Week # 1
Life on a Farm:
Fruit, cheese, milk, corn, where do they all come from? Join us this week to learn more about the Farm! Learn what kinds of farms we have here in Vermont, how they work, what they produce and how the food we eat every day ends up on our plates! This week we will get to visit with some hard-working Vermont animals, taste some farm fresh food and even start a little farm of our own at the Pittsford Village Farm Community Garden!
Week # 2
Secret Agents in Training
Come spend a week solving mysteries, climbing through lasers and deciphering clues at our secret agents training camp! This week, we will train our super-spy skills with obstacle courses, scavenger hunts and even making our own invincible ink! By the end of this week, you'll be pros in secret code and ready to take on the world's mysteries!
Week # 3
Messy Scientists:
It's time to get messy with science! This week is filled with unpoppable bubbles, gooey slime and big explosions! Come spend a week learning all about the science in the world around us, looking at things a little closer through a microscope, building our own ecosystems.
Week # 4
Olympic Athletes:
Ready to train for the Olympics? So are we! The year the 2024 Kids Olympics will be held right here in Pittsford, so come join us to try out all the sports you see on TV! Basketball, soccer, swimming, gymnastics and so much more to prepare you for the big leagues! Spend a week playing fun games and learning if you are gold metal material!
Week # 5
Pittsford's Got Talent:
Do you sing, dance, hula hoop or balance on your head? If you have a talent, this week is for you! Spend the week showing off your talents and learning some new ones to share with your friends! This week is filled with music and fun, as well as a trip to a real theatre as we get ready to show the world that Pittsford has talent as we end the week with a public talent show for family and friends!
Week # 6
Travel through Time:
Want to spend the week with the dinosaurs? See what the future might look like? Then hop in our time travel machine and come with us to five time periods to explore the world outside of our lifetimes! This week we will visit kings and queens, 10 cent candy stores, have fun at the disco and so much more! If you're ready to explore than this week is for you!
Week # 7
Week at the Circus:
Come join us for a week at the circus! Clowns, animals, gymnastics and more; this week is filled with fun and bizarre experiences of being at the circus! We will take a trip to the zoo to see of our favorite circus animals like zebras and monkeys, as well as practice our own circus tricks like hula hooping and walking on stilts! Come spend a week with us getting silly!
Week # 8
Nature:
Spend a week paying closer attention to the beautiful world around us! This week we will spend lots of time outside exploring the many different ecosystems right here in Pittsford! We will take hikes on the trials to visit the birds, go swimming with the frogs and explore what's lurking in the ground beneath us! Throughout our exploration of nature, we will learn how to make art with our natural resources and put together our very own nature journals!