Summer Camps & New Student Orientations
SUMMER CAMPS & NEW STUDENT ORIENTATIONS REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN!
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July 9-13, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon)
SOCCER SHOTS
for incoming Preschoolers, 3-5 year olds
July 9-13, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$250
Hone in on your soccer skills this summer with Soccer Shots! Our Camps provide children with an opportunity to develop their soccer skills, character, and creativity in a safe, fun and non-competitive environment. Children will join in on some fun games and activities, skill exercises and team building all the while focusing on physical literacy. During their week, they will have access to a season’s worth of material coached by our top staff member(s) and discover soccer in a whole new way!
Coach Teddy Hagen is our Director of Coaching and has been coaching soccer through physical literacy for more than 5 years with children ages 3-8 years old in Denver, CO before coming back to the DFW area. With a background in Elementary Education and playing NCAA Soccer, he has been able to blend his two passions of Soccer and early childhood development education. He is familiar with White Rock Montessori and loves coaching there throughout the year. Needless to say, he is excited to head up our Summer Camps!
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KNITS & KNOTS
for incoming 1st - 6th graders
July 9-13, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Kids will knit fun projects using finger, arm, and loom knitting techniques. They will also learn a variety of knots for everyday use. Fun activities and projects such as yarn-making and dyeing, fancy shoe lace tying, knitting animals, and things to wear. This camp is open to kids age 6-12.
Mrs. Gomez has experience tying knots for sailing and has recently discovered a love of knitting. She is very excited to share what she’s learned this summer.
BROADWAY - JUNIOR
for incoming 2nd - 4th graders
July 9-13, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
Lunchtime included - please bring a sack lunch for every day of the camp.
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Class minimum = 8 students
Class maximum = 16 students
Get your jazz hands ready for Give My Regards to Broadway - Junior, this camp will get you singing and dancing some of Broadway’s greatest songs. Incoming 2nd graders through returning 4th graders will learn theater basics such as costume and set design, voice projection, and blocking, the movement of the actors on stage. Friday, July 13th, the students will share what they have worked on that week in a small performance in the Activity Room at 11:30 AM.
July 9-13, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.)
MOVEMENT & CHOREOGRAPHY
for incoming 1st - 4th graders
July 9-13, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.)
$225
We will begin the day warming up by doing a daily “Wave” created by choreographer and author, Gabriella Roth. Simultaneously, we’ll find new dance vocabulary with music from all over the world ranging from percussive to legato, allegretto to adagio. Then we’ll be ready to choreograph our own group dances. Each day will offer a different challenge. Most of all, we’ll have fun!!!
Teacher: Amy Seltzer, WRM assistant teacher, and private voice coach, parent of WRM graduate. UNT degree in music and dance. Performance in both voice and dance in multiple ensembles.15 years a dancer and composer with Elledanceworks.
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon)
CAMP READ A LOT
for incoming Kindergarteners - 2nd graders
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Summer's coming and with it lots of time for recreational reading. Camp Read-A-Lot is an intensive program combining phonics, vocabulary, and reading fluency with fun activities. Your children will be bringing home several books each day. Please let them read to you daily and make sure the books all come back the next day. This camp is open to children entering grades K through 2nd.
Reading is one of Mrs. Gomez’s favorite things to do and teach. She is also excited to share LE1’s new leveled reading library.
ART
for incoming 1st - 3rd graders
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Let’s Create!
In this exciting art-filled camp, budding artists will experience it all. Clay, paper mache, drawing, painting, and more! Each day offers new media and techniques to explore, inspiring and activating creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving, all guised in a fun, choice-based expressive atmosphere.
Ms. Holly earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a focus on illustration from the College of Art and Design at Lesley University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a Texas native who has illustrated over a dozen children’s books. Before joining the WRM family, she taught at a private art studio in Richardson for eleven years to students of all ages.
SOCCER SHOTS
for incoming Lower Elementary students, 6-9 year olds
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$250
Hone in on your soccer skills this summer with Soccer Shots! Our Camps provide children with an opportunity to develop their soccer skills, character, and creativity in a safe, fun and non-competitive environment. Children will join in on some fun games and activities, skill exercises and team building all the while focusing on physical literacy. During their week, they will have access to a season’s worth of material coached by our top staff member(s) and discover soccer in a whole new way!
Coach Teddy Hagen is our Director of Coaching and has been coaching soccer through physical literacy for more than 5 years with children ages 3-8 years old in Denver, CO before coming back to the DFW area. With a background in Elementary Education and playing NCAA Soccer, he has been able to blend his two passions of Soccer and early childhood development education. He is familiar with White Rock Montessori and loves coaching there throughout the year. Needless to say, he is excited to head up our Summer Camps!
CREATIVE ECOLOGY
for incoming 2nd - 5th graders
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
In the spirit of the makers club movement and the movement for sustainable living, Creative Ecology Camp will combine arts and crafts with compelling lessons in ecology. We will cook tasty treats on our own DIY solar ovens, create a variety of stunning, quality art out of used or sustainable materials, make our own package free, toxic-free cleaning materials, learn to use a sewing machine to make useful drawstring produce bags, and upcycle old clothing into new treasures. Each day will include readings from beautifully inspiring and informative stories. Participants will be guided to critically evaluate the sustainability or unsustainability of everyday practices that our culture accepts without question, imagining design solutions for a more sustainable future.
BROADWAY - SENIOR
for incoming 5th - 8th graders
July 16-20, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
$450 + $70 Materials Fee
Class minimum = 8 students
Class maximum = 16 students
Get your jazz hands ready for Give My Regards to Broadway - Senior! The WRM music and art programs will be joining forces to get you singing and dancing some of Broadway’s greatest songs. Students 5th-8th grade will collaborate artistically preparing sets, costumes and props and will learn valuable musical theater basics such as voice projection and blocking, the movement of the actors on stage. Friday, July 20th the students will share what they have worked on that week in a small performance in the Activity Room.
July 16-20, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.)
YOUNG WRITER'S WORKSHOP
for incoming 1st - 3rd graders
July 16-20, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
In this camp, budding writers will realize the joy of self-expression through crafting “word art” in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Students of varying levels of confidence and experience are all welcome! Campers will be invited to try various forms of poetry, journaling, bookmaking, and even comics. Don't worry... we will not be writing the entire time! We will be reading inspiring short stories, illustrating ideas using a variety of artistic materials, and engaging in creative movement and acting. Exciting strategies for help with handwriting will be in the mix as well! Have you ever taken your pencil on a roller-coaster ride?! Buckle up and let's GO!!!
July 23-27, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon)
SCIENCE DISCOVERY I
for incoming 1st - 3rd graders
July 23-27, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Roll, float, slide, or soar your way to Science Discovery Camp where we will explore all things motion. Kids will discover principles of physical science, energy, engineering, and design to find out how to make things go (and go faster!) as they create, test, tinker, and recreate their own moving machines.
Science Camp will be led by LE2 teacher, Candy Gwyn. Ms. Gwyn believes the more you know about the world around you, the more fun you can have in it!
ENSEMBLE BOOT CAMP
for incoming 4th - 8th graders
July 23-27, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
Lunchtime included - please bring a sack lunch for each day of the camp.
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Class minimum = 4 students
Class maximum = 10 students
The White Rock Montessori Ensemble is a dynamic instrument group committed to performing a unique repertoire of music on a variety of instruments including drums, recorders, and Orff instruments. This summer we are offering a camp to give future Ensemble members a head start on their fall semester music, along with opportunities to brush up on their music theory, improvisation and conducting skills. This camp is open to incoming 4th graders and returning 5th through 8th graders. Friday, July 27th, the students will share what they have worked on that week in a small performance in the Activity Room at 11:30 AM.
If your child wishes to bring an instrument that they play outside of class to this camp such as a guitar or violin, please email Mrs. Wheeler at valerie@whiterockmontessori.org to let her know what instrument and how long your child has been practicing that instrument before Friday, July 17th. This will allow Mrs. Wheeler time to arrange music to fit that instrument prior to the start of camp. If your child plays a portable instrument outside of school that they wish to play for Ensemble, please have them bring that instrument to each day of the camp.
July 23-27, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.)
SCIENCE DISCOVERY II
for incoming 4th - 6th graders
July 23-27, 2018
Afternoon (12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Roll, float, slide, or soar your way to Science Camp where we will explore all things motion. Kids will discover principles of physical science, energy, engineering, and design to find out how to make things go (and go faster!) as they create, test, tinker, and recreate their own moving machines.
Science Camp will be led by LE2 teacher, Candy Gwyn. Ms. Gwyn believes the more you know about the world around you, the more fun you can have in it!
July 30 – August 3, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon)
LOWER ELEMENTARY ORIENTATION
required for all 1st graders, all 2nd graders new to WRM, and all 3rd graders new to WRM
July 30 - August 3, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225
Lower Elementary New Student Orientation is required for all 1st graders and for all 2nd and 3rd graders who are new to White Rock Montessori.
This week will give students the opportunity to learn the routines and procedures of their classroom, receive lessons on LE materials to build up their repertoire of choices in the beginning of the year, and create new relationships with other LE students and the LE teachers. All of these opportunities will benefit our students by fostering a smooth start at the beginning of the school year!
KINGDOM OF CHESS
for incoming 2nd - 4th graders
July 30 - August 3, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
Chess develops your child’s reading and math ability, critical and analytical thinking skills, and builds character and self-esteem. But don’t tell the kids...they think chess is fun! This camp is for beginners to master the basic rules and fundamentals of chess. We will be using an imaginative approach to learning each piece and it’s permitted moves. This camp is open to kids age 6-10.
Mrs. Gomez learned to play chess as a young child and has always enjoyed the game.
CULTURE & CUISINE
for incoming 3rd - 6th graders
July 30 - August 3, 2018
$225 + $35 Materials Fee
The Global Peel
Travel the globe through food and art. Prepare recipes from the most beautiful places on earth while learning cooking techniques such as rolling sushi, frying, and baking. This camp will fill the belly while enhancing the understanding of cultures and customs from around the world through dance, poetry, and artistic expression. Campers will create and participate in a daily celebration that honors many traditions of humanity.
Tara Humphrey is a teaching anthropologist and published author. She has an educational background in Anthropology & Philosophy from Wichita State University and produced multicultural events nationwide for over twelve years. She has been in the classroom since 2012 teaching poetry and anthropology for many Dallas non-profits. She also loves to eat.
August 6-10, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
PRESCHOOL NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
required for all new 3 and 4-year-olds
August 6-10, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225
MIDDLE SCHOOL SEMINAR
optional for incoming 7th graders who attended WRM in 6th grade
required for all 7th and 8th graders who are new to WRM
August 6-10, 2018
Morning (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)
$225
The Middle School Summer Seminar is an academic and social experience designed to ease the transition into Middle School through meaningful work and engaging activities. The curriculum will be enjoyable and varied, i.e. use of film clips, music, and other kinesthetic media. The Middle School Summer Seminar will be a "busy work" and homework-free environment.
