Middle School Camps

Our faculty’s creative and interactive teaching styles promise to make this camp interesting and lively. The camp will focus on literary works that are fun to read and discuss. Campers will also develop their expository writing and grammar skills.

Our comprehensive fine arts camp is ideal for you if you are interested in exploring your artistic ability in a creative and supportive environment. Artists of all abilities are welcome.

The integrated math, science and computer camp will give you the opportunity to participate in innovative science experiments, strengthen your math skills and create computer projects.

The musical theater camp helps you develop your acting, dancing, and singing skills in a high-energy environment with our drama director and current Saint Francis students. Students participate in a drama showcase production at the conclusion of camp.

This captivating and exciting art workshop focuses on three-dimensional construction using clay. We will explore “Modern Art” and learn skills such as slab-rolling and throwing on the potters wheel. Each student will create unique pieces of art and use decorative glazes to finish them.

This class prepares students for the high school entrance exam for Catholic high schools (HSPT). Students learn what to expect on the exam, review the material covered on the exam, and discover and how to apply testing strategies during the exam.

This course will be a basic introduction to the solar system. We will investigate the formation of the solar system, examine the funadamental characteristics of each planet, and discuss the fate of Pluto.

Digital Photography will cover the basic principles of photography and explain the three building blocks of light, time and subject. Students will explore the many artistic choices you make when you take a photograph. They will learn about cameras, lenses and filters, and finally, how to bring the photograph into Photoshop, enhance it, prepare it for printing, and print it.

This hands-on, experiential learning camp will explore the interaction of software and hardware to create a bot that can make predictable decisions based on dynamic inputs. Students will use prefabricated hardware such as light sensors, motion sensors, and motors to learn basic algorithm and lab skills to test their designs.

This course is focused on expository and creative writing. Utilizing literary excerpts, students will hone their grammar skills, perfect the paragraph structure, and develop their thesis and essay writing expertise. The creative projects will inspire imagination and encourage self-expression. Editing and revising will be stressed as integral parts of the writing process. Students will have time to work in class, but minimal amounts of homework may be required.