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May
27

Six Summer Programs To Consider

Heshan Berents-Weeramuni

If you are still looking for Summer Programs for your kids, here are six Curley, BPS and Jamaica Plain related ones to consider.

Curley Great Outdoors Summer Enrichment Program

Up and about in Jamaica Plain with the Great Outdoors Summer Program last summer

Now in it’s second year, this popular program will again be run at the Curley by our very own art teacher Anna Youman and Phys. Ed. teacher Mark Righini.

The week long summer enrichment program for students aged 4-8 lasts from August 13 – 17 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., and will be housed in the Curley Lower School.

The program is described below:
Come explore art, sports and good summer fun through the “Great Outdoors” right here in our schoolyard and Jamaica Plain neighborhood! We will make art in our beautiful schoolyard and outdoor classroom, play sports outside, and take field trips to some of the beautiful natural spaces right here in Jamaica Plain! Let’s go outside, have fun and learn!

A portion of the funds will be donated to the Curley School’s Arts and Physical Education programs.

CASP Summer Creative Arts Program

A brand new program organized by our own Curley After School Program (CASP) is slated to run from July 9 – August 17 and is open to students aged 6-12.

The 6 week Summer Creative Arts Program at the Curley will run from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be daily classes in theater, dance, art, music, and sports. There will also be weekly specials that include stilt walking, cooking, sailing, home economics, chess, photography, and drumming. Fridays will be Community Days and will consist of field trips to Boston sites.

KidsArt! Summer Day Program

A staple of Jamaica Plain and popular with many Curley parents, KidsArts! this year offers their  summer program from July 2 through August 24, and lasts from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Due to the many field trips, campers must be 6 years old and have completed K2.

Each of the 8 weeks has a different themed set of programs, and includes “Food and the Environment,” “Circus Arts Around the World,” and “Travelling Through Time and Space.”

Big Picture Summer Camp

Open to 6th – 10th graders (and mature 5th graders), this photography and film-centric summer program runs from July 9th through August 3rd. The program lasts each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and an extended day option is offered until 5 p.m. for an additional charge. The camp is run by Curley parent and professional photographer Jennifer Connolly.

A fun way to learn something new and explore Boston, in each session there will also be a guest artist in the field. Camp will include fun summertime activities too, like going to the beach and other excursions. Cameras will be available for those interested in shooting stills for all four sessions. However, the emphasis on photo tools and technique is during week one only. If a student is mainly interested in still photography, and can only come weeks 2-4, Jenny will work with him or her individually. Areas to be explored are screenplay writing, story development, location scouting, cinematography, editing, and by default, acting.

Boston Explorers – An Urban Camp for Kids

Boston Explorers is a day camp for girls and boys ages 9-13 that combines the best of summer camp—creative, spontaneous play and hands-on activities—with the sights and sounds of the city. Campers are on the move visiting historic sites, natural spaces, buildings and waterways. A skilled staff leads the way, but kids take command of the expeditions with their enthusiasm and imagination. Wherever they come from, by the end of the week kids will feel that Boston is their city.

The camp runs for three weeks in August – week 1 is from August 6-10, week 2 is August 13-17, and week 3 is August 20-24.

Thanks to Curley teacher and parent Kate Davis for passing this along!

BPS’ Summer ARTS! Program

The BPS Arts Department offers no less than 17 different summer programs it organizes in partnership with community organizations including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the MFA, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and  JP’s own Eliot School. The different programs are for students aged from 4 years old all the way to 18.

Programs, many heavily subsidized, include the following:

  • 2012 BPS Summer Music Intensive that provides free musical instruction for students in grades 3 through 12
  • SummerMusic, a summer music program offered by the Community Music Center of Boston, a strong Curley partner, for grades 2-5
  • Boston Adolescent Renaissance Drama School (BARDS) offered through the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company for teens aged 14-18
  • BSO Days in the Arts, a program for Massachusetts public school students that includes a 5 day sleep-away camp at the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshires

For information, visit the Summer ARTS! program website.

Many thanks to Curley teacher Anna Youman for the heads up!

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