SUMMER 2012 DAY CAMPS
CAMP ULSTER
(CLICK HERE or SCROLL DOWN for LIST of CAMPS)
Summertime is playtime—time for running through sprinklers, playing sports, and being creative. Our camps are filled with activities to keep boys and girls ages 4 - 18 busy and happy during the summer months. They are staffed by creative and energetic SUNY Ulster credit and local instructors.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Registration instructions for the Camp Ulster are below. Please note that the Mad Science Camps have their own registration process.
REQUIRED HEALTH FORMS: All Camps require a completed Health & Permission Form with your registration.
We must receive all forms at least three days prior to the first day camp.
Registrations will NOT be processed without a health form.
Click here for a copy of the Health & Permission Form. If medication needs to be administered by the College's Health Services staff, then the Medication Administration Form must accompany the Health Form. Click here for a copy of the form.
INSTRUCTIONS:
To Register for any of the following camps (except the Mad Science Camps, see below*)
- By Mail: Click here for the Mail in Registration Form and send to: Camp Ulster, Business Resource Center, One Development Ct, Kingston, NY 12401
- By Fax: 845-339-0780.
- By Phone: 845-339-2025. If you register by phone then your Health & Permission Form must be received within a week of your phone registration.
- In Person: At the Business Resource Center or the Stone Ridge Campus.
* To Register for a Mad Science Camp:
- Call 845-294-5434 or visit www.madscience.org/midhudson.
- The Health & Permission Form will go to Mad Science with your registration.
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please call 845-339-2025 or email: campulster@sunyulster.edu.
FUTURE CAMP PROPOSALS & COUNSELOR POSITIONS
Do you have any suggestions or a proposal you would like us to review for the 2013 Summer Camps? If so, email it to Patrice Macauley at macaulep@sunyulster.edu by the end of September 2012.
If you are interested in being a counselor please email Patrice Macauley at macaulep@sunyulster.edu. Once received, your information will be forwarded to the Educational Leader of each camp for consideration. You must be at least 16 years of age and have some experience working with children. In the email include your experience with children and three references to be contacted. All Camp Staff will go through a background check and be fingerprinted by the College.
Camp Ulster 2012
JUNIOR TENNIS CAMP
Ages 8 - 16
This camp offers a wonderful tennis experience that is both fun and educational. It provides instruction for all levels from beginner to high school varsity player. The coach to camper ratio allows staff to get the most from each individual's ability. Morning instruction includes the teaching of strong tennis stokes and precision footwork, both of which comprise the back bone of the game. Drills are incorporated to promote the development of these skills. In the afternoon, campers are taught strategy, technique, and sportsmanship by means of challenging games and matches. The staff is fully committed to individual attention within the context of group learning and believes that this learning experience will last a life time.
Dress and Gear: Arrive dressed to play. Bring topical insect repellent, topical sun block (spray form not permitted), and a reusable/refillable water bottle. Sneakers are required and racquets are available if needed.
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration, snacks, and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leader: Peter Fein has been a tennis instructor in Ulster County for over 25 years and is a certified professional with the U.S. Professional Registry. He has coached both the boys and girls Onteora High School tennis teams to numerous championships over the past 25 years. Over this period he has held successful camps for both children and adults, privately and at SUNY Ulster. (5:1, Camper to Coach Ratio)
Mon - Fri |
June 25 - 29 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 471-15 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$269 |
Mon - Fri |
July 23 - 27 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 471-16 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$269 |
BASKETBALL CAMP
Ages 8 - 12
Campers of all skill levels will learn both the offensive and defensive fundamentals of basketball including individual moves, shooting techniques, ball handling, rebounding, man-to-man defense and passing. This camp will have a strong focus on teamwork, sportsmanship, developing leadership skills, and overall wellness. Competitive games will be an integral part of the camp experience. The fundamentals learned at this basketball camp will help to develop good habits both on and off the court. You are expected to come with the right attitude and ready to work hard in order to improve. Together with an experienced and dedicated staff, you will learn all aspects of the game of basketball.
Dress: Basketball attire (shorts, t-shirt/jersey & basketball sneakers).
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration, snacks, and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leader: Jake Maloney is currently a teacher and girls varsity basketball and varsity track and field coach at Rondout Valley. Coach Maloney has been a professional educator for ten years. He has a wide range of basketball coaching experience, having been a boys modified, junior varsity and varsity boys coach and a varsity girls coach as well as a boys AAU coach. He has also developed and facilitated sportsmanship workshops promoting sportsmanship amongst junior and high school athletes while he was athletic director at Rondout Valley. Coach Maloney has been the educational leader at Camp Ulster for the past two years. Along with a talented and enthusiastic staff of former Varsity and Collegiate basketball players, he looks forward to another great year at Camp Ulster. (12:1, Camper to Coach Ratio)
Mon - Fri |
July 9 - 13 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 349-06 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$189 |
This camp is open to all skill levels. The camp provides a fun learning environment, while also focusing on main skills like dribbling and passing. The afternoon will be game play where players will be able to use the skills learned that day and apply them in game-like situations.
Dress and Gear: Please arrive dressed to play. Bring sneakers, cleats, shin guards, shirt change, a towel, topical insect repellent, and topical sun block, (spray form not permitted).
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration, snacks, and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leader: Victor Tobaris SUNY Ulster's soccer coach. He is a graduate of Ulster where he earned All-Regions, All-Northeast and All-Tournament honors and was twice named NSCAA All-American. Coach Tobar played professionally in Chile for Colo-Colo and for the NY/NJ Metrostars. He runs the Quickstrike F.C. summer soccer camp as well as several others. (12:1, Camper to Coach Ratio)
Mon - Fri |
July 16 - 20 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 454-20 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$189 |
BASEBALL CAMP
Ages 7 - 16
This camp is designed for the serious player as well as the beginner. Instruction will be on the basic fundamentals of baseball, including hitting, fielding, pitching, throwing, and base running. In addition, there will be intense work on learning and improving skills, effective drills, and proper work habits. You will be placed into an appropriate group based on age and ability. You will have the opportunity to learn about more than one position during the specialty groups. The goal is to make sure you leave with a greater knowledge and love of baseball.
Dress and Gear: Please bring glove, bat, baseball hat, long athletic pants, athletic footwear (rubber spikes/sneakers), a reusable/refillable water bottle, topical insect repellent, and topical sun block (spray form not permitted). Catchers should bring a chest protector, helmet, shin guards, and facemask, if you have them.
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration.
Educational Leader: Steve Freer has coached at every level from Little League to College baseball. A top athlete and graduate of Saugerties High School, Mr. Freer played college baseball at St. John's University and was member of the 1988 Big East Champions. Steve has also taught at many camps and clinics. (12:1, Camper to Coach Ratio)
Mon - Fri |
July 30 - August 3 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 457-20 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$189 |
CIRCUS THEATRICKS CAMP
Camp Theme: The Aloha Circus!
Ages 7 - 14
Circus Theatricks is back for another fabulously themed circus event. What's more fun than a day at the beach? A CIRCUS at the BEACH! Seano returns putting the hula back in Hula-hoops, running the waterballoon juggleathon, and the walk-in on beach balls beach party show! Surf, sand, and circus - an adventure like no other, join us!
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leader: Sean Fagan is a former clown with Ringling Bros. Circus, and now makes a living as an actor, and teaching artist in upstate, NY. www.circustheatricks.com (12:1, Camper to Coach Ratio)
Mon - Fri |
August 6 - 10 |
9 am – 3 pm |
CFK 940-08 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$289 |
MAGIC CAMP
Ages 9-12
Mystify and amaze as you explore magic and related arts, close-up and on a grand scale. Study close-up magic using cards, coins and other ordinary objects, and then expand to magic and illusions suitable for a full stage show. Each student will rehearse and perform in the presentation of a full-size illusion. The highlight of the week is a magic extravaganza performed with other campers for family and friends on the last day of camp.
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leader: Jim Perry began his apprenticeship in magic as an assistant at the age of 5. He performed with a family revue for many years, and currently performs magic as jimperrymagic and the magical theatre project "Faescape." (Camper max is 10.) .
Mon - Fri |
July 30 - August 3 |
9 am - 4 pm |
CFK 958-02 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$299 |
Materials Fee: $25, for professional quality props, payable the first day in camp. Campers will also use ordinary objects from home.
NEW! ART, LIGHT, SCIENCE = PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP
Ages 12 -15
This camp will introduce you to some of the scientific wonders of photography! It will include many hands-on activities, demonstrations, discussions, and opportunities to make beautiful and unique imagery. First you will experience the natural phenomenon called the Camera Obscura - which is the reason photography was invented. Learn how it works and why it inspired the photographic medium to be developed over the last 150 years! Over the course of the camp, you will be exposed to a wide array of cameras. You will be guided in how to make a homemade camera, a type of camera that is known as a pinhole camera. You will take your own photographs and make your own prints using alternative process photography and will learn about the chemistry that created these earliest photographic processes. You will learn to coat your own photographic paper and make photogenic drawings from nature and personal belongings – just like the photographic pioneers did in the 1800’s! Interspersed throughout the week you will also discuss different ideas about composition and subject matter in photography as well as its early history and the scientists that invented it and what youth today are doing with photography. You will leave with photogenic drawings, prints, and a better understanding of the natural phenomenon that is photography. (6:1, Camper to Coach Ratio, camper max is 12.)
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leaders: Jennifer Lynn Morse is a photographic artist born in Rochester, New York and currently residing in Kingston, New York. After graduating from The College at Brockport, she has worked for art publications and recently completed two intensive work exchange programs with the Center for Photography at Woodstock. She now assists several well-established photographers including John Dugdale and was named Director of Education at the recently established 19th Century School of Photography in Ulster County. Jennifer’s work has earned a place in the collections of numerous universities and private collectors. She is currently exhibiting and making new work, as well as doing historical research in the field of 19th c. photography and its processes.
Elizabeth Unterman’s photography and video work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions including Revisit at the Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA; The Boston Young Contemporaries at Boston University; The Screening at Samson Projects, Boston; The Woodstock Biennial at the Woodstock/Byrdcliffe Guild and the Photo Regional at the Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY to name a few. In addition, Elizabeth has curated numerous exhibitions including a group exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design's Sol Koffler Gallery and Site Seeing: Explorations of Landscape at The Center for Photography at Woodstock. She earned her MFA in Photography from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007. From 2007-2010, Elizabeth was the Education Coordinator at The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) and is currently Adjunct Faculty of Photography at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, NY and a freelance photographer. www.elizabethunterman.com
Mon - Fri |
July 30 - August 3 |
10 am - 3 pm |
CFT 302-01 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$299 |
NEW! RECYCLE-CRAFTER CAMP
Ages 12 - 17
You will learn how to creatively repurpose found materials that would be otherwise discarded. You will have the chance to learn about the wide variety of materials that can be re-used and will leave camp with many handmade treasures. You will be machine and hand-sewing funky creatures out of old socks, making a variety of felted items out of wool sweaters, designing jewelry out of bottle caps and game pieces, making paper beads out of handmade recycled paper, creating one-of-a-kind art out of thrift store paintings and much more. This camp is designed to inspire you to re-evaluate everyday objects you may overlook the value of otherwise. Not only will you experience the creative benefits of repurposing found objects but you will learn about the environmental benefits as well. On nice days there will be opportunities to work outside and go for nature walks to reinforce the lessons. (Camper max is 10.)
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration, snacks, and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Materials List: Please bring to class the following items. Fashion magazines, scissors, drawing paper, pencils, erasers, any colored pencils, markers and watercolors you have at home. These are in addition to the items the educational leader is providing.
Educational Leader: Jaime Hazard is a biologist and environmental communications expert with a B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University and a M.P.S. in Environmental Communication and Participatory Process from SUNY ESF. She enjoys blending environmental education with crafting and has been lucky enough to work with people of all ages doing just that. She currently runs her own a soap-making and crafting business called Sweet Pea's Groceries and a creative facilitation business called Positive Energies.
Mon - Fri |
July 23 - 27 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFT 500-01 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$250 |
Materials Fee: $20, payable to instructor on the first day of camp.
NEW! SPANISH CAMP
Ages See below
DID YOU KNOW? Children who are exposed to another language at an early age have more opportunity to learn faster and have better understanding of the language. In this camp you will be exposed to the basic structures and phrases in the Spanish language. You will learn some of the most common communication topics such as personal description, family, food, travel, sports, etc. We will also learn about different Spanish speaking countries and their different customs and holidays. Each student is taught to be comfortable with the language and increase self-confidence while speaking! In the afternoon we’ll read stories, play games, sing songs, dance a little flamenco, and do art projects and skits. (Camper max is 10.)
Lunch: Please bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration and a reusable/refillable water bottle.
Educational Leaders: Angeles Onis, a native of Spain, teaches at Ellenville High School and at the Language Immersion Institute at SUNY New Paltz.
Materials Fee: $20 for each section, payable to instructor on the first day of camp.
Ages 8 - 10
Mon - Fri |
July 9 - 13 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 725-01 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$270 |
Ages 11 - 13
Mon - Fri |
July 16 - 20 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 726-01 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$270 |
Ages 14 - 16
Mon - Fri |
July 23 - 27 |
9 am - 3 pm |
CFK 727-01 |
Stone Ridge Campus |
$270 |
2012
The fee for each camp is $175.
If you take two camps in the same week the fee is $315 for both.
To Register for a Mad Science Camp:
- Call 845-294-5434 or visit www.madscience.org/midhudson.
- The Health & Permission Form goes to Mad Science with your registration.
- If you register for a morning and afternoon camp in the same week,
please bring a bag lunch that requires no refrigeration.
Supervision is provided between sessions at no extra fee.
MAD MACHINES & CRAZY CONTRAPTIONS
Appropriate for students who have completed grades K – 4
This is a camp designed by you—the Inventor! Each day you’ll be given a series of challenges which must be overcome using basic materials, simple machines, tips from world famous inventors and the most important thing of all – your mind. If you were stranded on a desert island how would you survive? You will need to build shelter, find food and purify water, protect yourself and your teammates from the elements and find a way off the island – or die trying (not really).
Journey to the future and examine the ultramodern inventions of the 23rd century. Then design the future - today. "Create" mini-light sabers, “green energy”, and hovercraft. With a little bit of ingenuity you’ll construct catapults and forts and then lay siege, fabricate a winning Egg Drop design, construct a dancing robot and experiment with a Salt Water Fuel Cell Car. While Thomas Edison said invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, this camp is 100% fun!
Mon - Fri |
June 25 - 29 |
9 am - 12 noon |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
MAD SCIENCE MYSTERIES & FANTASTIC FORCES
Appropriate for students who have completed grades K - 4
Investigate several topics each day with cool take-home projects. Kids will be engineers, chemists, and stunt pilots! Children will have fun with physics and learn the science behind magic tricks. Your Mad Scientists will be shocked by what they learn about electricity… blown away by their experiments with air pressure… and swept away by the excitement of working with waves!
They will learn about simple machines and build a propeller-powered car. Campers will make and take home their own crystal garden, a center-of-gravity game, a “magic” box which make objects disappear, a “Skyhawk” foam plane, an “Air Blaster” foam rocket launcher, a bridge building kit, a Cartesian diver, a “Drag Racer” car, and their own batch of ooey, gooey slime.
Mon - Fri |
June 25 - 29 |
1 pm - 4 pm |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
MAD SCIENCE CRAZY CHEMWORKS
Appropriate for students who have completed grades 1 – 5
This action-packed camp explores the chemistry of everyday life! With spectacular hands-on activities and stunning demonstrations, kids will both learn and apply the concepts, tools and techniques of real chemists! Campers will start by learning real lab techniques and safety procedures, and then use these throughout the week to mix crazy concoctions and chemical combos. They will experiment with super-sticky-stuff, explore glow-in-the-dark technology, mix potions, make slime, and grow crystals! Each camper will take home a full set of Mad Science lab gear that includes a graduated cylinder, a beaker, a flask, an experiment tube, pH paper, a thermo-color cup, a blacklight writer, and more!
Mon - Fri |
July 9 - 13 |
9 am – 12 noon |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
MAD SCIENCE SECRET AGENT LAB
Appropriate for students who have completed grades 1 – 5
15 hours of, fun-filled, hands-on, secret agent themed science activities featuring 10 take-home projects! The five daily themes are Discover Detection, Funky Forensics, Science of Security, Sleuths on the Scene, and Spy Academy. During the week the agents put everything they have learned to the test.
They will code and decode messages, use spy equipment on a surveillance shift, collect and analyze evidence, explore the science of tracking, practice facial reconstruction, and many other activities that are so top secret they cannot be described publicly! Take home projects include an ultraviolet Fingerprint Finder kit, Spyglasses that let you secretly watch people who are behind you, Spy-noculars, a Secret Code Breaker, and an Inspecti-kit for evidence collection.
Mon - Fri |
July 9 - 13 |
1 pm - 4 pm |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
MAD SCIENCE RED HOT ROBOTS
Appropriate for students who have completed grades 1 – 5
Explore the basic and complex technology used to design and build robots. Discover how machines and robots work and how they make our lives easier. Learn about simple machines, gear structure, battery wiring, motor principles, and electronic circuits. Experiment with different forms of locomotion – including wheels, legs, and “tracks”. Build your very own robot and several other take-home projects, including a catapult, a “mega pincher” lever project, and an electric circuit Groups will be separated into different age groups.
Mon - Fri |
July 16 – 20 |
9 am - 12 noon |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
MAD SCIENCE NASA: JOURNEY INTO OUTER SPACE
Appropriate for students who have completed grades 1 – 5
Material developed by Mad Science and NASA. Take a voyage of discovery into the atmosphere and beyond. Explore planets, moons, and other space phenomena in our solar system. Examine the sun and other stars. Discover the difficulties of space travel, the challenges of living in space, and try assembling a satellite while training to be an astronaut.
Learn about the various technologies that make space exploration possible while bouncing lasers around the room, and take home an LED UFO. Build your own Mad Science model rocket, and launch several with the group. Campers will have lots of projects to make and to take home including a Kepler’s Cube solar system puzzle, a Cosmic Chronometer, a Shuttle Copter, and a Catch-a-Comet.
Mon - Fri |
July 16 – 20 |
1 pm- 4 pm |
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Stone Ridge Campus |
$175 |
