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Rambling Pines Day Camp

P.O. Box 3

Route 518

Hopewell, NJ 08525

(609) 466-1212

Fax: (609) 466-1196

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: www.ramblingpines.com

Location: Route 518, Hopewell

Directors: Roslyn Jordan, Robert Jordan and Dianne Jordan

Ages served: 3-13

Teen travel: grades 7-10

Enrollment: 400

Session dates: 4, 6, 8 week sessions 6/25-8/17

   Rambling Pines is celebrating its 25th season as one of New
Jersey’s premier day camps. At Rambling Pines children swim, play sports, dance,
sing, draw, paint, act, fish, create a craft project, canoe and kayak, hit a golf
ball, ride a bike, take a streamwalk, laugh, learn, make friends, and do all those
other things that make us such a special place. ACA accredited.
The Reading Advantage

Villa Victoria Academy

376 W. Upper Ferry Road

Ewing, NJ 08628

(609) 882-1700

(609) 883-0064

Fax: (609) 882-8421

Location: Villa Victoria Academy

Director: Sr. Josephine Galasso

Ages served: grades 1-6

Enrollment: 60

Session dates: Mon.-Thurs. in July, except July 4

Tuition: $20/class (one hour per day)

   The Reading Advantage is designed as a summer reading and math
enrichment program. Students will join with other children of similar gifts and
abilities. Not only are students able to pursue the joy of reading, they are
also able to maintain reading and math skills often lost over the long summer
vacation.
Rising Star Basketball
Camp

53 Goodwin Parkway

Sewell, NJ 08080

(609) 896-5383

Director: Eldon Price

Location: Rider University, Lawrenceville

Ages served: girls, 8-17

Session dates: Individual camp: 8/5-8/9

Tuition: Individual camp, $350 (overnight), $250 (day) (9 a.m.-8 p.m.,
includes meals)

   Our camp provides the highest caliber instruction, while making
sure every camper has fun. The camp is geared toward teaching players of all
skill levels. Our goal is to give each camper the opportunity for maximum growth
and improvement.

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SAFE (School Age Fun
and Enrichment)

P.O. Box 10302

Trenton, NJ 08650

(609) 259-1547

Fax: (609) 259-2614

Location: Washington Township School District

Session dates: 6/25-8/17

   Enrichment courses include drama, art, painting, crafts, sculpture,
kindergarten connection and traveling program. Before and after care available.
Schafer School of Gymnastics

1880 Princeton Ave.

Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

(609) 393-5855

Fax: (609) 393-5749

Location: Lawrenceville

Ages served: 3-16

Session dates: 6/21-9/3

Enrollment: up to 64 per day

   Newly air-conditioned facility. Gymnastics camp offers youngsters
ages 3-16 a great opportunity to learn gymnastics, combined with a wide variety
of fun and challenging activities. This program will prove to be a valuable learning
experience, along with a chance for the child to enjoy healthy activities and
have a great time.
Sean Casey Basketball
Skills Camp

P.O. Box A/ The Peddie School

Hightstown, NJ 08520

(609) 490-0450

E-mail: [email protected]

Director: Sean Casey

Ages served: entering grades 4-8 (boys & girls)

Session dates: Session A: 7/2-7/6, 7/30-8/3; Session B: 7/23-7/27

Tuition: Session A: $190; Session B: $115

   A day camp designed to provide a comprehensive basketball education
emphasizing the skills necessary to develop as a player.
Soccer Excellence

P.O. Box 6951

Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648

(609) 896-5319

Fax: (609) 895-5744

Location: Rider University

Directors: Russ Fager, Alan Jeffers

Ages served: 7-17 (boys and girls)

Session dates: 7/22-7/26; 7/29-8/2

Tuition: $250 (commuter), $300 (day), $450 (resident), if paid in full
by Jul. 1

   A soccer camp geared for all ages and all skill levels. Soccer
Excellence strives to offer boys and girls an opportunity to develop their skills
in an environment that is supportive and fun- filled. The camp has been in business
for 26 years.
Stony Brook-Millstone
Watershed Association — Environmental Day Camp

31 Titus Mill Road

Pennington, NJ 08534

(609) 737-7592

Fax: (609) 737-3075

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: www.thewatershed.org

Location: Watershed Association’s Nature Reserve

Director: Jeff Hoagland, Rick Lear

Ages served: entering grades 1-9

Enrollment: 16-20/session

Session dates: 7/9-8/17, one or two week sessions

Tuition: $200-$475

   The summer environmental day camp utilizes the Watershed’s
785-acre nature reserve of field, forest, pond and stream as a classroom. The
camp’s fun, social setting is ideal for discovering the wonders and intricacies
of nature while also exploring our relationship with the natural world. Activities
include habitat explorations, field trips, nature games and crafts. Field trips
to other habitats are included with some age groups.
STU-ARTS

1200 Stuart Road

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 921-2330, ext. 259

Fax: (609) 497-0784

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: stuart.k12.nj.us

Location: Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

Director: Jan Baldwin

Ages served: 6-13

Session dates: 6/11-6/29

Tuition: $225/week

   STU-ARTS is a performing and visual arts camp that celebrates
creativity and self-expression. This year’s theme will be Fiesta Latina! Artists,
dancers, composers and actors from the area will teach classes and workshops.
Summer Arts Programs
at the Peddie School

P.O. Box A

South Main Street

Hightstown, NJ 08520

(609) 490-7550

Fax: (609) 426-9019

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: www.peddie.org

Location: Hightstown

Director: Robert Rund

Registrar: Marilyn Anker

Ages served: 7-15

Enrollment: 80-95

Session dates: 7/9-8/4

Tuition: $250-$450

   The Summer Arts Program at Peddie consists of a theater camp
that includes acting, musical theater, dance and a "Stars of Tomorrow"
performance. The Green Apple Theatre program is specifically designed for students
ages 8 to 11. The camp also includes a theater internship program and a visual
arts program.
Summer Fun

33 Mercer St.

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 924-0566

Location: Trinity Church, Nassau Nursery School

Director: Sharon Wright

Ages served: 3-5

Enrollment: 30

   Summer fun offers preschoolers an active outdoors experience
with theme play, arts and crafts, water play and weekly excursions. A three-day
per week program, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and a five-day per week program,
Monday through Friday are available for six weekly sessions starting the last
Monday in June. Children must be potty trained and have preschool experience.
Summer Programs for High
School and Middle School Musicians

Westminster Choir College

of Rider University

101 Walnut Lane

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 924-7416, ext. 227

Fax: (609) 252-0477

E-mail: [email protected]

Location: Westminster Choir College

Director: Scott Hoerl

Session dates: 7/1-7/7, 7/8-7/14, 7/15-7/20, 7/22-7/27, 7/29-8/6

Tuition: $650-$900

   Each summer, middle and high school musicians from across the
country come to Westminster Choir College for an extraordinary learning experience.
Working with Westminster’s artist faculty in voice, piano, organ, composition
and musical theater, they strengthen their passion for music, develop their technique
and expand their creativity in an atmosphere of artistic and intellectual discovery.
Descriptive brochure available upon request.

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Teen Travel Camp —
Princeton Recreation

380 Witherspoon St.

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 921-9480

Fax: (609) 688-2040

Director: Kate Herlihy

Ages served: grades 6-9

Enrollment: 30-40

Session dates: five one-week sessions, dates not yet determined

Tuition: $175-$300/week

   Travel camp is a day camp for teen- agers who may be too young
to work or too old for a traditional day camp format. Area theme parks, malls
and movies, beaches and amusement parks are some of the places that are visited
each week. This five-week program starts the last week in June and ends the first
week in August. Choose all or some weeks. (Two-week minimum).
Tennis Network

Princeton Racquet Club

150 Raymond Road

Princeton, NJ 08540

(732) 329-6200

Ages served: Call for information on age-specific program.

Session dates: Weekly sessions: 6/11; Regular camp sessions: 6/25-8/20

Tuition: Call for more information.

   Weekly camp sessions begin with our early June camp during
the week of Jun. 11. During the last week of August, we offer morning Davis Cup
competition.

   There are two sessions offered each week. Campers may sign
up for one or both sessions. Instructional (9 a.m.-noon): conditioning, footwork
stroke mechanics, shot selection, placement, depth and spin, rules and sportsmanship
are included in this instructional phase of the day. Competitive (1 p.m.-4 p.m.):
Here the focus is on singles and doubles strategy, incorporating charting, ladder
matches, exchange matches, Davis Cup competition, Junior USA Ralleyball and team
tennis.
Tomato Patch Workshops
— Mercer County Community College

P.O. Box B

Trenton, NJ 08690

(609) 586-4800, ext. 3566

Fax: (609) 631-9373

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: www.mccc.edu/youth/tomatopatch

Location: 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ

Director: Kitty Getlik

Ages served: grades 5-12

Session dates: 6/25-7/19 (Session I: grades 8-12), 7/23-8/9 (Session II:
grades 5-8)

Tuition: Session I, $500; Session II, $400

   Students select a major in either visual or performing arts
(music, dance, theater), and spend two morning classes in these areas. After
lunch they are free to choose electives in other areas, which include computer
art, stagecraft, directing, jazz dance, musical theater and more.
Triangle-Your Creative
Center — 10th Annual Youth Art Camp

P.O. Box 8079

Princeton, NJ 08543-8079

(609) 896-4100

Fax: (609) 896-2838

Locations: Alternate Route 1 at Darrah Lane, Lawrenceville and 4260 Route
1 Monmouth Junction; Hamilton and Newtown Sq., Pa. (pending)

Director: Shaun Kiernan

Ages served: Creative Playshops, 6 and up; Adventure Tours, 8 to adult

Session dates: Creative Playshops — 10 weeks of morning and/or afternoon
sessions beginning 6/25; Adventure Tours — 3 weeks of tours, full-day sessions
beginning 7/9.

Tuition: Creative playshops — $125/week morning or afternoon, $195/week
combined morning/afternoon; Adventure Tours — from $35/day, $195/week (tuition
varies depending upon destinations)

   Creative playshops offer 10 weeks of full- or half-day workshops
in cartooning, drawing, clay, and much more. Owner Joseph Teti is executive director
of the Adventure Tour program. He has developed three weeks of exploring historic
locations, museums, businesses, and government facilities in New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.
Twin Rivers Day Camp

92 Twin Rivers Drive W

East Windsor, NJ 08520

(609) 443-1113 or 5465

Fax: (609) 443-5641

Location: McKnight School, Twin River Drive, East Windsor

Director: Gene Geldziler

Ages served: 5-12 (must be Twin Rivers resident)

Enrollment: 120

Session dates: 6/25-8/17

Tuition: $680 for 8 weeks ($85/wk) (four- and six-week sessions available)

   Sports programs offered include soccer, volleyball, etc., tennis
instruction, group swim instruction and "free" swim, arts and crafts,
performing arts, special days and in-camp entertainment.

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Waldorf Summer Camp

1062 Cherry Hill Road

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 466-1970

Fax: (609) 333-9991

Location: Princeton

Ages served: 4-12

Session dates: 6/25-7/6; 7/9-7/20; 7/23-8/3

   Waldorf Summer Camp offers plenty of hands-on work/play geared
toward engaging the imagination. This year, music, art, stories, crafts and outdoor
play will be used to interweave our theme of the Latin-American and African cultures
into busy three two-week sessions for all age groups. For younger campers, we
offer a mix of nature walks, outdoor play, stories and simple craft projects
relating to puppet play. We will continue the art workshops for students ages
11-15: Raku, painting, textile design.
West Windsor Day School

173 North Post Road

West Windsor, NJ 08648

(609) 275-9379

Location: West Windsor

Director: Irene Baab

Ages served: birth-6

Enrollment: 40

Session dates: 7/2- 8/31

Tuition: infants $705/mo; toddlers $605/mo; pre-school $580/mo, before/after
kindergarten $400/mo; five percent sibling discount

   A year-round educational facility with certified teachers utilizing
a traditional approach to teaching in the early childhood setting.
West Windsor YMCA Camp

(609) 497-9622

Fax: (609) 497-9031

Location: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor

Director: Tom Canto

Ages served: 5-13

Session dates: 6/26-8/25

Tuition: $185 per week

   The YMCA’s West Windsor Camp returns this year for a second
exciting summer. This traditional day camp features sports, swimming and arts
and crafts while working the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility
into every activity. A key component is a weekly visit from the West Windsor
Police Dept. Talks last summer covered such subjects as pool safety, fire safety,
playground safety, drugs and car safety. Special events and trips are included
in this camp.
West Windsor-Plainsboro
Community Education — Summer 2001 Activities for Youth

P.O. Box 505

Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

(609) 716-5030

Fax: (609) 716-5035

Location: Dutch Neck Middle School, High School North

Ages served: K-8

Session dates: four two-week sessions, 6/25-8/17

Enrollment: 300

   Enrichment courses include sports, drama, magic, art, painting,
crafts, calligraphy, sculpture, baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis,
computers, kindergarten connection, traveling adventures, music and CIT program.
Before and after program provided.
West Windsor Recreation
Summer Camp

P.O. Box 38

Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

(609) 799-6141

Fax: (609) 799-2044

Location: TBA

Ages served: Entering grade Pre-K-5

Session dates: four two-week sessions, 6/25-8/17

Tuition: Call for rates

Internet address: www.wwparks-recreation.com

   Arts and crafts, woodworking, rocketry, sports program, games,
trips, on- campus entertainment, daily swim program, morning snack and juices,
nurse on staff, professional adult staff, one to eight ratio.
Westminster Conservatory
Summer Camps

101 Walnut Lane

Princeton, NJ 08540-3899

(609) 921-7104

Fax: (609) 921-7296

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet address: www.westminster.edu

Location: Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton campus

Directors: Marianne Lauffer, Kathleen Bullivant

Ages served: 4-high school

Session dates: Musical Jamboree (7/2-7/6, 7/16-7/20); Try It Out (7/23-7/
27); Flute Camp (date TBA); Children’s Summer Opera Workshop (6/18-8/19)

   The Conservatory offers music camps, instrumental camps and
a children’s opera workshop: Musical Jamboree (ages 4-7) is a half-day program
designed for children to participate in music-related experiences based on a
weekly theme.

   Try It Out (grades 1-6) is a half-day camp for students, with
or without musical experience, to try a musical instrument they have always wanted
to play.

   Flute Camp 2001 is for flutists (grades 6-12) with a minimum
of one year of experience. Flute camp meets daily, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

   New this year is the children’s Opera Workshop (ages 8-14)
which meets evenings starting in late May through July 30. The children will
be presenting "The Princess and the Pea" in four performances.
Windsor Happy School

217 Clarksville Road

West Windsor, NJ 08850

(609) 799-3990

Location: West Windsor

Director: Regina Gaspari

Ages served: 6 wks-6 yrs.

Session dates: June-August

   Planned learning experiences, arts and crafts, stories and
finger plays, songs and rhymes, nature projects, music and movement, karate,
computers, gym classes and Stretch and Grow Program.

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YWCA Princeton —
Adventure Camp at Paul Robeson Place

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 497-2119

Fax: (609) 683-5674

Location: Paul Robeson Place

Director: Karen Szilvasi

Financial Aid Info: Joyce Fitch

Ages served: 3-12

Enrollment: 150/session

Session dates: 6/25-7/6, 7/9-7/20, 7/23-8/3, 8/6-8/17; Two week sessions
only; pre- and after-camp available

Tuition: $100-$300 a session

   All camps are grouped according to age and we keep a high ratio
of counselor to camper. Daily activities include, but are not limited to, WSI
instructional swimming lessons, arts and crafts, sports, drama, talent shows,
day trips, guest entertainers, and much, much more.
YWCA Princeton —
Adventures in Sports Camp at The Pennington School

112 Delaware Ave.

Pennington, NJ 08534

(609) 497-2105

Fax: (609) 683-5674

Location: The Pennington School

Director: Reggie Jeffries

Financial Aid Info: Joyce Fitch

Ages served: 6-14

Enrollment: 175/session

Session dates: 6/25-7/6, 7/9-7/20, 7/23-8/3, 8/6-8/17; Two week sessions
only; pre- and after-camp available

Tuition: $370 (full day), $220 (half day, 6 and 7 year olds only)

   The Adventure in Sports Camp at The Pennington School will
include activities such as Red Cross swim instruction, basketball, camp olympics,
fun games/activities, arts and crafts, guest entertainers, hockey, lacrosse,
relay races, soccer, softball, special event days, T-ball, tennis, volleyball,
and camp electives. This camp provides a high quality camp experience and many
enrichment activities involving various sports and recreation. The daily activity
schedule is designed to build the camper’s self-esteem and confidence by providing
physical and emotional support in a nurturing environment.
YWCA Princeton —
Summer Gymnastic Camp at Paul Robeson Place

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 497-2119

Fax: (609) 683-5674

Location: Paul Robeson Place

Director: Karen Szilvasi

Financial Aid Info: Joyce Fitch

Ages served: 6 and up

Enrollment: 35/session

Session dates: 6/25 -7/6, 7/9 -7/20, 7/23-8/3, 8/6-8/17; Two week sessions
only; pre- and after-camp available

Tuition: $325 a session

   The YWCA has been providing quality gymnastics classes for
more than 12 years. Our Summer Gymnastic Camp is a continuation of that program
and is well respected throughout the community. Our experienced, full-time instructors
motivate the students to learn new skills in a positive and rewarding environment.
This is the perfect opportunity for current gymnasts to work on perfecting previous
skills, learn new skills, and increase strength and flexibil ity. All gymnasts
will have the opportunity to participate in daily instructional swim lessons,
arts and crafts, and special events.
YWCA Summer Camp

3562 Nottingham Way

Hamilton Square, NJ 08690

(609) 587-1815

Fax: (609) 587-5788

Location: Reynolds Middle School, 2145 Yardville-Hamilton Square Road,
Hamilton

Director: Peter Capone

Ages served: grades 1-7

Enrollment: 120

Session dates: 6/25-8/17; 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Extended hours available:
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Tuition: Call for rates

   Art, games, crafts, sports, gym, swimming instruction and free
swim. Each week is named for a different theme. Counselors work with the theme
for activities during that week. Trips include bowling, golf, movies and roller
skating.
YWCA Variety Camp at
Paul Robeson Place

Paul Robeson Place

Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 497-2119

Fax: (609) 683-5674

Location: Paul Robeson Place

Director: Karen Szilvasi

Ages served: 3-10

Enrollment: 140

Session dates: 6/26-8/18

Tuition: $100-$300/2 wks

   The YWCA Princeton Variety Camp is designed to offer children
a high quality camp experience, while participating in enrichment programs. All
activities are designed to create a sense of pride and personal achievement,
in a safe and caring environment.

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