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Grades 5-8

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Summer Languages Institute The Summer Languages Institute introduces students to modern languages and gives them a foundation which they can use to enter a language class at their grade level. Chinese, French and Spanish are taught by Laurel faculty in classes centered on a particular theme, such as animals and their habitats, cuisine, athletics and travel.		Girls Get Fit! Come work out with GIRLS ONLY! Dan Dvorak, Laurel School’s certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, addresses balance and core, footwork and agility, and strength and speed. Learn about healthy snacks and proper nutrition. Girls finish the program with an age-appropriate personal workout plan for the summer!

Channel 56: Girls Only Tune in to Summer at Laurel’s camp just for GIRLS! Channel 56: GIRLS ONLY, designed around the themes of popular TV shows, offers five weekly sessions full of fun, adventure, new experiences, field trips, service projects and new friends.		Forensics (Speech & Debate) Camp Designed for students new to speech and debate as well as those with a season or two of experience, this Forensics Camp allows competitors to develop their talents and skills in either speech or debate in preparation for the 2012-2013 interscholastic season.

Girls Learning Through Experiential Education: GLEE “GLEE goes camping…again!” is the theme of this year’s very popular camp! Girls learn the basic elements of camping, such as pitching a tent, cooking over a campfire, navigating the trails of Laurel’s Butler Campus, singing campfire songs and much more. They experience the benefits of teamwork as they take on the low and high elements on Laurel’s Project Adventure course.		LEAD! (Leadership Education and Development) Change your child’s life in a week! This is not a sports camp or an academic camp. This one-week intensive leadership skills camp lead by Effective Leadership Academy (ELA) engages students in fun and interactive team scenarios to help them with problem-solving, goalsetting and leadership skills.

Shakespeare Rocks! Regardless of one’s level of exposure to the genius of Shakespeare, campers rave about Laurel’s dramatic summer program, Shakespeare Rocks! During this two-week camp, student actors investigate the artistry and process of theater under the guidance of a classically-trained actor. After analyzing and interpreting text, campers learn to stage scenes and create characters using only their bodies, voices and imaginations. They use technologies old and new to design costumes, sets and staging for the selected plays.		Weekly Science Camps by Great Lakes Science Center Nine one-week sessions include: Amazing Architecture, Dissection Discovery, Gross Out, LEGO NXT, Survival Science, and Wicked Weather. See their website for all offerings: www.GreatScience.com.