Specialty & Enrichment Camps
During the warmer summer months, every student looks forward to a break from the demands of a busy school year. Along with the relaxation and joy that come with summer freedom, it is important to keep children active, engaged, and social. Tatnall’s Specialty and Enrichment camps provide the perfect opportunity for children to develop life skills, gain confidence, and try new things.
Chess Camp
Chess
Chess Masters of Delaware - Gregory Rogers
Learn chess with the Chess Masters of Delaware team! Advance your current skills or learn the fundamental strategies of chess and how to apply them consistently throughout the game. Campers will learn to play chess and develop strong critical thinking skills.
Dates:
Week 0: June 12-16
Week 5: July 17-21
Week 9: August 14-18
Times: 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Cost: $325
Grades: 1-12
Art Camps
Ceramics
Time to get messy in the Ceramics room! Campers will get to experience the use of our pottery wheels, new raku kiln, and much more in the ceramics room! As well as everyone’s favorite making custom slime! Please wear old clothing or bring a smock you don’t mind getting dirty.
*Clay projects will be available for pick-up starting July 24, 2023, in the Beekley Lobby.
Dates:
Week 1: June 19-23rd
Times: 9 A.M. to Noon
Grades: 2-7
Costs: $230
Megan Acevedo
The Fine Art of Food
Calling all foodies and artists! Campers will explore various mediums while creating their very own food themed art. We will be getting messy using clay, testing our sewing skills making pillows and painting Pop Art inspired pieces. All ceramics pieces will be available for pick-up the last week of summer camp.
Dates:
Week 8: August 7-11
Times: 9 A.M. to Noon
Grades: 3-7
Costs: $230
Megan Acevedo
The Art of Skateboarding
Returning for a second time, bigger and better than last year! Skateboarders, get ready for an action-packed week! Our mornings will be divided between learning beginning to intermediate-level tricks and the artsy side of skate culture (photography, graffiti, and ceramics). This year we will be spending a couple of days off-campus at the local skateparks putting our skills to the test.
Safety is a must for this camp! All art supplies will be provided, but campers need to bring their own skateboard, helmet, and protective gear (knee/elbow pads, etc.).
All levels are welcome. Ran by Mr. and Mrs.Acevedo. A detailed schedule and locations will be sent out the Sunday before. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions (meganacevedo@tatnall.org)
Dates:
Week 9: August 14-18
Times: 9 A.M. to Noon
Grades: 3-8
Cost: $250
Mr. & Mrs. Acevedo
Dance, Music & Theater Camps
The Werkshop
Beat Addikts - Todd Munoz
If hip-hop instruction is what you seek this summer, then The Werkshop is the place for you! Instructors Debbie Apalucci and Todd Munoz will focus on building each camper’s hip-hop technique, choreography capabilities, and performance quality. This camp will end with a special performance for friends and family.
Dates: Week 4: July 10-14
Times: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Grades: 2-8
Costs: $325
Musical Theater
Best Broadway - Shauna Goodman
Ready for something new and exciting!!?? Missing performing and live theater!? Do you LOVE going to the theater to watch all the exciting dance and musical numbers in shows?! Then we have the PERFECT way to spend your summer! Come to Tatnall's BRAND NEW Musical Theater Specialty Camp - featuring favorite songs from Broadway Musicals, A great way to add to your audition repertoire, learning the foundations of theater, new dance steps, and more! Learn how to go through an audition process and through a fun week of rehearsal! Spend the summer with Shauna Goodman and come out a brand new performer with a new understanding and love for theater! Every Friday, there will be a performance of what we learned throughout the week! Each student will be featured in their own special way and will learn to shine like the star they have the potential to be!
Themes:
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Week 2: Family Favorites
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Week 5: Broadway Backward
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Week 6: Tony Awards Week
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Week 9: I can do that!
Dates & Grades:
Week 2: June 26-30 for Grades 2-12
Week 5: July 17-21 for Grades 2-12
Week 6: July 24-28 for Grades 2-12
Week 9: August 14-18 for Grades 2-12
Times: 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Costs: $400
The Milky Way & Beyond: A Theatrical Adventure
Child Drama Workshops
The sky is the limit! Let us take a journey to Mars in search of an alien, or let us explore the asteroid belt with a ride on a shooting star! Through interactive, creative, and theatre-based games taught by our trained team, you will see your child become an alien, an astronaut, or a planet in our solar system! Thrills and opportunity await as your child explores the galaxy with their own imagination.
Allow your child to work with a professional Theatre Director and Choreographer, focusing on the art of improvisation though individualized actor instruction. Campers will work together to help create the story in an ensemble format. This original play will be shared with parents and peers on the last day of camp, complete with costume accessories, props, make-up, and souvenir program, followed by a cast party!
Dates: Week 0: June 12-16
Times: 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Grades: K-5
Costs: $420
Paw Patrol: On Stage
Child Drama Workshops
“Paw patrol is on a roll!” Have your child journey to Adventure Bay and become one of their favorite pups from Paw Patrol: Chase, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Marshall, Everest, or even Ryder! They will experience rescuing Mayor Goodway, Captain Turbot, and more familiar characters. Watch your child take a paw step into action as they save Adventure Bay from whatever problems arise.
Acting, singing, and creative movement will combine in creating an original and improvisationally based play. Parents and friends are invited to come see our play on our last day of theatre camp, complete with costume accessories, props, make-up, and a souvenir program, followed by a cast party!
Dates: Week 5: July 17-21
Times: 9 A.M. to Noon.
Grades: PK4, K, 1st
Costs: $265
The Little Mermaid: The Musical
Child Drama Workshops
Strike up that underwater band and let your child’s voice ring true as we get ready to “take a dive” into the splendor of “The Little Mermaid: The Musical!” All your fan-favorite characters from this famous Disney classic come to life through the creative and performing power of your
children! Movement and dance-based games, along with fun-filled theatre performance exercises, will give your children everything they need and more to bring about a stupendous and music-filled extravaganza! Come swim with Flounder, outsmart Ursula, save the dashing Prince
this time, and let your child’s creativity swim freely this summer!
Dates: Week 7: July 31-Aug 4
Times: 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Grades: K-5
Costs: $440
Puss in Boots: Live on Stage
Child Drama Workshops
Based on the French Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, Puss in Boots: On Stage explores the adventures of the ultimate trickster, Puss in Boots, as he travels through the Black Forest on a mission. Through interactive and improvisational acting, your child can become the cat, the thieves, the royalty, or a host of raucous fairy tale characters, including the Big Bad Wolf! Let the magical boots and the medieval setting take your child to a time of fearful defiance and swashbuckling fun!
Acting, singing, and creative movement will be combined in creating an original and improvisationally-based play. Our team of professional Actor-Educators will encourage your child to reach his/her potential. Parents are invited to come see our live play on the last day of camp, complete with costume accessories, make-up, and souvenir program, followed by a cast party!
Dates: Week 8: August 7-11
Times: 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Grades: PreK4, K, 1st
Costs: $420
Enrichment Camps
Outdoor Adventure Camp!
Steve Wermus
Experience the healthy thrill of nature and outdoor activity! Seize the summer days with this camp session, which begins with orientation scavenger hunts and team building on Tatnall's state-of-the art ropes course. Then, our group will embark on daily trips to local venues to explore our area's adventure opportunities: horseback trail riding, river tubing, mountain biking, fishing, rock climbing (at DE rock gym), and bouldering (at local state parks). To wrap up the week, we camp overnight at Brandywine Creek State Park. Your camper will have a blast and gain competence, confidence, and leadership skills with the expert guidance of Tatnall teacher and experienced outdoorsman, Steve Wermus.
Dates: August 14-18th
Times: 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Grades: 3rd-8th
Costs: $400
Language University: Spanish Adventures!
Lia Andrews
Hop aboard our safari convoy and get ready for Spanish fun in the wild! New themes and play-pretend ahead! Experience Spanish in a whole new and magical way! Join Ms. Lia for a camp full of daily missions, crazy crafts, and magical adventures! Whether your children are seeing Spanish for the first time or they are keeping up with their language foundation, Ms. Lia is excited to keep your campers motivated, entertained, and learning from start to finish. Former campers are always welcome!
Dates:
Week 1: June 19-23 Grades 1-3
Week 2: June 26-30 Grades Prek-K
Times: 9:00 A.M. to Noon
Costs: $225
Math Prep
Alex Nestor
Jumpstart your school year with a one-week crash course in all things algebra and geometry. This class will explore the main topics that are used in the higher math courses here at Tatnall, using various online and hard-cover resources to practice essential skills. We will specifically focus on the most effective note-taking skills in mathematics and how they can personally use these to best prepare for tests and quizzes in the future.
The course instructor, Alex Nestor, is entering his 5th year of teaching at Tatnall. He has taught all levels of Upper School Math and is known for his love of math and his excitement when tackling new problems. He can’t wait to get started this summer!
Dates: August 14-18
Times: 11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Grades: 9-10
Costs: $250
English Prep
Steve Wermus
Energize your 9th or 10th grade student’s brain with a Humanities readiness course to get a jump on the 2023-24 school year! This experience exposes students to the idea that there are multiple ways to learn and encourages them to explore ways that they can use their unique learning strengths to improve academic success. Excitingly, we will focus on recent advances in neuroscience as applied to the classroom. See www.learningandthebrain.com to get a sense of what’s in store. We will also work on developing grit—task persistence—and a growth mindset, proven pathways to achievement. Special focus will be given to developing reading comprehension and writing tools, in addition to practical organization, note-taking, and traditional “study” and test preparation skills. The course will finish by asking the students to apply their nascent skills to their Humanities summer reading texts and 9th and 10th grade course textbooks, giving students a head-start on authentic initial reading and writing assignments, so they can hit the ground running at Tatnall.
The course instructor, Steve Wermus, has taught English for over 25 years, 19 of them at Tatnall. He is known for energy and enthusiasm and for making learning provoking and fun. He looks forward to helping your student achieve!
Dates: August 21-25
Times: 11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Grades: 9-10
Costs: $250
BlackRocket Tech Camps
Minecraft Modders
BlackRocket Tech
Customize your own Minecraft world and mod the classic game in this one of a kind class. Learn scripting and logic statements as you create your first mods. Students will create a wide variety of new elements, gameplay mechanics, and world generating mods to change the way you play Minecraft. Projects will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students must have the Java version of Minecraft to take this class. Tablet, phone, and game console versions of Minecraft are not compatible. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years
Python Programmers
BlackRocket Tech
Want to learn the world’s fastest-growing programming language favored by Google, NASA, Youtube, and the CIA? Learn how to code with Python to create engaging apps and games. Each lesson takes you step-by-step on a programming path that will let you challenge friends with fun content you create from start to finish! Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
LEGO Films and Stop Action!
BlackRocket Tech
Make your LEGOs come to life! Bring in your favorite action figures or LEGOs and create a short film with your friends. Whether you want to recreate a scene from Star Wars or design a world of your own, this class brings your dreams to the screen. Students will need to bring in LEGOs and/or action figures from home, but all other equipment is provided. Student-created films will be available on a password protected website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
Week 6
Dates: July 24-28
AM SESSION
Times: 9 A.M. - 12 P.M.
Grades: 3rd-5th
PM SESSION
Times: 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
Grades: 6th-8th
Costs: $230
Roblox Makers
BlackRocket Tech
Unlock the power of ROBLOX® Studio, the world creation tool used by real-world ROBLOX® developers! Learn how to build 3D models and create an adventure in your ROBLOX® world. Bring characters to life with unique animations you design. Student-created projects will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family.
Week 7
Dates: July 31- Aug 4
AM SESSION
Times: 9 A.M. - 12 P.M.
Grades: 3rd-5th
PM SESSION
Times: 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
Grades: 6th-8th
Costs: $230
YouTube: Content Creators
BlackRocket Tech
Find your voice and leave your mark on the world! Whether you are six or sixteen, it’s time to start a career as the next YouTube star. Explore the variety of content and personalities that exist on YouTube and how to find your own niche. Learn the Dos and Don’ts of the platform and how to practice good digital citizenship. Develop your on-camera presence, your own channel branding, and professional editing skills. Take home a plan for launching your own channel with the content created in class! Student projects will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family.
Week 8
Dates: August 7-11
AM SESSION
Times: 9 A.M. - 12 P.M.
Grades: 3rd-5th
PM SESSION
Times: 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
Grades: 6th-8th
Costs: $230