Camp Francis
The Camp Francis summer program is meant to support the mission of the Catholic Community of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Community Life ministries within our parish community. We promise to inspire growth opportunities, offer support, encourage participation, and safeguard the environment as we build our summer family. We enable our community to renew the spirit within, maintain the physical body, and grow the mind as we enjoy the quality recreational, educational and spiritual activities within our exceptional facilities and grounds. We welcome with joy all those young people who come to us and invite them into the life of our summer community.
With Peace and Love,
Ashley Watson
Coordinator of Community Programs
Week 3: July 8-12, 2019
Before Care
Instructor: Camp Francis Explorers Staff/Camp Francis Staff
Price: $25
Early Child Care for Camp Francis Explorers as well as all other Camp Francis campers before Morning Camp Session. Campers will be dropped to the Gym for Before Care by their parents and then Camp Francis staff will get them to their morning camp.
Sessions:
BCC 061701
Dates: June 17-June 21, 2019
Hours: 8am-9am
BCC 070802
Dates: July 8- July 12, 2019
Hours: 8am-9am
BCC 071603
Dates: July 15-July 19, 2019
Hours: 8am-9am
BCC 072204
Dates: July 22-July 26, 2019
Hours: 8am-9am
After Care
Instructor: Camp Francis Explorers Staff/Camp Francis Staff
Price: $25
Late Child Care for Camp Francis Explorers as well as all other Camp Francis campers after Afternoon Camp Session. Campers will be picked up by Camp Francis Staff and brought to the Gym to be picked up by their parents by 5pm.
Sessions:
ACC 061701
Dates: June 17-June 21, 2019
Hours: 4pm-5pm
ACC 070802
Dates: July 8- July 12, 2019
Hours: 4pm-5pm
ACC 071603
Dates: July 15-July 19, 2019
Hours: 4pm-5pm
ACC 072204
Dates: July 22-July 26, 2019
Hours: 4pm-5pm
Camp Francis Explorers
Instructor: Camp Francis Explorers Staff/Camp Francis Staff
Min/Max Enrollment: 9/42
Price: $140
Campers will have the opportunity in this play based camp to dabble in different activities including: LEGO, Arts and Crafts, Sports, Recreational & Board Games and many other fun opportunities around campus. Campers will have the opportunities for both indoor and outdoor activities over the course of the week. All campers will be provided both a morning and an afternoon snack daily, but should bring their own lunch each day.
Sessions:
EXP 061701F
Dates: June 17-June 21, 2019
Hours: 9am-4pm
Grades- 1st-5th
EXP 070802F
Dates: July 8- July 12, 2019
Hours: 9am-4pm
Grades- 1st-5th
EXP 071603F
Dates: July 15-July 19, 2019
Hours: 9am-4pm
Grades- 1st-5th
EXP 072204F
Dates: July 22-July 26, 2019
Hours: 9am-4pm
Grades- 1st-5th
ACT: English, Reading, Writing
Instructor: Raleigh Tutoring (http://raleightutoring.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $280
Get set for ACT Success! Learn the form and style of the test as well as the essential content and strategies for approaching each question type on the English, Reading and Writing sections of the ACT. Review standard grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation issues that are commonly tested on the English section and practice the four types of reading passages. As time allows, examine the potential writing topics, analyze sample essays, and practice writing the essay. Leave with the confidence that comes from being prepared.
Sessions:
ENR 070810P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
ACT: Math and Science
Instructor: Raleigh Tutoring (http://raleightutoring.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $280
Up your chances of achieving a high score on the Math and Science sections of the ACT. Learn essential concepts and test-taking strategies for acing every question type. Review essential skills and concepts from your math classes and master the types of data and graphical analysis questions featured in the science section. Participants must have completed the ninth grade. Completion of Algebra 2 or Common Core Math 2 is strongly recommended. Participants must bring a calculator.
Sessions:
ENR 070808A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Amazing Athletes
Instructor: Caroline Jerger, Amazing Athletes (https://amazingathletes.com/raleigh/programs/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 5/14
Price: $130
Amazing Athletes is an action packed educational sports program that teaches 10 different sports, the importance of nutrition, as well as an introduction to the muscles that help us move! Your child will learn the basics of volleyball, basketball, tennis, soccer, hockey, football, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and track and field. We’ll also practice motor and life skills all while learning teamwork and sportsmanship.
Sessions:
ATH 070803A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 1st-4th
ATH 072206A
July 22-July 26, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 2nd-5th
Arduino Line Following Robots
Instructor: Techsplorers, LLC (http://www.techsplorers.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/24
Price: $205
Learn how to program a robot to follow a track all by itself! While the original Line-Following Robot class is strictly about hardware design, the addition of the Arduino microprocessor introduces completely different challenges and allows for all kinds of enhancements from advanced speed controls to turn memory. And with Arduino, unlike the basic drag-and-drop programming taught in other robotics camps, students will learn a real programming language used in industry by real engineers. This class is great for both programming beginners and Arduino enthusiasts and no previous Line-Following Robot experience is necessary.
Note: Laptops will be available to borrow during class, however, Techsplorers encourages students to bring their own laptop from home with the free Arduino software already installed (see www.techsplorers.com/arduino for setup instructions). Robot built during class sold separately.
Sessions:
SCI 070808P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: 5th-12th
Beginning Piano
Instructor: Family Piano Academy
Min/Max Enrollment: 4/10
Price: $210
Blast off into the wonderful world of music! Campers will end the week knowing how to read and play dozens of fun songs at the piano. All campers will have access to an online portal with instruction videos, music theory games, and encouraging incentives to help them continue their progress at home.
Sessions:
ART 070806A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 1st-2nd
ART 070808P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: 3rd-5th
ART 071512A
July 15-July 19, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 1st-3rd
Create A Castle
Instructor: Maureen Cesari, TFS Art Teacher & Art Instructor (www.paintpaperpaste.com)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $185
In Create-A-Castle Camp budding architects and interior designers will bring to life a wooden castle in the theme of their choosing. Interested in knights and dragons, kings and queens? Make them a home fit for royalty. Love Harry Potter and the school of witchcraft and wizardry or how about the Wizard of Oz and the Emerald City? Customize your castle to your hearts desire and create some inhabitants to complete your theme.
Sessions:
ART 070807P
Dates: July 8– July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: 3rd-5th
Harry Potter
Instructor: Raleigh Tutoring (http://raleightutoring.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $195
Celebrate your love of all things Potter while making new like-minded friends! Increase your knowledge of the series and enhance your wizarding skills while creating Hogwarts-themed snacks like Polyjuice Potion punch and butter beer. Learn and play Quidditch, write Harry Potter fan fiction, hunt for Horcruxes, make potions, and feel closer to Harry and his friends by joining one of the four houses. Leave with memories and memorabilia you have created during the week.
Sessions:
ENR 070807A
July 8– July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 4th-8th
LEGO: Mining & Crafting
Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz (http://www.bricks4kidz.com/northcarolina-raleigh-wakeforest/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 6/20
Price: $200
Campers will explore the world of Minecraft® in our Mining & Crafting I Camp by bringing it into their world through the use of LEGO® Bricks and Technic® elements. Participants will build and interact with characters and elements from the popular game including Steve, Creeper, Chicken, Pig, Pickaxe and Minecart. Learn engineering skills through the construction of motorized and articulated elements from the video game. In addition, campers will build their favorite characters through the use of various art projects. Each camper gets to build a mini Creeper or Steve figure to take home at the end of camp! Students will face new challenges each day, building models and crafting key elements by using your imagination. Video game play is not part of this camp’s curriculum.
Sessions:
ENR 070806A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 1st-5th
LEGO: Video Game Design
Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz (http://www.bricks4kidz.com/northcarolina-raleigh-wakeforest/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 6/20
Price: $200
Students will develop a range of coding and problem-solving skills as they create fun video games. Game designers will think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively to create various video games. Each Game Design unit includes a themed mini-model built with LEGO® Bricks that will be the main character of all of the games. Each game progressively teaches more advanced capabilities within the video game design software. Students will be proud and excited to actually play their very own completed video games.
Sessions:
ENR 070809P
July 8-July 12, 2018
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: 3rd-6th
Little Medical School- Discovering the Human Body & More!
Instructor: Little Medical School (https://www.littlemedicalschool.com/raleigh/about-us/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 6/12
Price: $200
At Little Medical School, we understand kids love to dress up and play doctor. That’s why we’ve created a fun and exciting program to help elementary school aged students explore the world of medicine. Through interactive learning, kids will discover how the body and organs work, how to use medical instruments, administer first aid and even tie knots like a real surgeon. Each child will receive a working stethoscope to take home and a diploma as a graduate of the Little Medical School® after completion of the course.
Sessions:
SCI 070807P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: K-5th
SCI 072216A
July 22-July 26, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: K-5th
Little Veterinarian School– Fantastic Felines
Instructor: Little Medical School (https://www.littlemedicalschool.com/raleigh/about-us/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 6/12
Price: $200
Adopt a pet and start your training as a veterinarian! Explore the principles of animal care to keep your cat healthy and happy. Perform a physical exam, make a cat toy, learn about common feline diseases, and discover various car breeds in this fun and educational camp. All graduates of Little Veterinarian School will receive a stuffed cat and much more.
Sessions:
SCI 070805A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: K-5th
SCI 071513P
July 15– July 19, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: K-5th
Messy Masterpieces
Instructor: Raleigh Tutoring (http://raleightutoring.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $195
All art worth keeping and sharing is messy! In this camp, kids will create works of art with glue, paint, paper, glitter, yarn and clay. Budding artists will complete one project to take home each day as well as work on others that will be completed on the last day of camp. Examples of masterpieces include designed T‐shirts, picture frames, clay pots, magnets, masks, puppets and much more.
Sessions:
ART 070809P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: K-2nd
Paint, Paper & Paste Collage
Instructor: Maureen Cesari, TFS Art Teacher & Art Instructor (www.paintpaperpaste.com)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $170
Collage is a French word means “to glue”. And glue we will in this colorful and fun camp we will create artwork in the media of collage. Cutting, pasting, drawing and painting combine to make some mixed media masterpieces!
Sessions:
ART 070805A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 2nd-5th
Paint Spirits Bright
Instructor: Raleigh Tutoring (http://raleightutoring.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/20
Price: $195
Do you love painting and creating gifts, works of art, or decor for your room? If so, this is the perfect camp for you! Learn new techniques, use different mediums, and paint on a variety of surfaces such as ceramics, fabric, and canvas. We will explore techniques of famous artists as we create masterpiece.
Sessions:
ART 070810P
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Grades: 4th-8th
Taking Flight into Aerospace
Instructor: Techsplorers, LLC (http://www.techsplorers.com/)
Min/Max Enrollment: 8/24
Price: $205
Watch as your rockets blast off hundreds of feet into the air! Learn the fundamentals of aerospace engineering and use your newfound knowledge to design, build, and launch your own water bottle and model rockets. However, the real challenge comes when you design and construct your own balsa wood gliders from scratch – just like the Aerospace students at NC State. By the end of the week, you’ll feel like a real rocket scientist with creations of your very own to take home.
Sessions:
SCI 070806A
July 8-July 12, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grades: 5th-12th