Two weeks ago, during the school's spring break, we ran a camp at P.S. 112, a school right down the street from mine. The kids came from 8-5 and we played games and made up team chants and all sorts of camp type things. The term "camp" did cause some confusion, though, when one of the students had packed her things the week before, thinking that we were going to be sleeping in tents. We also got the occasional question about roasting marshmellows or campfires. Overall, the camp was a huge success. I led a group of 3rd graders all week and they were amazing. It was one of the best weeks I've had in City Year so far. It was nice to hang out with the kids in a different environment, one where the focus was to play and have fun instead of teaching them things like healthy choices or math or science.
The camp was for students from both P.s. 111 and 112 but they recruited heavily from 112 since that was where the camp was being held. The theme was Lights, Camera, Action and everything was adjusted to have a movie theme behind it. The kids even directed their own mini-movie on Thursday and played for the whole camp on Friday.
Because all the kids had to sign a waiver saying they could be video taped for the movie, I'm allowed to post some pictures. :)
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