Grades 2-5 | Harford Day School

List of 8 items.

Week One: June 17-21

2nd and 3rd: The Science Guys - Space and Rocketry
Space camp is all about life in outer space! From Earth to the outer planets, we explore the physics of space, how astronauts live in the ISS, and launch 6 different kinds of rockets! Kids will bring home their real rocket at the end of the week!

2nd and 3rd: Little Medical School - Little Veterinarian (Dog)
Additional Program fee: $100
At Little Veterinarian School, students will assume the role of a veterinarian and learn how to perform a nose-to-tail exam, the importance of proper nutrition, perform a tick check, and identify animal body language. Est. 2016

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: D’s Magic - YOU Can Do Magic!
Get ready for a magical adventure that will teach you how to make things float, read a person’s mind, and other tricks using cards and money. Each magic lesson builds character, confidence, dexterity, and communication skills for life. Students will focus on the importance of reading as a way to learn tricks or anything else. Children also get to share and perform with Mr. Dave Thomen of D’s Magic in a delightful show!

4th and 5th: VAC - Photography
Have you ever wanted to be a Photographer? Well, this is your chance! In this afterschool class, we’ll learn the basics of photography in all of its forms. We’ll learn about Composition, Lighting and other core strategies that allow professionals to take incredible photos. We’ll also get to take pictures of campus, go on nature tours, and even create beautiful creations for local businesses!
Week Two: June 24-28

2nd and 3rd: SPARK - My First Craft Fair
Additional Program fee: $50
Let's get crafty! Young entrepreneurs will create handmade items to "sell" to other "vendors" at
their very own craft fair! In this program, students will learn about craft fairs and the ingenuity and creativity of the small business entrepreneur. They will produce goods, and learn to create appealing
advertising and displays. Other related topics will be discussed such as counting currency, budgeting, profit margins, buying and selling and assessing the quality of goods.

2nd and 3rd: The Science Guys - Kitchen Chemistry
Each experiment in this camp is either edible or uses edible ingredients! We will explore the hidden secrets of the kitchen, make edible slime, make our own gummy creations, and create edible eruptions! While we are mainly using edible ingredients, we won't eat the results of every experiment.

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: Chef Egg - Chef Egg Live: Cooking w/ S.T.E.A.M. Power
Additional Program fee: $50
Chef Egg wants to give your campers the skills they need to succeed in the kitchen and make them confident cooks. Campers will create daily menus, understand S.T.E.A.M. learning skills while creating healthy recipes with international flavors. Hands on culinary instruction will include professional culinary skills, kitchen safety, nutrition and leadership.

4th and 5th: Little Medical School - Little Veterinarian (Horse)
Additional Program fee: $100
At Little Veterinarian School, students will assume the role of a veterinarian and learn how to perform a nose-to-tail exam, the importance of proper nutrition, perform a tick check, and identify animal body language. Est. 2016
Week Three: July 8-12

2nd and 3rd: SPARK - My First Lemonade Stand
Additional Program fee: $50
Learn how to make sweet and tangy lemonade – and make money by selling it! Experiment with recipes, design flyers, learn how to count money, make change and tally your profits. Then, in a showcase finale event, launch your lemonade stand and sell, sell, sell, and raise funds for a charity students select!

2nd and 3rd: Little Medical School - Little Veterinarian (Cat)
Additional Program fee: $100
At Little Veterinarian School, students will assume the role of a veterinarian and learn how to perform a nose-to-tail exam, the importance of proper nutrition, perform a tick check, and identify animal body language. Est. 2016

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: SPARK - Debate Camp
Additional Program fee: $50
Learn the art of persuasion! Students work in rotating groups and practice their debating skills in a supportive environment, including developing arguments, issuing rebuttals, providing examples, rebuilding their case and summarizing points of view.
Students learn to think on their feet and enhance their public-speaking skills, gaining self-confidence in the process.

4th and 5th: Little Medical School - Little Wilderness Medicine
Additional Program fee: $100
At LMS – Wilderness Medicine, students will learn about some of the dangers in the wild such as bug bites, snake bites, and poisonous plants and learn how to splint a broken leg, tie a tourniquet, and filter dirty water. Est. 2017
Week Four: July 15-19

2nd and 3rd: Little Medical School - Little Wilderness Medicine
Additional Program fee: $100
At LMS – Wilderness Medicine, students will learn about some of the dangers in the wild such as bug bites, snake bites, and poisonous plants and learn how to splint a broken leg, tie a tourniquet, and filter dirty water. Est. 2017

2nd and 3rd: SPARK - My First Food Truck
Additional Program fee: $50
Students select a food truck theme, design menus, estimate expenses, determine prices, and develop financial projections. Develop a business plan with a marketing strategy, capital-raising needs and more. This unique program offers a tasty way to develop business savvy!

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: Black Rocket - Beats and Jams/Youtube
Beats and Jams: Digital Music Creators
Begin your rise to the top of the charts with digital music production! Just like today's top artists, you can design your own beats or remix a mashup of your favorite songs to become a digital composer and sound engineer. In this course, students will learn to produce digital music, record sound, make sound effects, and mix their own tracks. No prior music experience is necessary. Student-created soundtracks will be available on a password-protected website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
YouTube® Content Creators
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. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.

4th and 5th: VAC - Graphic Design
Interested in drawing, art, or design? In this class, you’ll learn how to use your doodling skills for real, by doing design projects for local nonprofits or small businesses. You will learn how to make professional posters and art that people want to pay for, and you’ll ultimately design posters and ads for real organizations with good causes. Our students' work has been used in ads and online Instagrams posts by the Special Olympics, Martha's Kitchen, and local shelters.
Week Five: July 22-26

2nd and 3rd: VAC - Photography
Have you ever wanted to be a Photographer? Well, this is your chance! In this afterschool class, we’ll learn the basics of photography in all of its forms. We’ll learn about Composition, Lighting and other core strategies that allow professionals to take incredible photos. We’ll also get to take pictures of campus, go on nature tours, and even create beautiful creations for local businesses!

2nd and 3rd: SPARK: Storytellers
Additional Program fee: $50
In this program, students enhance their writing skills and learn to work as a team in a creative setting.
Students collaborate in brainstorming sessions to select an original story idea, complete individual writing assignments, and provide feedback and advice to their peers – fostering social skills in the process!

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: SteamQuest - Conquer our daily STEM challenges!
Sharpen your coding skills with Indi car and Dash Robots, learn about circuits with LittleBits, and enjoy science experiments such as slime, dancing robots, and rubber band cars.

4th and 5th: Black Rocket - Cyber Spies/Inventors League
Cyber Spies
With the world’s increased reliance on digital data, cyber security is more important than ever! In this class, you are all that stands between a group of international hackers launching cyber attacks and world peace. Through a series of challenges, students will learn to apply tools used by professional digital forensics teams to crack codes and use encryption. Working in teams you will collect clues, recover lost data, and explore the tools of the trade to become the next great cyber spy! Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
Inventor’s League - Prototyping for the Future!
Become an inventor of the future! Learn ‘rapid prototyping’ and problem-solving as you conceptualize and design a product to solve a critical global issue. Each day begins with inspirational profiles of young inventors, such as the eleven-year-old who coded a robot to find victims of natural disasters. Next, research a problem to tackle in medicine, architecture, the environment, or a topic of your choosing. Once your vision is complete, learn how to draft 2D designs, create 3D models, and develop a website to pitch your ideas to the class. Student projects will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
Week Six: July 29-August 2

2nd and 3rd: SPARK - Budding Entrepreneurs
Additional Program fee: $50
This program empowers students with an entrepreneurial mindset to run their very own “business” – drawing from such disciplines as marketing, finance and strategy, in a supportive environment fostering teamwork. From designing marketing flyers to estimating profits, students have fun while developing business savvy!

2nd and 3rd: The Science Guys - CSI
Kids conduct cool science experiments using DNA, fingerprinting, fibre analysis, and anatomy! They collect clues, identify suspects, and solve crimes using their crime-fighting tool kits. At the end of the week, our budding detectives will work together and use their new skills to solve a mystery and save the Science Guys!

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: Black Rocket - Make Your First Video,Game/Video Game animation
Make Your First Video Game!
Our classic game design camp reimagined to include even more of what you love! Make your first video game in this one-of-a-kind class that gives you the keys to designing your first 2D platformer game. Conceptualization, level design, graphics, sounds, and simple coding are just some of the concepts that we’ll explore. No prior experience is necessary, just a desire to have fun! Student projects will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
Video Game Animation
Bring your animations to life with design tools used by real game developers! Create sophisticated sprite animations using simple-to-learn techniques that you can use in any 2D editor. Squash, stretch, and shade your creations to make your characters pop! Students do not need any prior experience in game design, animation, or sketching. Student-created games will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.

4th and 5th: VAC - School Newspaper
Have you ever wanted to be a reporter? To keep people informed on the important happenings in your community? Well this is your chance! In this class, we’ll explore the ins and outs of print journalism. First, we’ll create a school newspaper, where we take on roles as editors and article writers to bring a high quality publication to our fellow students. Along the way, we’ll learn things like storyboarding, editing, and interviewing!
Week Seven: August 5-9

2nd and 3rd: SteamQuest - Coding Fun
Sharpen your coding skills with LittleBits and Dash robots with a new coding challenge each day while also exploring engineering & chemical reactions through KEVA Planks, building a battery powered car, art robot, making slime and more.

2nd and 3rd: Perfectly Me Superheroes
At Perfectly Me SuperHero Camp, we believe that every kid is a superhero. Did you know that superheroes need to train? They do! From the strongest to the most popular, all heroes need training and support. Our camp is a superhero training program for strengthening supervalues while having fun. What are supervalues? Well, we think supervalues are what makes kids superheroes - kindness, independence, compassion, perseverance, creativity, confidence and more! Each child has their own unique abilities that make them great and special. This summer your child can discover those abilities and let them shine!

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: D’s Magic - YOU Can Do Magic!
Get ready for a magical adventure that will teach you how to make things float, read a person’s mind, and other tricks using cards and money. Each magic lesson builds character, confidence, dexterity, and communication skills for life. Students will focus on the importance of reading as a way to learn tricks or anything else. Children also get to share and perform with Mr. Dave Thomen of D’s Magic in a delightful show!

4th and 5th: SPARK - Sports Management
Additional Program fee: $50
For the sports lover, future team General Manager, sports team owner, ESPN analyst or coach, this unique program helps students view the world of sports from a business perspective.
Students actively discuss and analyze different topics, including player contracts, mock drafts, college sports, endorsements, the Nike vs. Under Armour competition, the Super Bowl, e-sports and more!
Week Eight: August 12-16

2nd and 3rd: Dynasty Sports - Sports Mix
The Dynasty Sports Academy All Sports Camp will give kids exposure to a variety of sports and activities throughout the week to enjoy and have fun learning and participating in. The activities and games that will be included are Flag football, soccer, wiffle ball, basketball along with kickball, capture the flag, dodgeball and others as well. We want to have fun playing different games throughout the week to keep it enjoyable and active for everyone.

2nd-5th: Bel Air Arts Academy - Theater
Join us for a spectacular summer of creativity, rhythm, and fun at our Elementary Music Theatre Program! Our exciting program is designed to ignite your child's passion for the performing arts while nurturing their musical talents. From acting to singing and dancing, students will discover their inner superstar as they work together to create a show-stopping mini-musical theatre production. Give your child the gift of a memorable summer experience that will inspire them to sing their heart out and dance to the beat of their dreams. Enroll today for a season of song, dance, and applause!

4th and 5th: Dynasty Sports - Sports Mix
The Dynasty Sports Academy All Sports Camp will give kids exposure to a variety of sports and activities throughout the week to enjoy and have fun learning and participating in. The activities and games that will be included are Flag football, soccer, wiffle ball, basketball along with kickball, capture the flag, dodgeball and others as well. We want to have fun playing different games throughout the week to keep it enjoyable and active for everyone.

4th and 5th: Chess Wizards
Chess Wizards has been teaching the game of chess since 2002. Join us this summer for tons of challenging chess lessons, exciting games, and cool prizes. You'll improve your chess skills, meet new friends, and work out your most powerful muscle - your brain! Our camps include fun team chess games (like Corner Chess), recess time (of course), snacks, tournaments, and puzzles. Each camper receives a T-shirt, trophy, and puzzle folder. We include all the materials necessary for your child to participate. Unleash your brain power and spend part of your vacation with Chess Wizards!

7:30 - 8:15 am	Early Drop Off
8:15 - 8:30 am	Regular Morning Carpool
8:30 - 9:00 am	Playground/Snack
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Program Partner Activity
12:00 - 12:30 pm	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Recess
1:30 - 3:15 pm	Activity Block & Pack Up
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Regular Afternoon Pick Up
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Extended Day: Snack/Playground/Indoor Play
4:30 pm or 5:30 pm	Pick Up
4:30 - 5:30 pm	Optional Kidzrock Program