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2012 BOOST Summer Camps to Give Kids Philly Phever
BOOST’s 2012 Summer Camps are set to immunize kids against summer boredom with a shot in the arm of Philly Phever – all things fun and fantastic about the City of Brotherly Love. Enrollment for the elementary and middle school summer camp programs will begin March 12. Early enrollment by April 30, will qualify families for a significant discount.
BOOST, (Best Out of School Time), a program of the nonprofit Liberty Lutheran Children and Family Service, will host six-week summer camps, from July 2 to August 10, in eight locations across Philadelphia: Anderson School, Overbrook Elementary School, Shaw Middle School, Lowell Elementary School, Mayfair School, Holme Elementary School, Loesche Elementary School, and Forrest Elementary School.
Philly Phever sets the theme for this summer’s camp programs for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and will give them the opportunity to explore all of the great attributes of Philadelphia’s rich cultural heritage – history, the arts, food, and sports. Additionally, kids will reinforce their math and literacy skills every morning and spend each afternoon in various themed activities from making water ice and soft pretzels to taking in a Phillies game, and will include other outings to Philadelphia’s cultural and recreational attractions.
BOOST’s middle school summer camp will operate at Shaw Middle School for sixth to eighth grade students, and will include academic enrichment, leadership development, recreation activities, clubs (dance, basketball, culinary arts, fitness, fashion, and more), swimming, and weekly field trips.
In April, at George Washington High School, BOOST will begin recruiting students, from the ages of 14 to 17 year, to serve as Junior Teacher’s Aides in BOOST’s paid summer internship program. Students will work 16 hours per week at an assigned camp and attend a four hour weekly workshops to help develop work readiness skills.
Liberty Lutheran’s BOOST serves more than 900 children annually through its 12 Before and After School Programs throughout Philadelphia. BOOST programs include homework assistance, recreation, arts and crafts, certified after school/camp program curriculum, computer lab, field trips and more.
For more information about summer camps and early enrollment, contact Stacy MacMurray Leonard, MSW, M.Ed., at 215-455-5860, ext. 22, or stacym@lcfsinpa.org.
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