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Camp Overview

The All-Arts & Sciences Camp, sponsored by UNCG's Division of Continual Learning, is a weeklong, residential summer camp for children ages 7-15. Designed to give quality instruction in the arts and sciences, the camp also includes recreation, values exploration, and citizenship components.

Each camper attends a two-hour morning class in a selected area of study and a two-hour afternoon class in a different area of study. Campers choose from a wide variety of class offerings that suit their individual tastes and preferences. Campers are divided into grade groups (2nd - 5th and 6th and up) for academic course work and other activities. Hands-on curriculum encourages problem solving and critical thinking and is interwoven with the study of the work and the lives of master artists and scientists.

In addition to the academic course work, the campers experience life on a college campus. They get to participate in a range of activities that fosters personal and social development, encourages physical activity, and offers a chance to have fun - Lots of Fun!

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This schedule is a guide to our daily activities:
7:30 Wake up
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Day campers arrive
9:00 Morning class
11:00 Break
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Colony time
2:00 Afternoon class
4:30 Colony games
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Supervised recreation
7:30 Evening entertainment
9:00 Day campers depart
10:00 Bedtime for 2nd - 5th grade campers
11:00 Bedtime for 6th grade campers and up

Our Staff

Our staff consists of highly trained counselors and instructors, selected for their experience in the curricular and co-curricular areas, who have a strong desire to work with youth. The staff-to-camper ratio is approximately 1 to 5. In previous years instructors have included college faculty and graduate students, public and private school teachers, and area artists and scientists.

All-Arts & Sciences Camp Colonies

Before the camp begins, campers are divided by age and gender into colony groups. A counselor is assigned to work with a colony throughout the week. Our colony groups are named after famous artists and scientists. By including artists and scientists in this way, campers learn about people whose contributions to art and science have made a significant impact on the world.

Let the Games Begin!

Part of the excitement of the All-Arts & Sciences Camp centers around the lively recreation program. Each day the campers participate in an intramural program that includes relays, volleyball, soccer, tug-of-war, basketball, and other sports. Campers also have daily recreation time when they can play a variety of sports and games or rest and relax with friends.

The Development of Good Citizens

The All-Arts & Sciences Camp Firebrands Awards provides us with an opportunity to discuss values. By talking about a famous person and how a particular value influenced his/her life, we make the values more real for campers. Throughout the week campers and staff discuss the firebrands and perform skits in preparation for Thursday night's ceremony. At the Firebrands Ceremony, all campers are honored for achievement in a particular quality of citizenship. A plaque is presented to each camper stamped with the symbol that represents the award. Campers bring their plaques back each year as they work to receive all the brands represented by the firebrands.

UNCG ART & SCI:

Firebrand Represented by
Understanding Margaret Mead
Nobility Martin Luther King
Creativity Leonardo da Vinci
Generosity Harriet Tubman
Attitude Helen Keller
Responsibility Abraham Lincoln
Trust Charles Lindbergh
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Spirit Mother Teresa
Commitment John Muir
Initiative George Washington Carver

All-Arts & Sciences Camp Festival

On Friday morning, the All-Arts & Sciences Camp Festival will be our concluding activity. Parents are encouraged to attend the festivities which begin at 9:00 am with an Olympic-style parade. A slide show of the week's activities follows the parade. Following the slide show, parents will have the opportunity to see their children's work and meet the instructors. The program will end at 11:00 am, and the campers will be dismissed.

Camp Memorabilia

An 8x10 photograph of your child with his or her colony group and two T-shirts are included with each camper's registration.