	2012 Summer Day Camp Program
	View 2012 Camp Schedule! Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp Program Mission: Is to provide both entertaining and educating activities for children 6-12, where activities are facilitated in a safe, fun environment by means that are structured and well supervised. Activities will provide enrichment for children and community. Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp Program Objective: Is to reach out into the community and neighboring communities to encourage children and parents to see Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp as a place for children to interact with one another, learn valuable lessons in communication, develop teamwork skills, enhance physical condition, provide avenues for creative endeavors and present the children with opportunities to give back to the community. Registration at the Community Center at 8am on May 7th: Summer Day Camp registration takes place in person at the Community Center on May 7th at 8am. Parents may arrive early and take a number. Registration will open promptly at 8am. Parents/Guardians are required to complete an online profile on our new website: http://activenet18.active.com/emeraldisle . An online account must be completed in order to enroll your child on May 7th. Should you fail to complete a profile before the registration date, you will lose your place in line. All weeks of camp must be paid in full at time of registration. Maximum registration per session is 26 campers. Parents will be required to create an online profile for themselves and their children on our website http://activenet18.active.com/emeraldisle Failure to do so will cause you to lose your place in line. Please complete your profile before arriving on May 7th. Parents will be issued one number per child they are registering. A parent will only be allowed to register as many children as they have numbers for. Parents *WILL* be allowed to pre-register children other than their own, provided the attending parent has all of the proper registration forms filled out for said children. Parents will *NOT* be allowed to show up and furnish someone else who is already in line with their children's registration forms. The term "parent" used herein refers to anyone representing a child or children (grandparents, uncles, aunts, sisters, family friends, etc.) After May 7th Registration Procedure: Should all camper spaces not be filled on Monday, May 7th (maximum registration per session is 26 campers), Summer Day Camp registration will remain open until all spaces are filled. Please contact the Summer Day Camp Director at smcnally@emeraldisle-nc.org. A waiting list for each session is available. Important Information: Children ages 6-12 (Age 5 if they have completed kindergarten)* 26 Children maximum per session Children are split into 2 age groups: Ages 6-8 & Ages 9-12 Camp hours strictly 7:30am-5:30pm Membership is not required 8 Themed weeks of summer day camp Each themed week = $75 per child Per diem fees apply for field trips $25 deposit is due at time of registration ($40 stable fee for Horse Sense session - CASH only). The remaining balance is due the Monday prior to the start of a new session. Refunds are only given for cancellations made 2 weeks prior to the week of camp in question. No refunds will be given for last minute cancellations and we cannot make exceptions. IMPORTANT! We do not fall under the North Carolina State guidelines for childcare and we only keep records for the current school year. Our Tax ID number is 56-0937046 if you choose to claim the SDC fees paid. If you need a copy of the fees paid, please visit your online account to keep track of your transactions.. WE DO NOT PROVIDE TAX TIME INFORMATION! What to Send to Camp: Unless otherwise stated, send a bag lunch daily Water bottle - disposable cups pollute the environment and drive up costs. Please send a water bottle each day. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack What to Wear to Camp: Sneakers are MANDATORY everyday Camp t-shirts MUST be worn on field trips Camp clothing - don't send them in their best attire. Camp is messy! Children without sneakers and camp t-shirts will be sent home. Camp T-shirts: Mandatory for field trips You will be supplied with 1 (one) camp t-shirt Additional t-shirts are available for purchase at $8 each Drop Off & Pick Up Procedures: Parent/Guardian must accompany the camper into camp EACH morning Camp drop off time begins (center opens) at 7:30am, no arrivals before 7:30am Campers should arrive by 9am, unless departure for a field trip is prior to 9am Pick up time is 5:30am; late = $5 per minute Field Trips: Only CASH is accepted for per diem fees Please bring exact change Checks are not accepted for field trips Field trips fees cannot be combined with session payment Pool Days: Send child in their swimsuit (under their clothing) with sunscreen applied Pack their pool bag with: Towel Additional sunscreen Flip flops What Not to Send: Cellular telephones - in the event of an emergency a staff member will contact you Ipod/MP3 Players, etc Electronic game devices Basic Rules of Discipline: No unruly behavior. No abusive or foul language. Children must respect: Counselors Facilities Peers Themselves NO Violence: Conversations about the following as well as drawn pictures are prohibited: Guns Violence Killing Fighting Children who participate in violent actions/drawings/conversations will be sent home for the day. Physical Altercations: Will NOT be tolerated. Should an incident occur the following procedure will be followed: Parents will be called to pick up their child immediately. Child will not be allowed to attend the next day of Summer Day Camp. Second occurrence results in immediate dismissal (No refund). House Rules: Walk in the hallways and classroom Refrain from rough housing or unruly behavior Sit in chairs with bottom in the seat and all four chair legs on the floor. Do not sit on the tables. Always ask permission before leaving the group, even to go to the bathroom Disciplinary Actions: First offense: Warning will be given. Second offense: Time out - parents will be notified. Third offense: Home for the next day of camp (NO Refund) Fourth offense: Permanent dismissal (NO Refund) Points of Contact: Summer Day Camp Director is your point of contact for questions or issues. You should accompany your child into the building EVERY day to touch base with the staff, pay field trips fees, read the message board, etc. Message board should be read daily. Summer Day Camp Director will be your first point of contact. Summer Day Camp staff has been hired because they are the best candidates to care for your children. We have full faith in them. 2012 Summer Day Camp Schedule $C:\Users\Laura Lee Davis\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4OG2HKII\MP900448371[1].jpg$ *Session 1 June 18^th –June 22^nd * Horse Sense- Do you love horses? Would you like the opportunity to learn to care for and ride one? Or maybe you are just excited to go back and visit our four-legged friends from last summer. Campers will spend TWO days riding high in the saddle in the morning and have a ton of camp fun in the afternoon. Learn about the horses and do arts & crafts at the stable. IMPORTANT: Jeans and boots (preferably) or sneakers are mandatory for horseback riding. Children not meeting this requirement will not ride. Send a change of clothing along with your child to wear after the stables. Permission slip & $40 prepayment (CASH) required. Click Here for Horse Sense Field Trip & Per Diem Fees Session 2 * June 25^th – June 29^th * Boredom Busters!** – Bored? Well, you won’t be this week! This week is all about FUN! We will seek out fun by visiting the Cape Fear Museum and playing a round of Putt Putt at Emerald Forest. Let’s not end with that! Why not use the detective in all of us to solve the “Case of The Crazy Camp Counselor”!? Not to mention, you will take on the role of mad scientist as you perform mess making experiments. (Some of which will cause volcanic sized eruptions!) Just imagine a week of being told to make a mess! Is there really any other way to bust the boredom blues? Click Here for Boredom Busters Field Trip & Per Diem Fees *Session 3 July 2^nd – July 6th * Imaginarium! – Use your imagination and challenge yourself to try something new. Try your hand at Fear Factor challenges and Taste Test challenges. We will also use an unlikely paintbrush, a fish, to create a fun t-shirt to wear with Dr. Bogus. A visit to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary will bring us face to face with some crazy creatures. You’ll get to demonstrate your cooking skills with ingredients like worms, dirt, and mud! Oh, and I bet you wouldn’t drink day old bath water! (It’s actually really good!) If you can handle this stuff, you can surely do anything! Click Here** for Imaginarium Field Trip & Per Diem Fees $C:\Users\Laura Lee Davis\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LIBIHYYI\MP900316907[1].jpg$ Session 4 * July 9^th – July 13^th * Splash ‘N Sports! – What is your favorite thing to do in the summer? Maybe you enjoy playing sports or maybe you prefer to spend your time in the water. Well how would you like to spend a week doing both? We are going to spend this week in camp splashing in the pool, taking a ride on the Banana boat, slipping and sliding on the slip and slide, and many other fun water sports. This is not the week to miss! With the hot sun beating down this summer, why not spend the week with us in the refreshing water. Of course we can’t forget to play a little soccer or hockey, or how about capture the flag? We’ll even master our pitching skills with lessons from one of our very own, highly skilled counselors. No matter what your game, you are sure to have a “splash” of fun this week! Click Here for Splash ‘N Sports! Field Trip & Per Diem Fees $C:\Users\Laura Lee Davis\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4OG2HKII\MP900177857[1].jpg$ *Session 5 July 16^th – July 20^th * Community Art! – It’s hard to explain the feeling you get when you help others, especially if you have fun doing it! This week we will be joined by Michele Pasch to create some fun crafts and tasty treats. We will be having a Craft Show and Bake Sale to raise money for the North Carolina Coastal Federation to help them help our coastline. Now don’t think this week will be all work and no play! We will be enjoying a wide range of fun camp activities and creating our own art to take home at Pottery 2 Paint! Click Here for Community Art! Field Trip & Per Diem Fees Session 6 * July 23^rd – July 27^th * Time Travelers! – Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in the 1840’s and pan for gold, or how much fun you could have had at a disco in the 1970’s? Well now is your chance to find out! We are going to travel back in time with a trip to 30 Acres and a Mule where we can go for a hayride and pan for jewels. When we visit the 1940’s we will even take a picture to document our travel back almost 70 years. We will visit the 1960’s with a little tie dye, and the 1970’s with a Freeze Dance Disco! You won’t want to miss this opportunity to be a real time traveler! Click Here for Time Travelers! Field Trip & Per Diem Fees Session 7 * July 30^th – August 3^rd * Crystal Coast Adventures – So how much do you really know about the Crystal Coast? The place you call home, or the place you call your vacation home? We will begin our adventures at the Aquarium where we can learn about the other inhabitants of the coast- sea life. With a history lesson at Fort Macon and seeing the sights at Cape Lookout Lighthouse, you are sure to leave this week with a new found love of the Crystal Coast. We will even do our part in helping to save and restore our coast by joining the North Carolina Coastal Federation in a beach sweep. We’ll even visit the very popular Water Boggan! Click Here** for Crystal Coast Adventures & Per Diem Fees $C:\Users\Laura Lee Davis\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\45S3KQ2Y\MP900177897[1].jpg$ Session 8 * August 6^th – August 10^th * Let’s Make a Movie! –Are you a movie star at heart? Are you just waiting to be discovered? Well, here is your chance! You are going to love making a movie with Adam Daniels. Campers will help create the movie and will have acting roles in the short film. Family and friends are invited to the premiere of the movie on Thursday, August 9^th at 7:00 pm. Copies of the children’s movie will be available and the cost is included in the activity cost that will be paid at the beginning of the week. When you are not filming, you will have the opportunity to participate in all kinds of camp fun- movie star style. Click Here for Let’s Make a Movie! Field Trip & Per Diem Fees