NPS Summer Camp

It’s Session 8 at NPS Summer, and there is so much going on during this last week of camp!

Our Camp Invention groups have been solving mysteries, inventing, and tinkering!

Our Junior STEAM classrooms are focusing on birds—their homes, their abilities, and their amazing bodies!

Our Active Play campers are exploring multiple sports and enjoying indoor and outdoor play! ⚽️🏀ACTIVE PLAY 🏒🏈

Lastly, our chess campers are learning and practicing new moves and strategies with instructors from Silver Knights Chess Academy!

We made some new friends during our first visit from My Reptile Guys! Mr. Bill will return tomorrow to introduce the rest of the campers to his reptilian crew.

Bonus: Swipe to see a few of the great costumes from today!

Even the desert has its rainy days… so we brought the sunshine ourselves! ☀️💛

Desert Survivors week is here! On day two, we saw many cactus-related activities, followed desert animals into their habitats, and got a bit of sand in our boots. Campers and staff alike are soaking up these last bits of NPS Summer time together. We can’t believe this is the last week of “regular” camp!!

Our big party received glowing reviews! Wishing all of our superstar campers a wonderful weekend.
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It was a lovely dress-up Thursday! We are looking forward to a super fun glow party tomorrow in our neon orange shirts🌟🌟🌟

We are having a HOOT this week! Eagles examined barn owl pellets with Urban Adventure Squad and made glow in the dark tie-dye shirts. Many classrooms made art inspired by nocturnal animals. Our CITs created a constellation of esteem-building statements. Through it all, we enjoyed classic camp activities, like instructional swim and recess out on the playground!

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Today during gym time, our CITs, Robins, Hawks, and Eagles had the chance to run drills and games with student athletes from the American University Women’s Basketball team! Campers were hyped to play with AU Women's Basketball 🏀🏀🏀

Go Eagles! 🦅

This session’s Moonlight Menagerie theme is sparking creativity all over camp this week!

From twilight games in the gym to artistry in the classrooms, our campers are diving into the world of nocturnal animals!

We can’t wait to see what this week holds! 🌙🌟🌃

We met a few furry friends today! A hedgehog, a chinchilla, a tortoise, a chicken, and a gigantic rabbit were the stars of the show this Friday.

The handler from Squeals On Wheels shared a bit of information about each animal, then allowed campers to have some close encounters with these amazing creatures.