Camp Foothills Early Bird Expiration!

At Camp Foothills, the Early Bird gets 

WAY MORE than just a worm!

Don't miss out! 

Camp Foothills has a 10% Early Bird discount!

Register by 11:59pm on April 30, to receive:

10% Discount Pricing on weekly camps 

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A free Camp Foothills Camp Pack (includes free t-shirt, lanyard, backpack, bracelet, and water bottle) for every registered camper!

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LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMP FOOTHILLS

ON OUR WEBSITE!

www.cfsd16.org/campfoothills

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REGISTER NOW

High School Summer Opportunities at Camp Foothills

High School Summer Opportunities!

Camp Foothills does offer High School Students educational, sporty, fun and service oriented camps during our summer program.

Ever think of volunteering?  Well, you can! Choose your location at Camp Foothills or our Preschool, Valley View Early Learning Center.  Applications are due by May 1st to our main office on River Road.  This is a great way to help High School students get accepted into college and give them an edge over those who have never volunteered in their community. If you have a students who is enthusiastic, enjoys helping children and has a positive attitude, then this will be the perfect fit!  See page 28 of our Camp Foothills Brochure for complete details.

Does your High School student love sports?  Register for Basketball Camp with Coach Gallagher in May or June or improve your wrestling skills with Coach Bishop all summer long, weight train and enhance your football abilities with Coach Scurran May-July. 

Or does your student love the theater?  We have two great opportunities for them.  We have partnered with CYT this summer to bring you Wicked Cool May 26 - June 5 or join us for Missoula's version of the Little Mermaid July 6-11. 

If your student needs to get ahead this summer, clear their school schedule for that special elective, then we have Kinetic Wellness classes available on campus.  Recreational Fitness Blue is open during Sessions 2 & 3 or take Health & Wellness during any of our 3 summer sessions.  Get on-line and register today.

Don't forget about all this 15 1/2 year olds who want to get their drivers licences! We offer Driver's Ed June 16 & 18 or July 14 & 16 to get that classroom instruction out of the way and get them ready to drive.

For complete details visit us at www.cfsd16.org/campfoothills

Summer Theater Opportunities

If your child is one of the happy theater campers who is currently enjoying participation in Missoula Children's Theater (Rapunzel), you know very well what a wonderful program this is. If your child didn't join the fun this spring, no worries, because there's another chance coming up in July.

Camp Foothills is excited to announce The Little Mermaid with Missoula Children's Theater. Join the excitement of this professionally-produced musical in the state-of-the-art facilities at Catalina Foothills High School. Registration is first-come, first-served and every registered student will have a part in the play. Auditions for roles will take place on Monday, July 6th from 1:00-3:00 pm. Every student must attend the audition. Rehearsals will be from 1:00-3:00 pm and from 3:15-5:15 pm. A complete schedule of rehearsals will be distributed after the audition. Your role will determine which rehearsal sessions you attend. A dress rehearsal and two public performances will conclude the week.

Grades: K-11       July 6-11, 2015       

We hope your child will join us for this and other wonderful theater experiences at Camp Foothills.

Don't Miss the Early Bird Registration Deadline!

CFSD Community Schools is still accepting registrations for Camp Foothills 2015. We want to remind you that the deadline for early bird registration is April 30. Registering for Camp Foothills by the early bird registration deadline gives you 10% off your fees for classes and camps. Students who are registered by April 30 will also receive a free camp pack (see picture below), which includes a backpack, water bottle, camp t-shirt, wrist band and a lanyard for their name tag. 

Please plan to have your child participate in Camp Foothills this summer. We have something for everyone including art, sports, STEM, music, language, theater, reading, sewing, dance, cooking, outdoor adventures, field trips and more. Camp Foothills offers weekly theme-based camps, hourly classes and specialty camps. Sign up by the week, or join us for a full summer of fun, adventure and friends!

Check out our full array of options at www.cfsd16.org/campfoothills. We'll look forward to having your child join us for endless summer fun.

Exploring Flagstaff

4-8th graders are you looking for a fun end of the summer trip?  Parents, are you looking for something education and active for your student?  Join Community Schools Outdoors for our summer ending adventure trip to Flagstaff!

Maybe your thinking, Flagstaff, really?  But, I bet you never knew all of fun & adventure you could have!  Our trip itinerary includes a visit to The Lowell Observatory, a hike through lava fields to ancient Indian ruins, a journey into a lava tube, fishing at Mary Lake and more!  Who knew Flagstaff had so much to offer!  

Our Adventure Trip runs July 20-24.  A great time to escape the Tucson heat and enjoy the pinelands of Northern Arizona.  We will be tent camping at campground with all the luxuries of home… a hot shower and indoor toilets!  What a treat!  

Students will have opportunities to be a leader for the day, teach a lesson on an outdoor survival skill (with a little help from our guides!) and be involved in every aspect of camp life from cooking to cleaning to daily planning and leading hikes!

Our experiential education goals of these programs include teaching them to be problem solvers, inspiring them to be stewards of the environment and increasing their love of the outdoors and physical fitness.  We encourage group discussions, journal writing and reflection time with us and their peers. Community Schools Outdoors strives to make each trip we lead more educational, more comfortable for students and an extremely positive experience to keep them coming back for more!

Mt. Lemmon Bound

Does your 4-8th grader feel like they don't get to enjoy the beautiful mountain range that is right outside our door?  Are they looking for more fun & adventure this summer?

Well, your student needs to join Community Schools Outdoors this summer to feed their need to get outside!  We have two different twists on our Mt. Lemmon Bound Program.

Our first offering this summer, June 8-12, is Mt. Lemmon Bound! CS Outdoors will take day trips up into the Coronado National Forest Monday through Wednesday. During our day trips we will explore a new trail each day, learn outdoor survival skills including knot tying, building a shelter, how to read a map, what to do if you get lost or encounter an animal.  

Students will have an opportunity this week to take on a leadership role and help lead a hike, teach a lesson on outdoor skills, create an itinerary for the group or help plan our overnight adventure in the woods!  

On Thursday morning we pack up with our camping gear and spend the evening at a campground on Mt. Lemmon.  This is a great opportunity to spend the night outside with their new friends.  We have them set up camp, cook a meal, star gaze, story tell and more!  It is a wonderful group experience and a great introduction to camping and becoming a better outdoors man!

Our other Mt. Lemmon Bound Program this summer, July 6-10, is Geocaching!  This week is all about day trips up the mountain with a treasure hunting twist!  Your student will be immersed in the world of GPS!  We will learn how to program, ready and navigate with a handheld GPS.  We take pride this week in practicing our Leave No Trace Skills by Caching In and Trashing Out.  This camp is a wonderful blend of nature & technology.  Students will find this as another opportunity to take on leadership roles, practice team work and build on their map reading skills.  An overnight camp out on Thursday is also included.

Take advantage of these unique camps this summer with Community Schools Outdoors & Camp Foothills!  Register before May 1 to take advantage of our Early Bird Reward!

Our New Musical: Wicked Cool (replacing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

Community Schools has recently partnered with CYT for the summer musical at Camp Foothills. CYT recently performed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in March, so we opted for a change this summer instead of doing Chitty twice. Camp Foothills will now be presenting CYT's own play, Wicked Cool.

Wicked Cool is a CYT original, and is a compilation of song and story lines from popular Broadway shows. Some of the music comes from shows such as Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Sweeny Todd, Chicago, and many more! 

While the students learn and rehearse the songs, they will also participate in a variety of clinics and workshops taught by some of Tucson's best-known performers in acting, voice, movement, and improv. The musical is open to students with all levels of experience, from beginning to advanced and for grades 4-11. Performances will be held Friday, June 5th, and Saturday, June 6th at 7:00 PM after two weeks of rehearsals May 26th through June 5th.

 If your child is interested in musicals, acting, performing, etc, sign them up for Wicked Cool online at http://cs.cfsd16.org/webreg2 or in person at the district office. 

If you love to watch musicals, come see the performances on June 5th and 6th! Tickets will be available to purchase after May 26th.

Adventures in the Grand Circle

4-8th Graders looking for fun, adventure & education this summer?  Want to visit native lands, gorgeous lakes, slot canyons and more?  June 22-26 join Community Schools Outdoors for "Adventures in the Grand Circle"!  

Not only will we have a blast, but your student will be able to take on leadership roles, learn to work as a team and learn outdoor skills with us on this or any of our Outdoor Adventure Programs this summer!

Community Schools Outdoors will head up to Page, AZ on Monday and set up our home away from home at a designated campsite on the shores of Lake Powell.  Enjoy views of ancient sandstone, red rock hoodoos and millions of stars at night.  

Our journey will take us to Antelope Canyon, Navajo National Monument & the Glen Canyon Dam.  Each place has cultural, historical and ecological significance on the great state of Arizona.  

Let's learn a little more about Antelope Canyon today!

The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tsé bighánílíní, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." Lower Antelope Canyon, which we will visit on this trip, is Hazdistazí (advertised as "Hasdestwazi" by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department), or "spiral rock arches." 

Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic 'flowing' shapes in the rock.

Flooding in the canyon still occurs. A flood occurred on October 30, 2006, that lasted 36 hours, and caused the Tribal Park Authorities to close Lower Antelope Canyon for five months.

The views in Lower Antelope Canyon change constantly as the sun moves across the sky, filtering lights softly across the stone walls. These ever-moving sun angles bounce light back and forth across the narrow canyon’s walls, creating a dazzling display of color, light, and shadow.

     

                           

Register today! Space is very limited for this trip!

Technology Classes at Camp Foothills

Looking for a way to engage your child this summer in Technology based classes? Look no further than your local Camp Foothills. Technology is a growing field, jobs are being created at a rapid pace that will need to be filled by the children that are in school now. We are working together with the STEM initiative to provide students with camps that will pique the interest of Children in Technology.

Technology classes are especially fun and engaging for students, because they are hands-on and project based. Students will come away from each camp with a better understanding of the problems they are solving because they will be engaging multiple forms of learning, visual, kinesthetic, and auditory. 

This summer, we're offering classes in a variety of different areas in Technology that are sure to interest students of all ages: balloon launch, tech camp, zooming dragsters, rocketry, airplane design, egg drop, bee bots, and many more!

You're sure to find a technology focused camp in every week. 

Keep Learning Spanish This Summer

Practice your Spanish this summer with fun camp activities!

June 1-5, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.   

Spanish Camp for Students entering kindergarten in 2015 through current first graders:

Join your friends this week for one, two or all three hours per day of this fun experience with storytelling, Spanish language basics and Hispanic culture. We’ll learn through stories, song, dance and crafts.

Fee: $35 per hour for the week or $120 for the three-hour block

June 8-26, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Spanish Camp for current kindergarten through fourth grade students:

Have you ever wondered what countries you can visit and practice your Spanish? Let’s explore together some interesting and diverse Hispanic cultures around the globe. We will start with Mexico, moving through the Caribbean to learn about Puerto Rico and then head to South America where we’ll conclude our journey in Venezuela. Each week we will take a close look at the music, dances, food, traditional games and crafts of these countries with lots of hands-on activities and fun. This camp will give you lots of opportunity to practice your Spanish and learn more of the language with an immersion experience.

Fee: $395 for the three-week camp, full-morning experience

Register now: https://cs.cfsd16.org/webreg2