As soon as you receive this brochure, you may begin the registration process! Longmeadow Parks and Recreation offers half day and all day traditional camp experiences along with Specialty and Sports Camps options for your child. The Majority of our camp programs are licensed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and are licensed by the Longmeadow Board of Health. These camps are designated by the word “Licensed” next to the camp name. If a camp is not licensed it still complies with our strict guidelines for a safe and exceptional camp experience. Due to licensing requirements, you must submit for each child enrolled in our Camps, a Health Information form and a certificate of immunization (signed by a physician). These forms are available at the time of registration and on-line at www.lprd.net. They must be completed and turned in at the time of registration. There is a 10% sibling discount offered for each camp that more than 1 child in a family participates in.

The Deadline to register for camps is the Wednesday prior to your session at 5pm to avoid a $10 late registration fee.

Outdoor Adventure for Ages 11-15
Licensed. Two weeks of high adventure are planned for young teens who don't want to spend their summer sitting around! Participants must be at least 11 years old (birth certificate required) and strong swimmers. The group will meet at Bliss Park daily and then take off for exciting outings such as: river snorkeling, ropes and rock climbing, river tubing, hiking and orienteering, canoeing and rock climbing. Pack a lunch, water bottle and swim gear daily. Depending upon the weather, an afternoon swim will be included each day when possible. A complete listing of each day's activities and departure and return times are available online at www.lprd.net and will be provided at the time of sign-up. Mandatory swim test for all campers on the first day of each session at Reynolds Pool. Most days, the participants will be back at Bliss Park by 3pm but please refer to the calendar for some of the trips when the arrival time back to Bliss will be later. Camp will not be held on July 5th.

Activity: 1512.401 Dates: Monday-Friday, June 28-July 9
Time: 9am-3pm Location: Meet at Bliss Park each day
Fee: $365 per person Min/Max: 25/40

Activity: 1512.402 Dates: Monday-Friday, July 12- 23
Time: 9am-3pm Location: Meet at Bliss Park each day
Fee: $390 per person Min/Max: 25/40

Advanced Outdoor Adventure Camp for Ages 11-15
Licensed. This camp is for young teens who just didn't get enough during our Outdoor Adventure Camp, or kids who participated in our Outdoor Adventure Camp last year, can sign-up for an additional week of more advanced activities, including: kayaking, a challenging high ropes course, caving, hiking, in-pool scuba, whitewater rafting and more! Mandatory swim test for all campers on Monday, August 2 at Reynolds Pool.

Activity: 1512.403 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 2-6
Time: 9am-3pm Location: Meet at Bliss Park each day
Fee: $305 per person Min/Max: 18/25

Princess Ballet Camp, Ages 3-6
Licensed. Is your little girl a princess? She can feel like royalty as her imagination soars! Children will have a magical time as they twirl to popular princess tunes, dress in princess costumes, learn ballet skills and create sparkling princess ballet crafts.
All children will have a royal good time in our enchanting princess activity centers. Children should dress in leotard and skirt/shorts with ballet slippers. Please bring a daily snack, full water bottle and a peanut free lunch. All children must be potty trained to attend. Staff child ratio: 5:1.

Directors are April Bergeron and Jessica Downie
Activity: 1517.401 Dates: Monday-Friday, July 12-16
Activity: 1517.402 Dates: Monday-Friday, July 19-23
Time: 9am-1pm Location: Community House Dance Studio
Fee: $175 per person Min/Max 15/30

Team Dynamite Dance Camp, Ages 7-10
Licensed. Does your child love to dance? Dancers will have a blast working as a team to create a performance and dance in this beginner/intermediate dance camp! Students will learn three combinations in Hip Hop/Jazz, Ballet/Lyrical and Modern Dance. All dancers will work as a team to design and paint scenery, and explore new and exciting choreography! Student performance will be at the studio on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm for family and friends.

Participants should dress in any style black leotard, tights and bring ballet and jazz shoes. Warm ups (shorts, t-shirts are allowed over leotards). Please bring a backpack with swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, daily snack, full water bottle and a peanut free lunch. Director is April Bergeron.

Weather permitting campers will have the opportunity to swim at Reynolds Pool each afternoon. Pick up is at Reynolds Pool. Pick up is at Reynolds Pool each afternoon.

Activity: 1517.404 Dates: Tuesday-Friday, July 6-9
Time: 9am-3pm Location: Community House Dance Studio
Fee: $175 per person Min/Max: 10/20

Summer Cool Theatre, Grades 5-9
Licensed. This camp will incorporate a variety of activities including acting, mime, theatre games, stage combat, movement, voice and a final performance!

Theatre Camp allows a child to express themselves in many ways and helps with their self-esteem, socialization and teamwork skills. There is no Theatre Camp on Monday, July 5th.
Director is James Cass.

Activity: 1515.401 Dates: Monday-Friday, June 28-July 9
Time: 9am–3pm Fee: $285
Activity: 1515.402 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 2-13
Time: 9am–3pm Fee: $305

Summer Art-Ventures with Let’s Gogh Art

Princesses and Pirates Adventures with Art, Ages 4-9
Who doesn’t want to be a Princess or a Pirate? Adventures begin when explorers search for a treasure, wearing their own hand crafted pirate vests, hats and t-shirts. Build a ship, design a treasure map, create a telescope and paint a gem studded treasure chest. Princesses design tiaras and jewel studded mosaic frames. Both pirates and princesses experience beading, ceramics, fabric, sand and clay art. Princess and the Frog and other treasure hunt storytelling are included as well as surprises, face painting and humor. All in all a week filled with fun creative art-ventures. Instructor is Tara Kilroy.

Activity: 2205.301 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 9-13
Time: 9am-12noon Location: Community House Rear Auditorium
Fee: $150 per person Min/Max: 10/30

Art-Ventures Goes Under the Sea, Ages 6-12
Explorers travel under the sea to the watery world of sea horses, octopus, dolphins and buried treasure. Days are filled with discovering fun and original art forms and techniques. Decorate sunglasses, design t-shirts, create creatures of the sea using stencil, shell, clay, sand, tissue and fabric art. Explore the art of mosaics, watercolor, oil, pastel, beading, journaling, collage and more. (Concepts of camouflage, ecology and pollution are discussed while surprises, face painting and laughter round out this fun-filled week.) Instructor is Tara Kilroy

Activity: 2205.302 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 23-27
Time: 9am-12noon Location: Community House Rear Aud.
Fee: $150 per person Min/Max: 10/30

Fine, Fun & Funky Art-Ventures, Ages 10-15
Tweens and teens, this week of adventures with art is for you! The fun and funky art part is all about creating your own t-shirts, canvas totes, bandanas and leather wristbands. Let your imaginations soar with cupcake art, clay bead making, bird masks, clay pot people, edible mosaic tiles, friendship bracelets, Mandela’s and mural making. Want to try your hand at face painting? For the fine art part, create masterpieces inspired by the masters. Bring your sense of humor and dress for a mess for this wicked fun and creative art-venture week! Instructor is Tara Kilroy

Activity: 2205.303 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 23-27
Time:1pm-4pm Location: Community House Rear Aud.
Fee: $150 per person Min/Max: 10/30

Cartoons, Caricatures & Beyond! Ages 8-12
Do you like to doodle? Do you have some crazy ideas for characters or stories? Let’s channel that activity and make some cartoons! In this class you will learn tricks and tips of the cartoon world; how to create characters, design cartoons and work with various media! The focus of this class is on each individual’s personal style with a lot of one-on-one instruction! If you have never drawn cartoons, before, this is the place to learn-if you’re already drawing cartoons then we can take your cartooning to the next level. We start out by addressing basic drawing skills (perspective, shading, proportions, etc.) and the rest of the class will be dedicated to the process of cartooning! How do we come up with an idea? How do we make our cartoons more interesting? How do we prepare our cartoons for print? How do we draw cartoon people and animals? The answer to all these questions and more can be found throughout this week long course! Instructor is Mike Cady

Activity: 3506-301 Dates: Monday-Friday, August 16-20
Time: 9am-12noon Location: Community House
Fee: $100 per person Min/Max: 10/25