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Make Friends. Have Fun. Learn Cool Stuff!
If you're looking for summertime fun, come to Covenant Camps where you'll make friends, have fun and learn cool stuff! The Covenant School is kicking off celebrations for it's upcoming tenth year with a new summer camp program designed to delight children from rising Pre-K to rising sixth grade.
Covenant Camps run for four weeks: June 14-18, June 21-25, July 19-23 and August 2-6. Our camp line-up includes half day and full day week long camps. Covenant Camps counselors are mostly Covenant School teachers excited about playful new ways to develop the hearts and minds of their campers while encouraging friendships and having a good time.
Daily snacks provided for all campers. Full day campers please bring drink and nut-free lunch. All Sports campers receive a complimentary Covenant Camps CamelBac water bottle. All other campers receive a complimentary Covenant Camps tee shirt.
For more information contact:
Molly Morphett, Director of Covenant Camps
Covenant Camps Registration Form.pdf
June 14-18
Art & Spanish Camp
9am-3pm, Rising Kindergarten-6th graders, $220
Tiffany Dupree and Jessica Buntain will teach campers about Spanish-speaking cultures through art, games, music and food. Making and tasting snacks from Spanish speaking countries brings the culture to life along with creating fun art projects such as mosaic crosses, clay nativities, Guatemalan tapestries, paper-mache and more! Campers will also learn about famous artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza and Fernando Botero. On the last day of camp, there will be an Art Show featuring all the art created during the week!
June 21-25
Sports of All Sorts for Boys
9am-3pm, Rising 3rd-6th graders, $200
Covenant Youth Pastor and former Vanderbilt wide receiver, Phil Roach, and Covenant Pastor Matt Bradley, join former ACC player Alan Williams to coach our boisterous, bouncing balooza of a Boys Sports Camp! Alan Williams is the author of Walk-On and founder of Teammates First and will be coaching a one-day basketball clinic. Along with days of fun interactive team building sports like soccer, basketball and football, hours of sunshine will be dedicated to playing friendship building games such as capture the flag, dodge ball, baseball, flag football, and ping pong, too. Don't miss this opportunity for your boys to increase their affinity for healthy exercise, improve skills, make friends, become better team players and form lasting relationships with strong Christian leaders. Snacks included. Bring a sack lunch or choose a paid lunch option. Campers will take home a CamelBak water bottle.
Covenant Cooking Camp
9am-12pm, Rising 1st-5th graders, $145- FULL: Waiting List Only
Come tie the apron strings with Sarah Storey and Merritt Goodman at Covenant Cooking Camp! Children will be baking,decorating and learning new ways to serve. Campers will gain an experience of baking a variety of desserts and breads, in addition to cooking kid-friendly meals. They will have the opportunity to sample their yummy treats as well as share them with children at the Ronald McDonald House. Our young bakers will learn to set the table and practice proper table manners. On Friday, parents will be invited to sample the delicious food and see all that their camper has learned. Cooking campers will leave with a painted apron, a recipe book, and new ideas on how to serve others through the art of cooking. It will be "spoonfuls" of fun!
July 19-23
Games Galore and More!
9am-12pm, Rising PreK five year olds to rising 2nd graders, $135
Running, smiling and laughing in the joy of God's creation, your children will make new friends and enjoy the gifts God grants us everyday. They'll revel in Backwards Day, Western Day, Balloon Day and Fun in the Sun Day with crafts and games to accompany these daily themes. Just imagine all the fun your children wil have with balls of all shapes and sizes, jump ropes and their favorite games such as line tag, cross the ocean, jets and rockets, musical mats, capture the flag-kid style, and many more! At the end of the week children will come home with their own tie-dyed tee shirt, a painted pillow case and a lot of great camp memories. Morning snack included. Led by Susan Berthiaume.
The Art of Food
9am-3pm, Rising Kindergarten-6th graders, $220
Tiffany Dupree, "seasoned" art camp instructor, photographer and advocate of "FUN" along with Spanish teacher Jessica Buntain, will lead campers in art projects that relate to the theme of food. Campers will study artists such as Claus Oldenberg, Wayne Thibaut and Andy Warhol while creating art projects. Campers explore the art in food by creating larger-than-life food inspired art, printmaking like artist Andy Warhol and by observing and painting food through the eyes of many great artists. Each day campers will also discover the art in food through baking projects such as pies, cake decorating and ice cream parfaits. Campers will decorate recipe cards to take home. The week will end with an art show displaying all of their porjects in an exhibit entitled The Art of Food.
August 2-6
Mind Sport Chess Camp
9am-3pm, Rising 2nd-6th grades, $200
Does your child enjoy confidently capturing an opponent's bishop? Or silently swooping in to seize a knight? Perhaps he or she has never heard of a bishop or knight but loves games and collaborative thinking? Then Mind Sport Chess Camp is the right move for you! Internationally ranked FIDE Chess Master, Todd D. Andrews, six time Tennessee State Champion, Director of Nashville Chess Center and coach of chess clubs at five local Nashville schools, is leading this eye-opening camp for ROOKies and veterans alike. Todd's positive, encouraging attitude fosters friendships and teamwork. Not only will campers improve or learn the beauty of the game, but will also practice critical thinking and strategic life skills without even knowing it! Lessons, multiple tournaments, and other mentally fun and challenging activities. Pizza party on Friday with awards in the afternoon. Breaks for gym and outdoor play. Come join in the fun and become a Mind Sport champion, too! Each child receives his or her own chess set. Read more about instructor Todd Andrews and chess for kids at The US Chess Federation website, search for Todd Andrews.
Under the Big Top: Pre-School Prep and Art Camp
9am-12:30pm, Rising Pre-K to rising 1st grade, $220
Anticipating the excitement of upcoming school days for young children, Tiffany Dupree and Jessica Buntain prepare the way for students entering Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade. Children ages 4-7 practice going to school and being away from home. Campers develop fine and gross motor skills through games, songs and fun activities while strengthening their muscles. Children are coached in how to hold a pencil and how to use art materials with ease. Campers complete an art project to take home each day.
Teacher/Counselor Biographies
Susan Berthiaume, Covenant School PE Director, is energy personified. Her students love her because she has a never ending supply of fun, team building games, They don't know she carefully selects each game because it is developmentally just right or that she can explain, with encyclopedic detail, all the reasons why!
Ms. Berthiaume is a favorite at Fun Fridays where The Covenant School celebrates birthdays and lost teeth! It's fascinating to see students gather on the stage and give Ms. Berthiaume a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" to describe the location of the tooth they lost during the week. Hearing the kids tell their stories of how they lost their tooth is priceless! Little do they know they are learning prized public speaking skills and developing confidence while they share their story in front of the entire student body.
Susan sports a masters degree from Grace Theological Seminary and says she "loves that she gets to come to school each day, teach PE and watch kids grow in the knowledge of how fearfully and wonderfully they are made." Susan loves spending time with her two teenage daughters and enjoys hiking, camping, water sports and cycling.
Susan will lead Games Galore and More from July 19-23.
Tiffany Dupree Lives Art and Loves Children! Tiffany has been working at The Covenant School and leading art camps for the past six years. She is fascinated by the way children interpret art and loves to teach them and watch them learn. By the way, she loves to have tons of fun!
Children delight in Mrs. Dupree's camps and take pride in their fun and often usable art creations. Tiffany's camps usually have a waiting list, so sign up soon! Tiffany will be leading Art & Spanish Camp in June, The Art of Food in July and Under the Big Top: Pre-School Art and Prep Camp in August, with Jessica Buntain, the Covenant School Spanish teacher.
The Covenant School, Covenant Camps and all Covenant Camp administrators, teacher counselors and staff are committed to giving each Covenant camper a happy, safe, rewarding and fun experience at Covenant Camps. Happy summertime planning!