Camp Explore Registration Open
What is Camp Explore?
Camp Explore is a summer camp at Westerly Creek hosted by Kate Anderson and America Bateman. Activities will focus on scientific systems within a theme and will bolster critical thinking, exploratory learning, and conversational skills. Combined with over 30 years of teaching experience, we plan multi-sensory activities for children entering ECE-4th grade.
Session 1: Inventors Workshop, June 5 – 9 ( Full, waitlist accepted)
Do you like to create, build, and explore? Join us for a week of problem-solving, teamwork, and innovation.
Session 2: Ooey Gooey, June 12 – 16
Join us for messy, slimy, sticky hands-on fun, as we use the scientific method to conduct experiments that explore chemical reactions.
Session 3: It’s a Buggy World, June 19 – 23
Come discover the small buggy wonders living in your world. We will explore insects native to Denver with magnifying glasses, bug viewers, butterfly nets, and more.
Camp hours are Monday through Friday, 9 – 12 pm and the cost is $195 per weekly session. Registration will occur on a first-come, first-serve basis. To secure a spot for your student, please complete the registration form and submit payment via Venmo @campexplore.
Para in the Park
Para in the Park is a half-day camp run by Sarah Dieter and Simone Loch, both Westerly Creek paraprofessionals. In sunny Central Park, we get to enjoy team sports, problem-solving games, art projects and much more. It’s basically a park playdate, with all their friends, that lasts for days!
Date:June 5-9**, June 12-16**, July 31-August 4th, Aug 7th – 11th
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Central Park
Price: $225/week
Teachers: Sarah Dieter & Simone Loch
** Full day Speak Up! extension available below!
Speak Up!
The first two weeks of June, full-day campers get to enjoy Para in the Park in the morning and then return to WCE for more fun with SpeakUp! Speak Up! is a reader’s theater afternoon extension of Para in the Park. Ms. Sarah will guide a small group of students in theater games, script readings, and writing their own works. We’ll finish the week with a performance led by student directors! For readers who want to experience their favorite books in a fun, dynamic and totally new way, this is the camp for you!
Date: June 5-9, June 12-16
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Westerly Creek Elementary
Price: Full-day price is $450
Teachers: Sarah Dieter
