School-Age Camps
Creative Connections Camp
Enroll your child in a camp that promotes self-awareness and a commitment to bettering our world while we play. Our Creative Connections day camp provides an enjoyable, creative school vacation week for children in grades K-5.
Campers learn about conflict resolution, taking care of the environment, and working together through various activities in the arts, humanities and sciences. Participants explore the Brandeis campus, taking multiple "field trips" during the week, to places such as the Rose Art Museum, the Observatory, the Anthropology Lab, Spingold Theater, the Library, several science labs, and many wonderful outdoor spaces. Together we build safe environments through a supportive and joyful curriculum.
The camp is lead by Chandra Pieragostini, a principal actor and educator for City Stage Company, Boston’s premier children's theater company, and who has 25 plus years of teaching experience with school-age children. Chandra also serves as a theater specialist, summer lead teacher, and substitute head teacher for the Lemberg Children's Center. She graduated from Brandeis with a BA in Theatre Arts. Our extraordinary teaching assistants and program leaders maintain a 5:1 adult-to-camper ratio for the week.
Come join in the fun and create some connections!
Dates and Tuition
- July 26-30, 2021: $600
- August 2-6, 2021: $600
- Both sessions: $1,100.00
Sample Schedule and Activities
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8:45 to 9:15 a.m.
Free choice of activities
9:15 to 10 a.m.
Saying Hello games, sharing goals for the week and creating rules for the camp.
Snacks available.
10 a.m. to noon
At Rose Art Museum or Spingold Theater
Activities based on current exhibitions
Noon to 1 p.m.
At Levine-Ross, Hassenfeld
Lunch and games
1 to 4 p.m.
Constructing our sculpture/robot for exhibition.
Viewing will be Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
4 to 5 p.m.
Group K-2
: Theater games followed by a free choice of activities.
Grades 3-5
: Games, theater activities, stories and discussion that will help problem-solve issues concerning environment and global peace. Snacks available.
5 p.m.
Pick Uup
8:45 to 9:15 a.m.
Free choice of activities
9:15 to noon
Videotaping of stories about objects from home and additional activities with Environmental Studies and Peace, Conflict & Coexistence Studies Programs.
Noon to 1 p.m.
At Levine-Ross, Hassenfeld
Lunch and games
1 to 4 p.m.
Constructing sets and costumes.
Viewing will be Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
4 to 5 p.m.
Group K-2
: Theater games followed by a free choice of activities.
Grades 3-5
: Games, theater activities, stories and discussion that will help problem-solve issues concerning environment and global peace. Snacks available.
5 p.m.
Pick up
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Assembly of work for display and performance
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Camp art and performances
Parents and guests welcome.