For: Children ages 5-12, Kindergarten through Grade 6. Age groups will be separated throughout the day.
Dates: Monday, June 21, 2010 through Tuesday, August 24, 2010. The program will be closed on Friday, July 2, 2010, Monday, July 5, 2010 and August 25, 2010 through September 1, 2010. In the unlikely event that BASREP must close on any other days, parents will be notified ASAP.
Hours: 6:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.
Registration Fee: $30.00 for the first child and $20.00 for each additional child, of the same family. Registration fees are due with the pre-registration form.
Cost: $40 per day with a minimum of 10 days used throughout the summer. $35 per day for each additional child of the same family.
OR: NEW THIS YEAR, DROP-IN RATE $55 per day for families opting to have NO MINIMUM number of days used. This fee is per child/per day used.
Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $400 for the first child, and $350 for each additional child of the same family. Deposits are due on June 1, 2010.
In partnership with Regional School District 13, if your child is attending the RSD13 Academic Summer School Program, he/she may attend BASREP from 6:30-9:00 AM, at the rate of $10.00 per session for the first child and $8.00 per session for each additional child of the same family OR he/she may attend from 12:00-6:00 PM, at the rate of $30.00 per session for the first child and $25.00 per session for each additional child of the same family. If using both sessions the regular full day rate applies.
Payment: BASREP accepts checks (made payable to “BASREP”), Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover Card.
Food: Children will bring their own lunch with a drink, each day. Please do not send any items, which need to be heated, with your child. BASREP will provide 2 light, nutritious snacks (with drinks) for the children, each day.
Week # 1 Extreme Experiments
June 21, 2010-June 25, 2010
Come join us for an innovative, mind-bending week of experimentation! We will be making many scientific breakthroughs such as making snow, developing a magical salt garden, experimenting with beakers and colored sand, producing slime & polymers and creating rock candy. It is sure to be exceptionally exciting and an educational time for all!
Week # 2 Spirited Artists
June 28, 2010-July 1, 2010
BASREP will be closed on Friday, July 2, 2010
Each spirit day will celebrate a specific theme through art, motion and dress. On Monday, the BASREP attendees may wear their comfy jammies and will construct, draw and decorate “Kookie Creatures.” Tuesday will be full of “Peace” while children are encouraged to come dressed as hippies. We will learn about the times and trends associated with the 60’s and 70’s and the group will make beautiful flowers in vases, symbolizing flower power. A planned visit from an interactive reptile organization called “Snakes and Scales” will be on the schedule for this “one with nature” day. On Wednesday, hats will be worn to reveal the inner characters in us. A “Mozaic Mineral” craft will be provided as well. During Thursday’s fun-filled itinerary, model magic and paint will be provided so the students can express their creativity and imagination. Children may come in on this day wearing mismatched clothing and displaying funky colors and patterns.
Week # 3 The Value of Volunteers
July 6, 2010-July 9, 2010
BASREP will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2010
Volunteering one’s time, talent, energy and skills for the benefit of others is such a wonderful gift to the community. This week, BASREP students will be lending helping hands to the area by crafting suncatchers for the local convalescent home, making delicious baked goods for a bake sale (proceeds to benefit a soup kitchen), picking up trash (with proper gloves and bags) around Korn School & Allyn Brook Park, and designing cheerful cards for sick children and their families through the “Hugs and Hope” organization. There certainly will be a great sense of community and hope during this volunteer oriented week!
Week # 4 Festive Fiesta Week
July 12, 2010-July 16, 2010
It’s time to party! This fabulous “Festive Fiesta Week” includes the assembling of marvelous Mexican arts and crafts projects. From constructing Ristras (Mexican Welcome Signs) to designing their very own personal maracas, the children are sure to be delighted with their finished products! They will also be able to enjoy making trendy hat magnets and creating cardboard colored sand collages. The group will be treated to a rockin’ party, at the end of the week, complete with yummy food and a variety of displayed crafts made by our very own artisans! After this fantastic Fiesta event, each one of us is sure to need a siesta!
Week # 5 On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
July 19, 2010-July 23, 2010
Children, start your engines! This action-packed week is full of gadgets, cars and other interesting gizmos! There will be building/construction lessons given, where the students will be instructed on how to make bird feeders, Lego cities, wooden automobiles, bumper cars and balloon racers. In addition, there will be races and contests devoted to construction and cars! There will certainly be a lot of shaking, rattling and rolling goin’ on!
Week # 6 Homegrown Heroes
July 26, 2010-July 30, 2010
Emergency workers are an essential group of men and women, who often risk their own lives to help and save others. These silent heroes do their jobs, without giving thought to their own glory, recognition or reward. They save lives and do so with integrity, courage and strength. We honor them this week, by devoting the time to thank these workers with homemade cards, posters and pictures. A fireman, police officer and representative from “Life Star” will be among some of our guest speakers. A schedule of dates and times will be provided on the sign-in cart, before our “Homegrown Heroes” week begins. In addition, we will be enjoying an all-day “Rip-Curl” Water Slide, on Thursday, 7/29! Don’t miss out on a wet-n-wild time!
Week # 7 Creative Cuisines
August 2, 2010-August 6, 2010
Whether our eager cooks are baking sugar cookies with their very own heart cookie cutters or doing crafts such as Lady Bug containers, spider boxes and recipe holders, there is sure to be a considerable amount of amusement, artistry and tasty chow! We are planning a “Dare to Eat” on Friday, 8/13...If you want to know what that means, you’ll just have to sign up, ASAP!
Week # 8 Love, Laughter, Luaus
August 9, 2010-August 13, 2010
Looking forward to a BASREP luau full of surprises? Join us this week while we hula, limbo and dance to the beat of our own drums! The children will be encouraged to create luau suncatchers, play the game “Who is the monkey?” and will be baking a delicious" Monkey-Loving Upside-Down Cake.” On Wednesday, 8/4/10, participants have the opportunity to play in a volleyball tournament, followed by a lavish luau party, complete with leis, hot dogs, chips, ice cream and an array of awesome party favors!
Week # 9 Shiver Me Timbers
August 16, 2010-August 20, 2010
Ahoy, maties! Join us for a week filled with pirates, treasures, fortune teller paper crafts, and loot bags. Pirate stories will be read because “there is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” Each day, every child will have the opportunity to earn a key which may unlock a chest of prizes and wonder! A treasure hunt will be held for our BASREP buccaneers on Monday, followed by more madcap fun on Tuesday, creating loot bag crafts with coins. Wednesday will be a tasty one, while our swanky swashbucklers bake cupcakes with beach scenes, and then on Thursday our artistic adventurers will construct wooden stick treasure boxes! Topping this off will be spectacular soiree of a Pirate party, complete with Peg-leg Pete contests and Pirates vs. Parrots. Say aye, if you are ready to jump the plank and join us!
Week #10 It’s a Wrap!
August 23, 2010 and August 24, 2010
Come one, come all to BASREP’s end of the summer extravaganza! On Monday, the BASREP participants will enjoy their picks of their favorite activities from the summer. Favorite crafts and gym activities will be enjoyed by all. On Tuesday, 8/24 we will celebrate in music , dance and bouncy fun! Families are invited to join in the merriment, if possible. Contests such as potato sack races, three-legged dashes and Olympic marathons will be available for interested participants. Yummy catered picnic food will be served. The cost for the party and starting time: TBA.
