Specialty Camps
A Camp For Anyone
Camp Webb Knoxville offers numerous specialty camps throughout the summer. Just a few interests our camps offer are: Music, art, science, cooking, building with Legos™, theatre, nature, crafting, stop motion animation, sewing, and more! Check back in February to view a full listing of this year’s camps in our 2020 brochure!
2020 Specialty Camps Offered
- ALL ABOUT GIRLS CAMP
- ANIMAL TALES
- ART FROM OUTER SPACE
- ART WITH MR. LETITIA: GREATEST HITS (FULL)
- BOOKS, BAKING & BUCKETS OF FUN
- BREAKOUT CAMP (FULL)
- BRUSHES & SPOONS: ART WITH A TWIST (FULL)
- BUILD IT TO WIN IT: CHALLENGE CAMP
- CAMP HOGWARTS
- CHESS CAMP
- COOLEST SUMMER HANG-OUT EVER!
- COOLEST SUMMER HANG-OUT EVER – PART II
- CODE MANIA
- CRAFTY CATS CAMP (FULL)
- DOUBLE PLAY SCIENCE & GAMES
- DRAWING CAMP (FULL)
- DREAM, DESIGN & DO: 3-D MODELING (FULL)
- ENGINEERING CAMP
- FAIRY CAMP
- FLYING THINGS
- FORT WEBB CAMP FOR BOYS
- FROZEN CAMP
- GEEK WEEK
- GIRLS BOOK CLUB
- HAVE A BLAST: ROCKETRY CAMP
- HIP-HOP FLY GIRLS
ALL ABOUT GIRLS CAMP
Dates: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Girls entering grades 2-5
Director: Krista Lee, Webb Lower School teacher
Back by popular demand and celebrating the joys of being girls who love dolls! Ladies, get ready for a dynamic week of crafts, stories, games, and activities inspired by the American Girl dolls. We’ll have adventurous fun each day, focusing on a particular doll and all the action that surrounds each story. You and your new friends will participate in lessons ranging from creative thinking to science and friendship to leadership. Join us for a great week of girl time!
Cost: $235
Note: Please do not bring your doll(s) with you to camp.
ANIMAL TALES
Dates: July 13-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 1-2
Directors: Shaney Brown and Denine Benedetto, Webb Middle School teachers
Do you love animals? We do too! Come join us as we celebrate a different animal each day and learn about the animal using science and stories. Crafts, writing, reading, experimenting, and playing are all ways that we will become one with our favorite critters.
Cost: $230
ART FROM OUTER SPACE
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Joe Letitia, Webb Upper School art teacher and professional artist
Space...the final frontier. Beam aboard for a unique week of creating outer space art. The range of media will encompass painting, papier-m.ch., printmaking, and ceramics. Create your own constellations, spaceships, alien stack dolls, and much more. Be prepared to bring outer space to life!
Cost: $240
ART WITH MR. LETITIA: GREATEST HITS (FULL)
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Joe Letitia, Webb Upper School art teacher and professional artist
This camp pulls together some of the most fun and popular projects from all of Mr. Letitia’s summer art camps. Campers will enjoy a wide variety of creative activities.
Cost: $240
BOOKS, BAKING & BUCKETS OF FUN
Session I: June 1-5 (FULL)
Session II: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-3rd grade
Directors: Caroline Baker, Webb Lower School teacher
Does your child enjoy books and baking? Books by well-known authors are used to launch a variety of activities, such as baking, making books and other creative hands-on projects designed to stimulate reading and language skills. Your child is sure to enjoy this camp, cover to cover.
Cost: $230
BREAKOUT CAMP (FULL)
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-6
Director: Kate Lewallen, Webb School librarian
Can you escape a desert island, stop the zombie apocalypse and solve history’s greatest mysteries – all in one week? Only at Breakout Camp! Like the increasingly popular escape rooms, campers will work together to solve puzzles and “breakout” of a variety of scenarios before the timer ends; all the while developing teamwork, critical thinking and communication skills. At the end of the week, campers will work in groups to create and share their own breakout games.
Cost: $240
BRUSHES & SPOONS: ART WITH A TWIST (FULL)
Dates: July 6-10
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Noel Smith, Webb Middle School art teacher
Do you love to create art, but also dabble a bit in the kitchen? We will work on outdoor art-themed projects while exploring culinary arts. Unleash your creative side to help you make fun, fresh, and even artistic foods. We will even have our own top chef award as we use simple fresh ingredients…no baking necessary.You’ll eat well and go home with your own art!
Cost: $240
BUILD IT TO WIN IT: CHALLENGE CAMP
Dates: July 13-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-5
Director: Joanie Mortell, Webb Lower School teacher
Are you up to the challenge? Team up and use your smarts and skills to conquer projects like spaghetti noodle buildings, constructing marble ramps and card towers! Then get control of your heart rate – you’ll need to focus during theMinute to Win It games in order to beat the buzzer! Obstacle courses and many more challenges are planned for a week of ingenuity and quickness. Take on the challenge!
Cost: $240
Note: Buddy requests will not be honored in this camp; teams will be determined at random.
CAMP HOGWARTS
Dates: July 6-10
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-7 & 8th grade Hogwarts alumni
Directors: Amanda Lee and David Haines, Webb Middle School teachers
Calling all Muggles! Summer is coming and that means it’s time for CAMP HOGWARTS! First Years – find out which house you’re assigned to in the sorting hat ceremony. Bond with your prefects and housemates. Make chocolate frogs. Test your skills in Potions and Herbology class. Visit Hogsmeade, frolic with mystical creatures and help your house battle for the Quidditch and House Cups. (Last year, Slytherin was strong in spirit, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were houses to be reckoned with, but Gryffindor took home the Quidditch Cup AND the coveted House Cup!) Join your fellow witches and wizards as we use all seven books to guide us through a magical week of Pottermania!
Cost: $265
CHESS CAMP
Session I: June 8-12 (Fundamentals)
Ages: Entering grades 1-6
Session II: July 13-17 (Intermediate-Advanced)
Ages: Entering grades 3-8
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Director: Leonard Dickerson, Chess Life Master and three-time Tennessee state champion
Do you love chess and want to improve your game? Then join Leonard Dickerson for a week of strategic learning. Session I is mainly for chess players who may not have played much, competitively. Campers work on piece mechanics, opening strategies, tactics, and general principles. The complexity of the material covered depends upon the skill levels of the campers. Session II is for players who have ideally participated in tournaments or a previous camp and would like to improve their tournament play. Those in the Intermediate-Advanced Camp work on understanding combinations, critical endgame techniques, positional analysis, and team play. In both camps, there will be an ongoing tournament. At each camp’s completion, each camper will receive a personal evaluation, as well as a chess set (if needed) or book.
Cost: $230
COOLEST SUMMER HANG-OUT EVER!
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Boys entering grades 2-5
Director: Steve Owen, Webb Lower School P.E. teacher
If you want to design a bottle-style rocket ship and launch it into the air, go exploring in the woods and play some really fun sports and games, then Coach Owen’s Coolest Summer Hang-Out EVER! is the perfect camp for you. We’ll also do a whole bunch of extra activities, including: swimming, Top Trumps (themed card games from England), drawing, and a variety of students’ favorite gym games, such as Yoshi, Pirate’s Gold and Star Wars Rebel Assault. We’ll play Capture the Flag, kickball and a variety of sports, and cool off with popsicles and storytelling. Of course, no boy’s coolest week ever would be complete without shooting cans and balloons at our BB range (goggles, BB rifles and NAA and BSA certified safety instruction provided).
Cost: $250
COOLEST SUMMER HANG-OUT EVER – PART II
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Boys entering grades 3-6
Director: Steve Owen, Webb Lower School P.E. teacher
The coolness continues with a second week of summer fun! Whether it is your first week in one of Coach Owen’s camps or you are coming back for more, this week will be packed with non-stop activities! With new games, new crafts, different magic tricks, stories, and a fresh box of popsicles, the conditions are set for the lads to have a fantastic week of our favorite games and activities. This includes the ever-popular BB range, where there is an exciting new feature: “The Pendulum of Doom” – a large cluster of target items, such as shaken two-liter sodas and water balloons, that swing from side to side. The boys will shoot from a safe distance while wearing safety goggles and will be under the care and supervision of a BSA and NAA range-certified instructor. Add an optional swimming session, a few outdoor sports, and the week is sure to be a fun one!
Cost: $250
CODE MANIA
Session I: June 1-5 (FULL)
Session II: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Directors: Beth Meyer, Webb Lower School teacher and Gina Grubb, local teacher
Don’t just play computer games... create them! Don’t just watch animations... program them! Give your child a jump-start on a 21st-century career. In Code Mania, participants will learn how to code (write a computer program) and develop problem-solving and logic skills by engaging in exciting, dynamic projects that they can share with family and friends. We will even code robots and drones to complete fun challenges designed by our campers. This camp is not only for summer fun, but also for those who want to explore coding in the future. The future awaits you...the future needs YOU!
Cost: $260
CRAFTY CATS CAMP (FULL)
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-8
Directors: Matt Lauer, former Webb School teacher, and Laurie Fisher, local artisan
Are you crafty? Do you enjoy making things? Then this camp is for you. Using a variety of media, we will spend the week making different arts and crafts, including glass dish painting, finger knitting a scarf, crocheting washcloths and scrubbies, basic silk screen design, macram., book making, and more. Once you receive a few simple directions, you can make each object your own. You’ll be amazed at the beautiful and useful things you can create. Come and let your creativity run wild and be a crafty cat!
Cost: $235
DOUBLE PLAY SCIENCE & GAMES
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 1-4
Director: Lisa Haskell, local science teacher
This camp will develop your mind and body with both science and games. Learn to think critically and solve science riddles, and have a blast while doing it! Make a balloon brain and protect it with a homemade helmet, then see who survives a “crash.” Create “foam-er-ators” and we’ll shoot them outside. We’ll also make leaf tokens, tornadoes and survival rafts, test groovy lava lamps, and learn lots of magic science tricks. For the other half of the day, we’ll play cooperative team-building games like Army Navy, American Gladiators, Scram Ball, Scatterball, Dodgeball, Prison Dodgeball, Mighty Mouse, Pac-Man, Museum, and lots more!
Cost: $240
DRAWING CAMP (FULL)
DREAM, DESIGN & DO: 3-D MODELING (FULL)
Date: July 6-10
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Miller Callaway, Webb Middle School science teacher
Calling all future architects and digital designers! Campers attending this camp will learn the basics of Computer Added Design (CAD), using the free software program SketchUp. After the basics are learned, campers will design a simple 3-D nametag that will be printed on the classroom’s Makerbot Replicator 2 3-D printer. Campers will also investigate famous bridges from around the world and will build models of the bridges using K’nex Real Bridge Building sets.
Cost: $240
ENGINEERING CAMP
Session I: June 1-5
Session II: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-5
Director: Charlie Arp, Webb Lower School science teacher
Game controllers, robots and rockets are all fun to use, but have you ever tried building them? Working in teams, campers will learn the steps of the engineering process in order to design and create exciting gadgets. Campers will then put their new knowledge to the test in various engineering challenges. Some of the activities may include building and racing cars made from recycled materials, creating game controllers that will hook up to a computer, and tinkering with robots using toy motors and everyday objects.
Cost: $240
Note: Buddy requests will not be honored in this camp; teams will be determined at random.
FAIRY CAMP
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-1st grade
Director: Denine Benedetto, Webb Middle School teacher
If you believe in fairies, don’t just clap your hands; join us for a “fairy-tastic” week of magical adventures! Fairies will twirl their way through a whole host of pixie-perfect activities: a fairy naming ceremony, earning their wings, listening to and telling fairy stories, making fairy crafts, water play, building fairy homes, fairy dances and tea parties, and “flying” with their very own fairy wings on nature walks. Experience the magic with us!
Cost: $230
FLYING THINGS
Date: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-5
Director: Matt Lauer, former Webb School teacher and aviation enthusiast
Are you fascinated by things that fly? Do you love airplanes and rockets? Then spend a week making your own flying contraptions! Campers will begin with paper airplanes, then move through balsa wood gliders and rubber-band-powered planes, and eventually build different types of rockets. It will be a blast!
Cost: $240
FORT WEBB CAMP FOR BOYS
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Boys entering grades 5-7
Director: Ben White, Webb Middle School teacher
Take a break from the screen and hit the great outdoors with Fort Webb Camp for Boys. This is a play-centric camp where boys scamper in the dirt, design structures in the woods, eat popsicles, learn team-building skills, and run through sprinklers to cool off. Boys will enjoy classic summertime games like Kick the Can, Capture the Flag, and Ghost in the Graveyard; they’ll also learn how to create their own entertainment with only the environment around them. Fort Webb will focus on cooperation, self-refereeing of games, discovery of the natural world, and good old-fashioned phone-free fun.
Cost: $240
FROZEN CAMP
Dates: July 6-10
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-2nd grade
Director: Amy Marion and Cindy Landon, Webb Lower School teachers
Do you love the movie, Frozen? Do you dream of Olaf, Elsa, Anna, and Sven? Sounds like you need to put your scarf on this summer and come to Frozen Camp! Join us as we make icy treats and create chilly crafts. You will have an opportunity to dress up like your favorite characters, read Frozen books and play Frozen games. Sing along to the songs from Frozen and enjoy watching the movie. So, don’t have a brain freeze – sign up for a week of Frozen fun!
Cost: $230
GEEK WEEK
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Melissa Schweitzer, Webb Middle School staff member
Do you know the location of Thalia’s Tree, have a ticket to Platform 9 . or understand Klingon? Have you ever built a model of the Death Star, drawn a map of the Upside Down or dreamed of your own super power? Then this camp is for you! Come join us to celebrate our fandom geekiness. We will explore graphic novels, play games, learn how to build props, design costumes, and celebrate other geeky interests. Every fandom is welcome!
Cost: $240
GIRLS BOOK CLUB
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Girls entering grades 5-7
Director: Tricia Becker, Webb Lower School teaching assistant
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” - Jane Smile. Join like-minded book lovers for a week of entertaining short stories, lively discussions and story-inspired crafts and treats.
Cost: $235
HAVE A BLAST: ROCKETRY CAMP
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Miller Callaway, Webb Middle School science teacher
Campers learn the fundamentals of designing and building (including painting) rockets while creating both a water-propelled rocket and a solid fuel rocket. They’ll be able to describe and put into practice Newton’s law of action and reaction for rockets and propulsion. Each camper will assemble a rocket to attempt flight altitudes of up to 1,200 feet. More importantly, campers will understand and follow all safety rules for model rocketeering.
Cost: $250
HIP-HOP FLY GIRLS
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Girls entering grades 2-6
Director: Jennifer Venable Austin, professional dancer and founder of Arts in Motion
Girlfriends...are you ready to “get down with your bad self?” Join us for this camp’s 12th year at Camp Webb. In this classic camp of awesomeness, learn hip-hop dance moves, including stomp dances, row dancing, jump and thump, and pop-and-lock skills. No prior dance training is required to learn street combinations with “kickin’” moves; just comfortable clothing and sneakers.
Cost: $235
- JUNIOR SCIENTIST (FULL)
- LEGO® CITY
- LEGO® ROBOTICS (FULL)
- MATERIALS SCIENCE CAMP (FULL)
- NATURE DISCOVERY CAMP (FULL)
- PARIS FASHION WEEK
- PIRATE CAMP (FULL)
- PODCASTING 101
- PRINTMAKING CAMP
- SEUSSICAL CAMP
- SEW FUN I
- SEW FUN II (FULL)
- STAR WARS CAMP (FULL)
- STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
- SO YOU THINK YOU CAN COOK? (FULL)
- STUDY SKILLS & MIDDLE SCHOOL READINESS
- SUMMER OLYMPICS
- SUPERGIRL DANCE CAMP
- SWEET TREATS CAMP
- TEAPOTS AND TIARAS (FULL)
- THE VOICE: SINGING CAMP
- THEATER CAMP
- ULTIMATE KIDS’ CONCOCTIONS
- WOODWORKING CAMP (FULL)
- WRITING CAMP
JUNIOR SCIENTIST (FULL)
Session I: June 22-26 (FULL)
Session II: July 6-10 (FULL)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 1-4
Director: Lisa Haskell, local science teacher
Kaboom! Through exciting experiments, campers will learn simple chemistry and create erupting volcanoes, ocean waves, fireworks in a jar, and invisible ink. While learning about water, air, bugs, forces, and plants, they’ll construct rockets to launch, cargo boats, bug habitats, and even marshmallow catapults! Once campers learn about frogs, they’ll take home an aquatic frog in his/her own personally created habitat (optional).
Cost: $240
LEGO® CITY
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-6
Directors: JoAnn Guidry and Susie Skinner, Webb School technology coordinators
Legos are fun, and the best part is you can use your imagination and creativity. So, let’s imagine building a city! What elements would your city need – a grocery store, hospital, library, gas station? Of course, no city is complete without programmed cars buzzing around. Campers will use Lego bricks and guided creative building activities to collaborate in this city-building challenge. So, come join the fun in this new camp – Lego. City – a Lego builder’s dream!
Cost: $250
LEGO® ROBOTICS (FULL)
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-6
Directors: JoAnn Guidry and Susie Skinner, Webb School technology coordinators
Will your robot complete the mission, run the race and battle to the end? Get ready to build a machine to drag race, design “battlebots” and explore the exciting world of Lego. robotics. Campers will be randomly placed in groups of three or four by the directors. Through cooperative learning, campers rotate through the responsibilities of building robotic toys and programming them using computers. Don’t miss out on this fun and exciting camp! No previous experience with robotics or computers is necessary.
Cost: $250
Note: Buddy requests will not be honored in this camp.
MATERIALS SCIENCE CAMP (FULL)
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-5
Director: Jenifer Lawrie, Webb Upper School science teacher
What makes steel strong and Silly Putty stretchy? Find out in a week of experimental learning about matter! Some of the activities may include making paint from milk, forming glass from sugar, and creating slime and bouncy balls. Under the experienced supervision of Dr. Lawrie, campers will even make fiber optic wires out of glass!
Cost: $240
NATURE DISCOVERY CAMP (FULL)
Dates: June 1-5
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 1-3
Director: Shaney Brown, Webb Middle School science teacher
Back again for its 14th year! Get ready for some “wild” fun at Nature Discovery Camp. Spend your days catching critters, investigating habitats and learning about the natural world. Campers will safely catch aquatic and terrestrial animal species and map their distribution in the Camp Webb habitat. Campers will also learn how to lessen their impact on the environment while having lots of fun with games, activities and crafts.
Cost: $235
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Frances Seiler, retired Webb Lower School teacher and professional fashion designer
If you love fashion and want to learn more about its history and inner workings, then you will love Paris Fashion Week! Taught by former professional fashion designer Frances Seiler, this camp will give you a true taste of the apparel industry. You will learn about the history of couture in Paris, some industry terminology and the basics of sketching your own designs. You will even learn some couture hand-sewing techniques and make your own “lookbook!”
Cost: $240
PIRATE CAMP (FULL)
Dates: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-1st grade
Director: Louise Lindsay, Director of Innovation for Knoxville Jewish Day School
Ahoy mateys! If you are an adventure loving swashbuckler, come to Pirate Camp. You will spend a week sword fighting, knot tying and treasure hunting. We will race boats, explode miniature treasure chests, learn pirate songs, and participate in STEM challenges like keeping your pirate ship afloat...even when it’s filled with treasure. Pirates will also make treasure maps and participate in team-building activities designed to strengthen the crew’s morale. And of course, we will play every pirate’s favorite game, Capture the Flag.
Cost: $230
PODCASTING 101
Dates: July 6-10
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 7-8
Director: Brynn Dowling, Webb Upper School teacher
Do you love to tell stories? Have you ever thought about making an audio drama or trying out life as a reporter? Join Podcasting 101! Campers will learn the art of storytelling across fiction and nonfiction, and tell stories by making their own podcasts. No experience needed!
Cost: $240
PRINTMAKING CAMP
Dates: July 13-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Joe Letitia, Webb Upper School art teacher and professional artist
Learn a variety of printmaking techniques, including monoprint (paintings on plexiglass transferred with a printmaking press), linoleum cuts, woodcuts, and lithography. Experiment with the color and immediacy of monoprints. Campers can use portable painting easels to paint outside landscape pictures, then make a series of prints based on their paintings. Work from your imagination or do a large self-portrait. Also, help create a mega-woodcut print.
Cost: $240
SEUSSICAL CAMP
Dates: July 13-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-2nd grade
Director: Laura Barton, Webb Lower School teacher
From Mulberry Street to Whoville, come explore the world of Dr. Seuss! Make friends with Mayzie, Horton, the Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, and more. Who was Dr. Seuss? Learn his real name, what inspired him to write silly, rhyming stories and create funny characters, and more. Campers will become Dr. Seuss experts by designing truffula trees, eating Seussy snacks and creating Seussical crafts.
Cost: $230
SEW FUN I
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Laurie Fisher, local artisan
Sewing is not only a useful skill to have, it’s also a lot of fun! In this camp, you will learn to sew by hand, as well as on a sewing machine. You’ll make a large pillow, a pillowcase, a small, hand-sewn stuffed animal, and an eye pillow. Basic sewing techniques, as well as how to use your machine, will be taught. No sewing experience is required. All materials are provided, but you must bring a sewing machine.
Cost: $235
SEW FUN II (FULL)
Dates: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Laurie Fisher, local artisan
Continue the fun that began in Sew Fun I! In this camp, you will learn more advanced sewing techniques. You’ll make a pillow in the shape of your initial, pajama pants, a laundry bag, and a tote. If you were not able to attend Sew Fun I, some sewing experience will be required. You will be very proud of what you can make! All materials will be supplied, but you must bring a sewing machine.
Cost: $240
STAR WARS CAMP (FULL)
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 1-3
Director: Laura Barton, Webb Lower School teacher
Calling all brave Jedi Knights. Join Commander Barton in a galaxy far, far away for Star Wars Camp! Use the force and make lightsabers, play Star Wars games, read books, and battle the Dark Side. Jedi Knights will create the Millennium Falcon, TIE fighter and X-wing Starfighter, as well as other crafts that are out of this world. Join us… it is your destiny!
Cost: $240
STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
Session I: June 8-12
Session II: July 20-24 (FULL)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Director: Amanda Zeller, Webb Middle School Director of Academic Technology
In this innovative week, campers will create their own stop-motion films from scratch. Animators will learn how animation works, build their own characters and sets, and shoot their own stop-motion animation films. Have a blast learning about filmmaking and collaborating with your fellow filmmakers!
Cost: $250
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN COOK? (FULL)
Dates: July 13-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-6
Director: Hemal Tailor, Webb School staff member
Campers explore the wonderful world of cooking while a dash and pinch of competition will be added to our menu of exciting activities, including: • Campers will be given a basket of obscure food items to be cooked and presented as a meal. • Chef Tailor will demonstrate a dish that the campers will then replicate. • Themed baking challenge: Teams will create a cake according to a popular theme. • Campers will explore the sweeping craze of farm to table by visiting and using ingredients from the Webb community garden to create a meal. • A three-way cooking challenge using one key ingredient. This camp is sure to serve up great fun and great food!
Cost: $250
STUDY SKILLS & MIDDLE SCHOOL READINESS
Dates: July 13-17
Times: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering 6th grade
Instructors: Dr. Ellen Schnoll, Learning Specialist of Webb Middle School and Heather Eastwood, Webb Middle School Social Studies teacher and Department Chair
This camp is designed to acclimate students to a middle school environment and help improve basic study skills. A variety of topics will be covered and include: traits of a good student, active learning, test prep skills, test-taking skills, reading text, organizing materials and study space, time management, keeping track of assignments, and knowing when to get help. Jump into Study Skills and be better prepared for the first day of school – and a successful school year.
Cost: $200
Note: This is a half-day camp; no lunch is provided.
SUMMER OLYMPICS
Dates: June 22-26
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 4-6
Directors: Amanda Lee and Denine Benedetto, Webb Middle School teachers
Become an Olympian for a week before the Olympics hit Tokyo this summer. Test your athletic skills in everything from soccer and volleyball to track & field and swimming. Each day will be packed with new events where you will compete on national teams for the Ultimate World Title. You’ll jump, splash, run, hit, throw, kick, volley, and slide your way to victory. Grab your Olympic torch and join us!
Cost: $235
SUPERGIRL DANCE CAMP
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Girls entering kindergarten-2nd grade
Director: Christy Conley, Director of Dance at Webb Dance Academy and former Webb Lower School teacher
Are your dancing shoes moving all the time? Do you love sharing ideas and making new friends? Dance frees our inhibitions to be who we really are. We will study what makes us feel best about ourselves and then dance our hearts out! Our dances will be inspired by a mix of contemporary, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and hiphop. Bring your creative ideas for making a scrapbook about dance, performing and making new friends.
Cost: $230
SWEET TREATS CAMP
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Girls entering grades 4-6
Director: Amanda Lee, Webb Middle School teacher
Chocoholics, party people and candy lovers unite! Each day, we’ll make delicious concoctions for you to munch and add to your baking repertoire. You’ll make your own “Sweet Treats” recipe book and other delectable crafts to complement your culinary creations. Girls, come satisfy your sweet tooth as we dip, drizzle and dazzle with our confections!
Cost: $240
TEAPOTS AND TIARAS (FULL)
Dates: June 8-12
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering kindergarten-3rd grade
Directors: Caroline Baker and Emily Hicks, Webb Lower School teachers
Come spend a week with all things FANCY! Through literature, art, delicacies, and videos, we will craft, cook and create each day around various characters. Featuring Chip, Tea Rex, Pinkalicious, The Mad Hatter, and more!
Cost: $230
THE VOICE: SINGING CAMP
Dates: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-6
Directors: LeAnne Johnson and Jean Helbig, Webb Upper School choral teachers
The Voice: Singing Camp...where every camper is a star! Singers work in a fun, upbeat and supportive atmosphere while exploring and singing the music of Hollywood’s stage and screen legends, as well as today’s pop stars. This camp focuses on developing the young voice and will include basic choreography. The week culminates in a performance, celebrating the glitz and glamour of our Hollywood legends, past and present.
Cost: $235
THEATER CAMP
Session I: June 15-19
Session II: July 6-10
Session III: July 13-17
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 3-5
Directors: Instructors from Knoxville Children’s Theatre
There is a reason we call it a “play.” Acting is fun! Under the guidance and expertise of the instructors at the Knoxville Children’s Theatre, campers will exercise their imaginations and grow in wonderful and unexpected ways. They will work all week toward an exciting final performance. Campers will be responsible for memorizing their lines for the performance and a “let’s get this show on the road” attitude!
Cost: $235
ULTIMATE KIDS’ CONCOCTIONS
Session I: July 13-17
Session II: July 20-24
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 2-5
Director: Lisa Haskell, local science teacher Create wacky, wild and creative things to play with and observe. These projects inspire fun and innovation. Just a few of the crazy concoctions include: treasure stones with treasure inside, crystal paint, crystal farms to take home, custom-made silly scents, edible bracelets, fruity lip balm; and an Ultimate Kids’ Concoctions feast of homemade mini-foods, such as dragon candy, ladybug candy (no real insects involved), mini-cakes, and pies!
Cost: $235
WOODWORKING CAMP (FULL)
Session I: June 15-19 (FULL)
Session II: June 22-26 (FULL)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Joe Letitia, Webb Upper School art teacher and professional artist
There is nothing like the smell of sawdust in the morning! Campers will study woodworking materials, processes and the safe use of tools. Roll up your sleeves and mesh your creativity with some basic woodworking skills to construct awesomely insane birdhouses, your own pinewood derby cars and more.
Cost: $240
WRITING CAMP
Dates: June 15-19
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ages: Entering grades 5-8
Director: Matt Lauer, former Webb School teacher
Amazed by Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings? Spellbound by Star Wars? Why not write your own fiction? Mr. Lauer will help you create fascinating characters and concoct exciting adventures. Nutty activities will help stimulate the creative process. Campers will also enjoy traditional summer fare like swimming and outdoor games.
Cost: $235
