This week has been filled with

many fun activities.

The Mad Scientist Summer Camp

utilized the Scientific Method on

their experiments and had so

much fun. The All the World’s a

Zoo Camp has been playing

games, learning about all dif-

ferent types of animals, and en-

joyed their trip to the Santa Fe

College Zoo. Club Sport Camp

had a fun time playing all sev-

eral types of “club” sports. The

Under the Sea Camp dove into

the all that is the sea. Check in-

side for more details!

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Millhopper Montessori School

Millhopper Montessori

School, LLC

President:

Christina Miller

Administrator:

Amilda Clark

Newsletter Created by:

Tiffany Milian, 7th grade

Photographer:

Alyssa Hanley, 7th grade

Contributing Writers:

Ms. Elizabeth Falls

Ms. Crystal Sorrow

Coach Cam Parker

Ms. Nia Haynes

Ms. Erin Sorel

Mr. Richard Aslanian

Week 3: June 27th – July 1st INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Summer Camps 1

Mad Scientist 2

Club Sport 2

Under The Sea 3

All The World‟s A Zoo 3

Splash Bash 4

Junior Counselors 4

Reminders

for Next Week 4

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Club SportsClub SportsClub Sports

Mad Scientist!!!Mad Scientist!!!Mad Scientist!!!

Golfing,

Lacrosse, Dodge Ball, Hockey and Tennis

kept the Club Sport campers busy this week.

Each day consisted of skill drills, golf compe-

titions, lacrosse and dodgeball games and

more! The rain did not stop the camp-

ers, as they stayed indoors and created

power points, and also learned about

Wimbledon and made their own predic-

tions after researching all the stats.

It was all about physical

science, chemistry, simple machines, the human body,

the scientific method, and more. Each day they did

lots of fun experiments such as building a gumdrop

dome , making glow in the dark silly putty, elephant

toothpaste, and separating the fat from milk. Earlier

in the week they tried to figure out the basic parts of

taste. Their discussion of solids, gases, and liquids led

them to see how dry ice works. Mr. Richard com-

mented saying that “We let the children explore the

properties of science themselves.” All the students

had a lot of fun. At the end of this week I believe all

the campers are officially MAD SCIENTISTS!!!!

The Mad Scientists try to get a piece of ice out of a cup with

only a miniature lasso.

Mr. Richard helps a student. Wow! That’s’ a lot of foam! In this experiment the students had to make - what is called Elephant Toothpaste.

Sofia just finished the taste test. It doesn’t look like

she liked what she tasted.

UNDER UNDER UNDER THE SEATHE SEATHE SEA

Exploring animals in their natural

habitats, what they need to survive, how they

grow and adapt to their environments are a few

of the many topics discussed this week during

All the World‟s a Zoo Camp. The students simu-

lated many games that taught them how animals

live. On Thursday they went to the SFC Zoo. A

student in the camp stated “ My favorite part of

the camp was going to see the zoo and seeing all

the pretty peacocks.”

ALL THE WORLD’S A

Ms. Crystal

Ms. Liz

Our Under the Sea studies took

us to various oceans where we learned

all animals that live in those oceans.

Shells were abundant in the classroom as

well as fish objects and objects of ocean

mammals. There were ocean animal pup-

pets, ocean felt board work, ocean animal

books, and more. The students made mo-

biles, and did seahorse art scratchings.

They also painted an expandable top hat

for July 4th and also the campers sang

Yankee Doodle Dandy/You‟re a Grand

Old Flag, This Land is Your Land, and

America, My Country Tis of Thee in

celebration of the holiday Fourth of July

Holiday.

This week, the campers traveled to the sea! They

learned about all different kinds of sea creatures. The children especially found the

sea animals from the deep very interesting; giant squid and the viper fish! Since

Monday is July 4th, the children also made

Fourth of July necklaces, made firework

prints and painted “flag” hearts. The children

are looking forward to the next two weeks :

PIRATES AHOY!

Reminders for Week 4:

July 5th - July 8th

No Summer

Camp on Monday.

Happy 4th of July!!

Make sure you order lunches!

Tuesday/Beef „O Brady‟s

Wednesday/Moe‟s

Thursday/Heavenly Ham

Friday/Schlotzky‟s

Invention/Animation Camp

Recycled Arts and Crafts

Junior Counselor

Ahoy Pirates!

Thursday, July 7th-Dress up

day for Beginner and Pre/K

Theme: Ahoy Pirates!

Splash Bash is Friday

Wear your bathing suit and

bring a towel

Please apply sunscreen at

home

Splash Bash!!

Junior Counselors

Alyssa helping a

student with learn-

ing the five senses.

Caryss dissecting

an owl pellet.

Tiffany working on

the newsletter.