Performing Arts/Specialty (SH)
Camp Brochure l Registration Form
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Performing Arts Camp: grades 2-6
Register for 4-week block: June 18-July 13
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Director Helaine Labovitz returns for her seventh summer. Campers are part of a complete musical show, from rehearsals to set production to opening night. Training in theater, music and dance culminates with two performances on Thursday, July 12. The musical will be chosen based on registration.
Performing Arts Camp is a Program of the Philip Chosky Performing Arts Program
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Specialty Camps
The Specialty Camp day is from 9 am-3 pm except when there are field trips and overnighters. Lunch is provided. All camps include swim lessons when the schedule allows. Specialty campers enjoy free swim, sports, arts & crafts, nature, Israeli culture and dance.
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Crazy Chemworks Camp: Grades 2-7
Week 1: June 18–22
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Shake up a flask of fun in the lab as a junior chemist. Each Crazy Chemworks day will include 2 hours packed solid with cool reactions. Campers put on goggles and change liquid to solid and back again. They get to handle laboratory tools, build and break molecules and pick up tricks on chemical changes.
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Wet & Wild Camp: Grades 3-7
Week 2: June 25-29 Week 3: July 2–6
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Campers will experience many different water thrills! Adventures may include day trips to Sunset Beach, Moraine State Park and Settler’s Cabin Wave Pool. They will travel to EKC for an overnight and enjoy lake activities. There may also be a canoe trip down the Yough at Hazelbakers and they will learn to SCUBA here at the JCC. There will be late pickups on some days. A certified lifeguard will accompany campers on all day and overnight trips.
Choose one or both weeks.
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Adventure Camp: Grades 3-7
Week 4: July 9–13 Week 8: August 6–10
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Campers travel every day to a new destination. Adventures may include the Pittsburgh Zoo, Carnegie Science Center, Settler’s Cabin Wave Pool, Idlewild or a Wild Things baseball game. There will be late pickups on some days.
Choose one or both weeks.
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Ceramics Camp: Grades 2-7
Weeks 5 and 6: July 16–27
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Campers travel to Char Bailey’s Ceramics Art Studio daily, where Char will teach campers the basics of clay construction, painting and glazing. In addition to a myriad of individual projects the children will create a special piece to commemorate their summer. It will be a gift to the JCC and will be put on permanent display at the JCC.
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Ice Skating Camp: Grades 2-7
Week 7: July 30–August 3
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Winter fun in the summer! Learn ice skating at Mt. Lebanon Ice Rink from a trained instructor. Fee includes skate rental when necessary. Children should bring winter wear to camp daily.sburgh Zoo, Carnegie Science Center, Settler’s Cabin Wave Pool, Idlewild or a Wild Things baseball game. There will be late pickups on some days.
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JCC summer day camps are supported in part by The Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation, Massey Charitable Trust, Morris & Fannie Skilken Family Foundation and The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust with additional support from the Aviraz-Rosenfeld Family Enrichment Fund, Stanford and Ada Davis Young People's Theater Fund, JCCA/Legacy Heritage Fund, Dora and Joseph Marcus Camp Scholarship Fund, Beatrice Schutte Foundation, Gladys and Abraham Endowment Camp Fund, Max and Gussie Shore Children's Scholarship Fund, Sandy and Edgar Snyder Israel Experience Fund and the Rhoda Lee Tabachnik Children's Theater Fund.







