#summer writing program

Pingry’s high school summer programs are specifically designed to make learning and education a lot more interactive and enjoyable, than what the kids learn at school. The program focuses on making the best out of the summer to help the kids get in tune for school. Even though the summer is the time they usually take to slow down and relax, the camp helps keep them on their toes, except there is less tension and more fun involved! 

The camp focuses on academics and sports as a whole. Courses are curated in such a way that they complement the curriculum of the grades the children study in. The idea of getting sports into it is to imprint the idea of coordination and team building into the kids. Sports like football, basketball and lacrosse are perfect examples of team sports which help in character and team building. 

Pingry’s summer writing programs are also very important because they improve the writing skills of the students. Writing is a significant part of one’s professional career and aids in increasing the probability of getting better career prospects. Although it does seem far-fetched to be thinking about careers at such a young age, it doesn’t hurt to plan ahead! The writing programs are conducted by instructors who are both trained and experienced in their respective fields and will be paying individual attention to each and every student. 

With the world of learning being shadowed by remote learning techniques for so long, exposure to real-time, hands-on learning has become increasingly important as the world is returning to normalcy. While the kids could barely adjust to these previous learning tactics, re-adjusting to the new normalcy with old habits is much more complex than it seems.

The onset of the deadly virus is finally presumed to be diminishing and it is important for your kids to be ready for going back to school. Over the past few years, learning has become predominantly a task and contemplation has taken a backseat.

Educational summer programs are a great way to prepare your child for the upcoming academic year so that the kid doesn’t feel overwhelmed with the fast-paced grasping that is about to take place in educational systems from now on.

Over the course of the lockdown and unavoidable restrictions, kids have become increasingly social on media platforms but at the same time, ironically, kids have become increasingly anti-social when it comes to real-time social interactions. This is why summer camps are a great way to help kids cope with normalcy and keep up with it.

At the same time, many kids have suffered through isolation, anxiety, low self-esteem, confidence, etc. over the course of this forced normalcy we were made to accept the past 2 years. Camps are a great way to instill development through the experience they provide.

Camps provide a myriad of activities like summer writing programs, summer sports camps, technology camps, and overnight camps – which not just teach virtues but also help build new values and strengths.

During the pandemic it became extremely difficult for kids to enjoy their summers the way they wanted. All that they could resort to was the summer online programs in case they wanted to do something productive with their time they got during the summer breaks. However, the choice was pretty limited when it came to this. They could only take up some summer writing programs or certain tech programs that did not require them to move out of the house and ones that they could just attend online through the help of their computer.

This in fact became a major chance for the summer camp holders to diversify what they offered to the class. They made sure that there was ample amount of choice that was being given to kids for them to explore and choose which kind of summer online programs were the best suited for them. It was a task for the hosts to actually find ways in keeping the online course a little engaging and interesting for the kids so that they do not feel burdened in any way and also that it is a little different for them from what they usually learn at school.

Enrolling your child to the best summer camp can really be one of the best things for them in the long run especially when they are just out of a stressful semester. When the summer holidays would come around, the children, earlier, would look forward to destressing, playing with their friends outside. As the times changes and the technology and gadgets became the main attraction for the children, they stopped played outside more. Sending your child to the summer camp actually makes it easier for children to mingle with other kids of their age. Summer camp is a great place for children to have fun and learn as well.

There are many other reasons that you should send your children to any of the summer writing programs or any of the other programs at the summer camp. They don’t just learn to form these new connections, but they also learn to maintain these connections in the long run. In the future, they will look back at their time in the summer camp and be thankful that they had this experience. It is at these summer camps that the children learn about the sportsmanship and the sportsmen spirit as well. This comes in very handy for the children’s future ahead.

Remember the times where summer camps mostly meant sending off your kids into the woods to fend for themselves? Yeah, times have changed quite a bit since then, and so have summer camps in general. Gone are the days of only having a handful of options that only included setting up tents and learning how to use a compass. Camps have upgraded and branched out into several different categories, each catering to your kid’s hobbies and interests. There is now so many of them that you might feel overwhelmed by all the choices you have, but they are all helpful to your child’s growth and development.

Camps now are mainly split into two main programs -

Educational programs:

Educational programs exist in various branches, such as language programs, summer writing programs or even camps revolving around specific subjects like maths and science.

If your kid is into extracurricular activities like music or drama, there are camps for those as well. These camps are run by specially trained teachers and executives who have experience in their respective fields and ensure your child gets to learn in the most fun ways possible throughout the summer.

Sports programs:

Does your child have too much energy to be sitting idle at home and do nothing? If he needs space to bounce around freely without you having to face the exhaustion from keeping up, sports camps are just the thing for both, you and your kid.

The warm beautiful summers are the perfect time to get your kids into sports and help them develop new hobbies.

In order to help us know more about your background and interests, we would like you to tell a personal story (i.e., non-fictional) of a time when words, whether written or spoken, sung or performed, have been meaningful for you. 

Ok so here it is.

I fell in love for the first time when I was eight. With words.

When I stumbled across my love, cover half-ripped, sitting forlornly on a massive shelf I devoured it as if it were a life-saving drug. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The book that changed my life. I will forever thank my aunt for entrusting its story to me.

            It was summertime, I was currently enrolled in a basketball camp. At the time I was under the impression I enjoyed the sport. The day my aunt led me to her shelf and handed me the book I became the worst camper ever. I was that kid. The kid that sat in the corner, blatantly ignoring everyone for a fictional world. I begrudgingly participated in that camp for the rest of the summer, though it would be a lie to say I was cooperative. I’m sure the counselors found me tiresome. At every opportunity I would sneak off to the sidelines and sit on the dusty gym floor. I would delve into Hogwarts every day, imagine I was playing Quidditch instead of basketball.

            Over the two weeks there I finished all the published Harry Potter books. I was crestfallen when I finished all the available novels, and desperately longed for more.

My next endeavor was Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Again, I was stupefied. The character, Percy Jackson was utterly relatable, even if the magical situations were not. I had no idea how it had happened, but somehow I had fallen in love again. At first I denied my love. I couldn’t love anything as much as I loved Harry Potter. I couldn’t betray them. Slowly, I came to the realization that my second love could be just as important as my first. It was outstanding to see that people shared my thoughts, my worries, and my aspirations. It made me feel as if I was never alone.

I’ve reread the Harry Potter series several times since that week. The same with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. My shelf has grown in tandem with my mind to accommodate my large collection of loves. Reading is one of my passions. Ever when I was eight I was irrevocably changed when the idea was introduced that fantastical worlds and people can be conceived simply with words. I was transfixed. How could something so simple create something so powerful? That question plagued me for years until finally I managed the courage to experiment for myself.

The student panel this week was brilliant.  I watched June speak about race with poise and compassion.  Brent talked about being careful who you trust with your art, and he is such a compelling speaker I think I would listen to anything he says.

I got to collaborate with Eric on a translation for an invented alphabet on Thursday morning.  It was deeply satisfying to put effort into analyzing his text, and felt great when he shared it at Colloquium.  It made me realize how essential collaboration is to me at this time.  I've already started looking for writers and artists near Seattle that I can create with.

The final workshop this week was messy.  Conflicting personalities, charged writing topics, and scraped emotions crammed around a conference table.  Yet when we went outside to create an experimental auditory and visual piece, it changed everything.  It reminded me that if the work isn't flowing, then move.

So many little love affairs ended this week.  The connections over four weeks developed over time or started intense then faded, were fun and friendly, or intimate and fleeting, or heartfelt and sustained.  The Summer Writing Program was like summer camp for writing freaks and I'll miss the relationships.   

I got to meet Writer Sam in person after meeting on Tumblr.  I'd been looking for her and then we were both at meditation on Friday.  Yay Tumblr friends!

Anne Waldman gave a lecture on Thursday that she summed up with "Keep the world safe for poetry."