Summer Camp

Pre-K (1/2 Day AM)

Whine & Cheese Camp (SEL)

Instructor: Britt Paxton, MVS Early Childhood School

This camp is based on PBS social-emotional learning materials supporting emotional processing, feelings, and emotional awareness. These items are fundamental for the successful development of Emotional Intelligence (EQ).

Cost: $140

Grades K-2

Under the Sea

Instructor: Robin McIntyre, MVS Lower School

ATTENTION ALL SHARKS AND JELLYFISH! Do you want to explore the deep blue sea? Curious about the animals that live in the ocean? What about mythical ocean creatures like mermaids and mermen? Join us as we sail to the Newport Aquarium and more! Come and see what it’s like to live beneath the waves!

Cost: $280

Grades K-1

Life in Color

Instructors: Alisa and Sarah Workman, MVS Early Childhood School

Get ready for a week of making rainbows! We’ll be exploring all different aspects of color. Get ready to learn what colors are used to make secondary colors with tie dying, marbled paper printing, and other sensory-based activities.

Cost: $280

Grades 2-3

Candyland!

Instructor: Carrie Siegel, MVS Lower School

Come join us on the rainbow trail to a land of candy. We will journey through gumdrop mountains and lollipop trails to discover surprises in all shapes and sizes. Each day will be filled with “sweet” activities and fun games galore. You’ll love what we have in store!

*Please note: This will be a nut free camp, but we will be using dairy, eggs, gelatin and other food items in the activities.

Cost: $280

Grades 2-6

Hoops Academy

Instructor: Myla Cardona-Jones

The purpose of the Hoops Academy Basketball Camp is to provide an opportunity for those who want to learn basketball fundamentals and develop basketball skills. After attending this camp, students will have learned a systematic approach to shooting, 1 on 1, passing, dribble moves, and basic team spacing and movement. There will be a fun tournament on day 5, with medals for all participants.

Cost: $280

Grades 4-5

The Clay Workshop: Ceramic Musical Instruments

Instructor: Rachel Stanzione, MVS Lower School

This intensive ceramic workshop will teach students to make a few different musical instruments out of clay. Instruments will be completed during the week of class. Some instruments may be fired afterwards, but will be available for pick-up the following week.

Cost: $280

Pre-K (1/2 Day AM)

Dinosaurs

Instructor: Britt Paxton, MVS Early Childhood School

Dig up some fun with us! We will learn about dinosaurs, identify our favorites, and experience life as an archeologist during Dinosaur Camp!

Cost: $140

Grades K-2

Disney Day Camp

Instructor: Robin McIntyre, MVS Lower School

Hot Dog! What would it look like to live in a world FILLED with Disney!? From Mickey and Minnie to Moana, from Woody to Buzz Lightyear: learn about creativity and fun with our favorite Disney characters, creatures, and castles.

Cost: $280

Grades K-1

Nature Masterpieces

Instructors: Alisa and Sarah Workman, MVS Early Childhood School

This is a camp for children who constantly face the challenge of wanting to stay inside and create, yet have the lively outdoors pull them outside. In this camp, we’ll spend a week exploring nature and art. By the end of the week, we’ll have spent time filling, and decorating, our own art journals, woven fabric through natural looms, and have printed on fabric with leaves. We’ll end the week by having an afternoon art show where our creations from the week will be displayed. Come join us and release your inner outdoor artist!

Cost: $280

Grades 2-3

Ocean Adventures

Instructors: Sarah Mangroo and Natika Goins

Join us for a week of under the sea fun! This week we will learn about fish, sea creatures, and other life that live in the water. Students will enjoy art projects, learning about sea life, a live aquarium webcam, and a field trip to Newport Aquarium.

Cost: $280

Grades 4-8

Tennis Academy

Instructor: Carrie Siegel, MVS Middle School Tennis Coach

Tennis is a lifetime sport of fitness and health. The goal of this camp will be to offer students entering grades 4-8 the opportunity to build their skills in the wonderful sport of tennis. Skills that will be taught and reviewed are groundstrokes, volleys, serves, spins, strategies, with an emphasis on sportsmanship, match play, and team competition. After lunch, we will bring our enthusiasm about tennis indoors. We will take time to learn all about the great sport of tennis by coming up with games to play, relays and more. It’s going to be a HIT!

Cost: $280

K-6

Field Day Frenzy!

Instructors: Alec Shelton and Nikki Arnold, MVS Lower School

This four-day camp will be filled with fun activities and field trips that are all about things that students would do during a Field Day and more. Come out and get active with a variety of games!

Cost: $250

Pre-K (1/2 Day AM)

Insectopia

Instructor: Britt Paxton, MVS Early Childhood School

An exploration of the world of insects, how they contribute to ecosystems, and finding the beauty in all the things that “bug” us.

Cost: $140

Grades K-1

Investigative Science

Instructors: Sarah Mangroo and Natika Goins

Do you love science? What about making things or doing experiments? In Investigative Science, we will be doing just that! We have fun week of STEM, science, and a field trip to the Boonshoft Museum planned.

Cost: $280

Grades 4-6

River, Rock & Trail

Instructors: Melissa Ertsgaard, MVS Lower School, and Sarah Workman, MVS Early Childhood School

Spend the week exploring the (mostly) outdoors engaged in all things active! We will spend the week fossil hunting, hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, and rock climbing as we support each other in these physical activities. Bicycles are needed for Friday’s adventure. Parents are invited to join us on Friday!

Cost: $310

Pre-K (1/2 Day AM)

Little Campers

Instructors: Julie Paul and Kathleen Bechert, MVS Early Childhood School

Come join in the summer fun as we explore different outdoor themes. We will begin the week with a garden day in which we explore the MVS Z-Lab Gardens, learn about the plants, plant our own seeds and care for the seeds throughout the week. We will continue the fun by enjoying indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts. We will enjoy water activities like sprinklers, squirt guns, bubbles, and water balloons. We will also enjoy water experiments and create homemade popsicles to enjoy. Continuing the summer fun, we will learn and play a variety of outdoor games together. We will conclude our week with a camping day by setting up a tent, having a pretend campfire, going on a hike, pretending to look at the stars (during the day) and having smores (accommodations for allergies can be made). Each day will also incorporate related art projects, recess, and snack time.

Cost: $140

Grades K-1

Around the World

Instructor: Sarah Mangroo and Natika Goins

Lets go around the world in one week! We are going to learn all about several different countries including traditions, holidays, where they are located, and their flag just to name a few things. We will take a field trip to Jungle Jim’s where we can experience tastes from around the world.

Cost: $280

Grades 2-3

Art in Nature

Instructors: Melissa Ertsgaard, MVS Lower School, and Sarah Workman, MVS Early Childhood School

Calling all naturalists and artists! Do you love to create art using different mediums and materials? Do you find inspiration outside? Join us as we create art using natural materials as we visit outdoor spaces at MVS and in our surrounding community.

Cost: $280

Grade 12

College Boot Camp (July 18-20)

Instructor: Lindsey Roeth, MVS Director of College Counseling

In this intensive three-day camp, MVS Director of College Counseling Lindsey Roeth will walk rising senior students through the process of brainstorming, outlining, and drafting a strong personal statement. The camp will also provide an opportunity for students to better understand, and begin to complete, the different components of the Common Application. This camp is a great way to get a jump on your college process before the school year begins! Camp meets from 10:00-1:00 on July 18, 19, and 20. Lunch is included each day.

Cost: $75

Pre-K (1/2 Day AM)

Superhero Camp

Instructor: Britt Paxton, MVS Early Childhood School

Sharpen your Spidey-sense, leap tall buildings, and save the day at Superhero Camp. We will learn what our superpowers are, how to work together as a team, and take time to appreciate the real-life superheroes in our lives.

Cost: $140

Grades K-1

Introduction to Karate

Instructors: Sarah Mangroo and Natika Goins

Learn the basics of shorin-ryu karate with kicks, punches, stances and blocks. Create your very own bo and learn to handle it properly. Experience the dojo with a field trip to DJ’s Dojo.

Cost: $280

Grades 2-3

Nature Nuts

Instructors: Melissa Ertsgaard, MVS Lower School, and Sarah Workman, MVS Early Childhood School

Have you ever experienced the following? 1. A desire to spend the entire day in a creek looking for horn coral & the biggest crawfish? 2. Made a surprising, yet undeniably cute, friendship with a caterpillar that you found dangling from a branch? 3. Accidentally lost track of time because you got distracted by a critter outside? If any of these scenarios seem familiar, you may indeed be a nature nut. Thankfully there is a summer camp out there for anyone that finds these situations all too familiar. We’ll spend the week hiking, building bird houses, visiting Brukner nature center, and fossil collecting at Caesar’s creek and MORE!

Cost: $280

Grades 2-3

Skills Booster

Instructors: Julie Dube and Erica Evers, MVS Lower School

This camp will be filled with engaging literacy activities, hands-on math lessons, and a review of academic skills in preparation for the return to school in August!

Cost: $280

Grade 12

College Boot Camp (August 2-4)

Instructor: Lindsey Roeth, MVS Director of College Counseling

In this intensive three-day camp, MVS Director of College Counseling Lindsey Roeth will walk rising senior students through the process of brainstorming, outlining, and drafting a strong personal statement. The camp will also provide an opportunity for students to better understand, and begin to complete, the different components of the Common Application. This camp is a great way to get a jump on your college process before the school year begins! Camp meets from 10:00-1:00 on August 2, 3, and 4. Lunch is included each day.

Cost: $75

College Boot Camp:

In this intensive three-day camp, MVS Director of College Counseling Lindsey Roeth will walk rising senior students through the process of brainstorming, outlining, and drafting a strong personal statement. The camp will also provide an opportunity for students to better understand, and begin to complete, the different components of the Common Application. This camp is a great way to get a jump on your college process before the school year begins! Lunch is included each day.

Session 1: July 18, 19, & 20 10:00-1:00 each day

Session 2: August 2, 3, & 4 10:00-1:00 each day

Location: The Miami Valley School, 5151 Denise Dr, Dayton, OH 45429

Cost: $75

Summer at MVS 2022: Academic Enrichment and Athletic Camps

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