Summer on the Meadow

Welcome to High Meadow's 2010 summer program brochure! We have a great selection of options this year from a highly talented corps of educators.

REGISTRATION:

  • 1. The registration form will be used for all the programs. Payment should be made either to High Meadow School or the program leader. Please look at the registration directions for each program for payment information.
  • 2. Different age groups are served at different times, please pay close attention to the Who and When sections for this information.
  • 3. To enroll your child, please complete the registration form and send in full payment for the program(s) you have chosen. Once enrolled, you will receive a confirmation letter along with a physician's form and the emergency contact form that will need to be completed prior to the start of camp.
  • 4. For all programs children must come with a lunch, water bottle, a snack, and a change of clothes and shoes. No flip flops are permitted at High Meadow, only secure sports sandals that protect the feet.
  • 5. Registration is due by May 15th. Enrollment is on a first come basis. You will be notified via email if the program is full.

Summer Care

When: June 14 - June 25, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 5:30
Cost: $185.00 per week
Who: all ages
Registration: Submit paperwork and check to High Meadow School
What: Kathy Flannery, pre-k teacher, will be offering general summer care for students of all ages. Children will enjoy crafts, games, imaginative play, and, of course, the sprinkler in a relaxed and joyful setting.

Visions Arts Camp*

When and Who: Monday - Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm, the following weeks.
June 21 - 25 6 – 8 year olds & 9 - 12 year olds
June 27 – July 2 6 – 8 year olds & 9 - 12 year olds
July 5 – 9 6 - 8 year olds & 9 -12 year olds
July 12 - 16 8 -12 year olds (one group only, $150)
Cost per one week session: $195 (register by May 1st - $175).
Registration: Make check payable to V.S.A.C and send to High Meadow. Questions? E-mail Tracy Leavitt directly at tracy@highmeadowschool.org
What: Utilizing High Meadow School's incredible outdoor setting as our inspiration, children will explore such artistic staples as drawing, painting and printmaking, while also experiencing new, innovative art forms like paper-cut relief, tree branch structures, waxed fabric sculpture and more with Tracy Leavitt! The natural world will give us further reason for joy and pride as children play in it (sports!) - and work with it (gardening!) - and move on it (hiking!) led by Tanya Milano.

Tracy Leavitt, professional artist and arts-educator, leads the camp in their art exploits. She has produced Visions Arts Camps for over 17 years. During the year, Tracy is an Artist-in-Residence at many schools, libraries and conferences, and she is a visual arts teacher at High Meadow School.

Tanya Milano is the PE teacher at High Meadow School. She graduated from Antioch and is currently the PE teacher at High Meadow School. She believes that encouraging a child's affinity for the natural world ignites self awareness and helps them to become responsible caretakers of the earth.

Acorn Camp for Theatre (ACT!)

When: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday- Friday, June 28th - July 9th
Cost for 2 week session: $400.00
Who: children entering 4th – 6th grades
Registration: Send or bring registration form to High Meadow School with check or credit card.
What: In a setting of joyful exploration, Actress/Drama and Visual Arts Instructor Allyson Uzzle, will guide children through the process of developing an original theatre production. Allyson will lead children through a variety of drama exercises and improvisations to develop voice, presence, and character development techniques. Students will build an original production, performing all the tasks necessary, including: set design and production, lighting, and costuming.

Youth Ensemble Theater (Y.E.T.)

When: 9:00 - 4:00, Monday to Friday, July 19th to July 30th
Cost for 2 week session: $400.
Who: Students entering 7th – 12th grades.
Registration: Send or bring registration form to High Meadow School with check or credit card. Feel free to call Amy Poux: (845) 389-5889.
What: Y.E.T. will engage emerging actors in a dynamic and intensive process to build an artistic vocabulary and create an original, modern play. Young people will study a mix of acting techniques by theorists including Constantine Stanislavski (later work), Sanford Meisner, Augusto Boal, and Uta Hagen. They will do improvisations, acting exercises; develop character subtext, inner-monologues, objectives and actions, scene blocking and character physicality, and have an enormous amount of fun doing it, with the goal of creating and presenting an original theater production that will be performed at High Meadow's Performing Arts Center. Y.E.T. will support young performing artists to develop their own approach to acting that they can use in any performing arts experience thereafter. Taught by director and drama teacher, Amy Poux.

Adventures with Ike

When: June 28-July 2, July 5-9, 12-16, 19-23 Monday-Friday, 9:00-2:00
Cost: $200.00
Who: Ages 5-7
Registration: Send or bring registration form to High Meadow School with check or credit card.
What: Ike Shaw and the teaching artists of Adventure Game, Inc. are bringing their unique curriculum of cooperative play, improvisational theatre and experiential education to High Meadow for 4 weeks of day camp! Campers will help build a creative community of trust and playfulness with workshops in improvisation, mask work, expressive movement, noncompetitive physical recreation and more. The week culminates in our Adventure Game, an interactive theatrical role-play where participants create and embody characters in a game of pretend on a truly epic scale, full of costumed creatures, fantastical quests and exciting surprises.

Figures in Flight Dance Camp

When: June 28-July 16
For more information and to register contact Susan Slotnick: 845-255-6759

Wayfinders' Experience

When: July 12-16, from 9:00-3:00, with the exception of Wednesday, which will reconvene from 6 to 9pm
Cost: $350/participant. Minimum of 20 participants needed to run.
Who: children ages 8-14
Registration: Send or bring registration form to High Meadow School with check or credit card.
What: Imagine a world where heroes and villains engage in a never-ending battle between good and evil, where the laughter of faeries is echoed by the roar of dragons, where powers exist that can raise the dead, heal the wounded, and harm the living, where oracles prophesize and rogues slip quietly into the night. Now imagine yourself within this world, able to choose where to go, who to help, who to fight, and who to save. You are the hero of your own unique story and the success of your quest depends entirely on you. Led by founder/co-director, Genevieve Casagrande, The Wayfinder Experience is a completely unique program, and provides one of the most exciting, fun, healthy and positive experiences available. Using our improvisational theatre curriculum, non-competitive combat system and imagination we create an interactive fantasy world where children develop characters with unique personalities and complex relationships and then assume their identity within this universe. This live-action role play allows them to explore aspects of their own personality, providing an incredible opportunity for self-exploration and personal insight. We call this transformational program The Adventure Game, and it provides the foundation for our diverse offering of workshops and activities. It also happens to be unbelievably exciting and entertaining!

Barefoot Dancers Summer Institute

When: Monday-Friday, June 14 - 18, from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Cost: $200.00
Who: students entering fourth - sixth grades (no experience necessary)
What: Barefoot Dance Center comes to High Meadow this summer for an exciting week-long dance intensive. The program will be modern dance based, while exposing students to various styles of dance by bringing in master teachers. The students will also study improvisation, which is an exploratory and inquisitive form of dance play. Kids will turn into choreographers as they mold their dance experiences into a solid idea to be honed into a choreography project. Dancers will perform their work on Friday at 1:30 for parents and friends. Taught by founder/director of the Barefoot Dance Center in Port Ewen, Jessica Levey.
Registration: For more information and/or to register for this program, please contact Jessie Levey at Barefoot Dance Center at 384-6146 or info@barefootdancecenter.com. You can also visit Barefoot's website to learn more: www.barefootdancecenter.com.

Fashion and Fabric Design

When: Monday-Friday, June 28-July 2nd, from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: $200.00 plus $20.00 material fee
Who: Ages 12-14
What: In this exciting camp, we will explore the world of fashion and fabrics!!!! Our mornings will focus on fashion sketching in marker, watercolor, and pastel. Drawing from our own wardrobes as well as putting together wild combos, we will model for each other and learn to draw what we see as we develop our own style. Afternoons will be spent learning various techniques of applying dyes, pigments, and resist to fabrics with an emphasis on spontaneity. Over the week we will create many amazing projects! Led by Leslie Arouh, Professional Textile Designer.
Registration: Send or bring registration form to High Meadow School with check or credit card.

For more information on the Summer Program, please check the High Meadow events page!