O-la-mi - a world of summer fun at the JCCClick here to view the O-la-mi Week 1 Newsletter Click here to view the O-la-mi Week 1 K'tanim Newsletter
For information or to register contact O-la-mi Director Sarah Evans Click here to download the 2010 O-la-mi brochure Click here to download a 2010 registration form Click here to view documents that contain important documents and forms on the Parent's Page Click here to view the Chaverim Extended Day Afternoon Activities Calendar Click here to view the Ktanim Activities Calendar Click here to view the Chaverim, Bonim and Tzofim Trips and Entertainment Welcome to O-la-mi "My world" - a world of summer fun at the Stamford JCC. At O-la-mi you'll find an amazing world of activities and options for kids as young as 20 months, all the way through 10th grade. A place where your child will build self-esteem, lasting friendships, and treasured memories. So come along with us for the summer of your life, filled with fun, friends, and family. It's a summer experience like no other! The Staff @ O-la-mi Our director, Sarah Evans, is handpicking and specially training the very best staff around. Sarah, who is the JCC's director of children's programs and is a wizard at creating engaging activities for school-age kids, brings her magic and classroom experience to O-la-mi. Between Sarah, our specialists, our team of dedicated JCC professionals, and the O-la-mi counselors, you can rest assured that your children will always be in the very best hands. And each and every member of our O-la-mi staff is dedicated to making fabulous fun and creating lasting memories for every child. Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy All Sports Camp Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy will team up with the JCC again this year to bring you an awesome week-long summer sports experience. This will be the ultimate sports week, including baseball, football, soccer, swimming and much more. Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy has been running popular summer camps for over eight years. BVSA summer camps sell out every year, so beat the rush! Sign up for a full day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or half day, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Art-a-palooza Do you love the arts? Then this is the perfect program for you! Learn all the tricks of the trade in painting, drawing, acting, photography, music, and dance. Each child will receive individualized instruction to help get their creative juices flowing and to think "outside the box." Preschool K'tanim - "Little Ones" Give your tot a delicious taste of what camp is like in our enriching summer program. Each day, your little one will come ready to participate in all that the program has to offer: Water play! Song! Dance! Messy Play! Weekly Shabbat celebrations! Arts and Crafts! Laughter! Could you really ask for more? All programs are led by experienced early childhood specialists, including many familiar teachers from the acclaimed JCC Sara Walker Nursery School and the JCC's Aleph, Bet, Go! program. K'tanim Ages 20 mos. - 2 1/2 years Ages 2 1/2 - 3 years Chaverim - "Friends" This program is perfect for the young child with a big imagination! Introduce your pre-schooler to a warm, engaging, loving environment right here at O-la-mi. All of the JCC's outstanding facilities become a summer playground as children enjoy everything from surf to turf (no shellfish of course). From water activities, including instructional swim, water slides, and water games, to land activities such as wiffle ball, soccer, basketball, arts, crafts, nature, music and dance, and weekly Shabbat celebrations with Your children will enjoy exciting trips to local places, laugh along with unique entertainers, and enjoy fun-tastic experiences! Chaverim is led by teachers from the JCC Sara Walker Nursery School, specially trained to know how to bring out the very best in each child and create precious memories for you and your kids. Gesher - "Bridge" Looking for something to bridge the gap between the end of nursery school and the beginning of camp? Gesher is your answer. Each day will include fun-filled summer activities - swimming, water play, crafts, music, games, sports, playground fun and lots of special surprises. Led by our outstanding teachers from the JCC Sara Walker Nursery School, this is sure to be a big hit with the little ones ... and a great way to transition your child (and yourself) from school to camp. Grades K-6 Are your school-age children ready for a summer of their dream? Are they ready to experience more of everything ... more swim ... more sports ... more specialties ... more trips ... more entertainment ... Are they ready to build new friendships that will last a lifetime? If they're really ready for the best summer of their lives, then O-la-mi is the place to be! Bonim - "Builders" Tzofim - "Scouts" At Bonim and Tzofim, your children will have a summer experience you simply can't find anywhere else! They get the best of both worlds: a fun-filled morning program complete with exciting specialties including art, sports, swim, music, dance, and more. And in the afternoon, your child gets to "create" their afternoon week by week! All activities in this program are designed to challenge and nurture young minds and bodies. Breakfast Club & Late Stay Breakfast Club • 7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Late Stay • 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Morning Specialties at O-la-mi Swimming @ O-la-mi For many parents, there's nothing more important in the summer than helping your child develop their swimming skills. Water safety is always our first priority, and making your child feel comfortable in the water comes in close second. Our world-class aquatics staff makes sure each child is making as much swimming progress as possible, helping to bring out the inner "fish" in all of them! The O-la-mi instructional swim program follows the internationally recognized American Red Cross learn-to-swim instructional program, however O-la-mi adds our own exciting twists. Swimming for fun is also an important part of the O-la-mi experience. Daily free play in the pool includes water basketball and volleyball games, noodle races, use of the diving rings, Marco Polo, and tons more! Sports @ O-la-mi Creative Arts @ O-la-mi Jewish Life @ O-la-mi Afternoon Electives @ O-la-mi Choose Your Electives @ O-la-mi Trips and Entertainment @ O-la-mi Theme Days @ O-la-mi Lunch and Ruach @ O-la-mi Maccabi Color War @ O-la-mi At the end, ALL kids, regardless of how long or when they were at O-la-mi, are invited back for our End of O-la-mi Celebration when the Color War winner is announced and we end another fabulous summer. Let the games begin! Friday Shabbat BBQs @ O-la-mi Special Family Events @ O-la-mi Grades 9-10 C.I.T. Program The Counselor-in-Training Program is open to teens who want the experience of working with children. They will become young professionals while still having fun. The O-la-mi director will train and advise each CIT throughout their time at O-la-mi, providing them with useful tools and information on how to ultimately become the best counselor possible. The CIT program at O-la-mi is a great way for your teen to make many new friends, share and learn from experiences, and have a blast! Upon successful completion of the program, CITs will receive an honorarium for each four-week session. Admission is very limited. All potential participants are required to be interviewed and selected for inclusion. For those 16 and over... A job working at O-la-mi is an experience like no other! You don't have to sit in a stuffy office all day and wish you were enjoying the sunshine. When you work at O-la-mi, t-shirts and shorts are the attire, and you'll definitely be enjoying plenty of that summer sun. Regardless of your college major (for those in college), working at camp will provide you with skills and expertise that you can apply to any field. If you are responsible, enthusiastic, and love to have fun with children, please contact Sarah Evans, Director of O-la-mi, at 203-487-0973 or sevans@stamfordjcc.org to schedule an interview.
Wait ... There's More! What-A-Production! Join Krissy Dorn, a local and regional actress, this summer and experience all aspects of theater production! Spend your mornings creating zany characters, learning dance moves, singing songs, playing crazy theater games, doing amazing set and costume projects, and most importantly, putting on an amazing show! What A Production offers a supportive environment where everyone is encouraged to use their creativity and imagination. Just ask one of our many past participants and they will tell you what a blast they had! And this year's performance will be (drum roll, please) ... Jackie and the Beanstalk! It's 1970 and Jackie and her mother are living on skid row. In need of money, Jackie sets off to the village to sell the family cow. Instead of selling the cow, Jackie trades him for some "magic" beans. With the help of the Bean Girls, a roller skating Fairy, and the giant's wife, Jackie must defeat the giant and bring home the "bacon". This 70s-themed romp will be sure to have you grooving through the summer. In addition to producing a musical, participants will enjoy traditional summer activities at O-la-mi. It's the very best of both worlds! (See the description of afternoon electives for the For information or to register contact O-la-mi Director Sarah Evans Click here to download the 2010 O-la-mi brochure Click here to download a 2010 registration form
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