Field Experiences, Travel & Summer Camps

SUMMER Programs with CELC

Creative Math Camp

The Ultimate Math Experience

JULY 2012 – Register NOW!

The Connecticut Experiential Learning Center (CELC) offers a unique and exciting way for students ages nine through fourteen to explore math through a variety of hands-on and minds-on activities.

 Nature        Music

We bring math to a new level!

                     Art          Sports        Cooking

 Session I: 16 – 20 July 2012  / Session II: 23 – 27 July 2012

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday – Friday

Limit 10 campers per session

Cost is $295 for the week, includes all materials and instruction.

REGISTER NOW!  Contact us for more information.

Different Drum Sailing Adventures Maine 2012

CELC field experiences may include …

 Meigs Point Nature Center at Hammonasset State Park in Madison, CT

Meigs Point Led by Ranger Russ, each session includes a unique topic for students to learn about as they explore the Long Island Sound environment in a hands-on and minds-on way.

Trap Rock Ridge

Maple Sugaring with Rob

We enjoy working at the farm of our long-time colleagues and friends, Rob and Sally, where students tend to chickens, work in the gardens, split wood, learn about rug cleaning techniques (Ace Rug Company has been in business for over 50 years), have lunch outside at a campfire, or build authentic Native American dream catchers.

 

Pre-Columbian Pottery

hand-building

To gain an understanding and appreciation of the utilitarian and aesthetic qualities of pre-Columbian art and culture, students create their own clay sculptures as they explore hand-building technique under the guidance of potter Evelyn Foster of Flying Rabbit Pottery Studio.

 

Casa Otoñal

Music at Casa Otonal

Students have a multi-generational experience working alongside elders and learning about Latin-American culture.  This community service oriented program allows for CELCers to contribute to  life at La Casa through gardening, shared music time, quilting, cooking, and more.

Everyone Outside

Everyone Outside maps skills

Everyone Outside is a program to get more people (children, teens, adults, seniors) outside enjoying the natural world to promote healthy living and environmental stewardship.  CELC students work in the field with Lucy Meigs exploring a variety of environmental topics, including vernal pools, geology, and map and compass skills.

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CELC traditionally includes a ‘year-end’ adventure for our students that incorporates not only our academic curriculum but also brings our students out of their usual comfort zones and enables them to stretch and grow in new ways, all while remaining true to our priority of safety and providing experiences that are interesting, challenging, and fun.

Sailing Adventures

CELC’s spring travel to the islands of the Bahamas spends time aboard the 46’ ketch Boundless! with Captain Jeff Amor who runs a company called Different Drum Sailing Adventures, which provides programs specifically geared for middle school-aged students.

Summer of 2012 includes a Maine sailing experience.  During our adventures, stay in contact with what we do each day by logging onto the following website where we blog about our travels on a daily basis.

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/ddsa

CELC aboard Boundless

 

Washington, D.C.

Connecticut Experiential Learning Center travels to Washington, D.C. in March 2010.   There is so much to see and do, and students are taking an active role in the planning of this adventure.  Letters requesting special tours have been written and mailed to our State Representatives.  Included in the highlights for our trip so far will be a private tour of the Capitol building and a visit to National Geographic’s Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit.   Some of the other places under consideration for visiting are the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Supreme Court, Newseum, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Museums, and the National Zoo.Jarado and Washington Monument

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