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We hope these summer opportunities help students from the Twin Cities area grow and flourish during the summer months!
See information on the camps that are still open for registration directly below, as well as information on the camps for which the registration is now closed at the bottom of this page.
Please note: All camp payments are non-refundable and will not be pro-rated by days of attendance.
HELP NEEDED:
Catholic Vacation Bible School (CVBS) 2019
- Dates: Monday, June 24th-Friday, June 28th
- Time: 8:45 AM-noon
- Registeration has closed and the program is FULL as of noon on Monday, June 17th
- Disciples: We are in great need of adult and teen helpers to make the program possible. Parent disciples can leave their children under age 4 in a special "Little Lambs" classroom. Learn more and sign up to help out here!
- If you are able to help or have any questions, please contact:
Linda Wandrei: boysnlinda@msn.com or 952.240.3732
Marilyn Grutsch: grutsch@usfamily.net or 952.240.6191
Katie Norton: katie@nortoncrew.com or 952.221.9413
REGISTRATION OPEN:- Sisters of Mary Morning Star Spiritual Enrichment Opportunities
- Coming to our parish: Monday, June 24th-Friday, June 28th
- In addition to participating in Catholic Vacation Bible School, the Sisters of Mary Morning Star will be offering times of prayer and fellowship for our parishioners, in varied age groups.
- Learn more and sign up here!
- Choir Camp for Kids
- Dates: Tuesday, July 9th-Friday, July 12th
- Time: 9 AM-noon
- Ages: 7-18
- Location: Holy Family Catholic Church
- Holy Family's annual Choir Camp for Kids is an educational, four-day exploration of all things musical. With our extra-special teaching staff, the kids will be kept busy learning about music, playing educational musical games, and singing pretty much the whole time! The camp will culminate in a public concert in the church on Friday, July 12th, at 11:30 AM (all are welcome to attend!).
- Instructors: Director of Sacred Music, Scott Turkington & others
- Cost: $25/student (maximum $75/family)
- Sign Up and Payment Deadline: noon on Friday, July 5th
- Learn more and sign up here!
- Gregorian Chant Camp for High-Schoolers
- Dates: Tuesday, July 16th-Friday, July 19th (attendance all four days is required)
- Time: 1 PM-4 PM
- Grades: Any high school student entering 9th-12th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- This intensive four-day camp delves deeply in the vast subject of Gregorian Chant, the Church's official Sacred Music. Study of the eight Church Modes, the functions of the various types of chant, the traditional square notation of the Middle Ages, and the 2000-year history of chant are all undertaken. It’s like musical archaeology!
- Read this great article about this camp's beginnings and the significance of Gregorian Chant!
- Instructor: Director of Sacred Music, Scott Turkington
- Cost: $50/student (A new copy of the Gregorian Missal will be included.)
- Sign Up and Payment Deadline: noon on Friday, July 12th
- Learn more and sign up here!
- Singapore Math Workshops for Parents
- Workshop 1: Tuesday, July 23rd, 1-4 PM
- Workshop 2: Wednesday, July 24th, 6-8 PM
- Any parent is welcome.
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Parents may come to one or both of the workshops for a very thorough and informative talk on the conceptual underpinnings and philosophy of Singapore Math (it will be the same information both times, but a lot of it!). Even those parents in Pre-K and Kindergarten should consider coming to this talk as we will not be able to host it for another few years.
- Instructor: Cassandra Turner, national Singapore Math Consultant, Math Champions Professional Development
- Cost: None
- Please RSVP to jim.grogan@hfamn.org by Monday, July 23rd, for either workshop.
- Singapore Math Boot Camp
- Dates: Monday, July 29th-Friday, August 2nd
- Session 1
- Time : 8:45 AM-10:15 AM
- Grades: Entering 2nd-4th
- Session 2
- Time : 10:30 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering 5th-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- This workshop is designed to help students understand and navigate Singapore Math.
- Instructors: Mrs. Joanne Pilon
- Cost: $100/student
- Sign Up and Payment Deadline: noon on Monday, July 22nd
- Learn more and register here!
- Classical Quiz Bowl Camp
- Sessions:
- Friday, May 31st: pick up packets & Friday, June 21st: Quiz Bowl Fun, 8:30 AM-11 AM
- Monday, July 1st: pick up packets & Thursday, July 25th: Quiz Bowl Fun, 8:30 AM-11 AM
- Friday, July 26th: pick up packets & Wednesday, August 14th: Quiz Bowl Fun, 8:30 AM-11 AM
- Grades: Entering 3rd-8th (students will be separated into two divisions, upper and lower)
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Students will have three opportunities to participate in Quiz Bowls, receiving a study packet on literature, art, music, geography, religion, and science from three separate ages in history (Elizabethan England, the 20th century, and early United States) and/or assigned reading from great books (from the same time periods), and then competing (ringing in with a buzzer and everything!) a few weeks later.
- Cost: May have to purchase books or get them from the library.
- Learn more and register here!
- Sessions:
REGISTRATION CLOSED:
- Drama Camp (Grades 1-3)
- Dates: Monday, June 3rd-Friday, June 7th (attendance required on all days, no exceptions)
- Time: 9:30 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering 1st-3rd
- Location: Holy Family Academy, Kattar Hall
- Back by popular demand! Mrs. Johnston will take students on a journey of fun and excitement, learning how to improvise, play act, and how to have stage presence. Students will work toward the performance of a 30-minute play (to be revealed in order to add suspense!) at the end of the camp, Friday, June 7th, at noon. Please note: this camp reached full enrollment very quickly last year, so don't delay in signing up!
- Instructor: Mrs. Jacqueline Johnston
- Cost: $50/student
- Maximum Enrollment: 25 students
- Registration closed as of noon on Monday, May 27th.
- Drama Camp (Grades 4-6)
- Dates: Monday, June 17th-Friday, June 21st (attendance required on all days, no exceptions)
- Time: 9:30 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering 4th-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy, Kattar Hall
- Back by popular demand! Mrs. Johnston will take students on a journey of fun and excitement, learning how to improvise, play act, and how to have stage presence. Students will work toward the performance of a 30-minute play (to be revealed in order to add suspense!) at the end of the camp, Friday, July 21st, at noon. Please note: this camp reached full enrollment very quickly last year, so don't delay in signing up!
- Instructor: Mrs. Jacqueline Johnston
- Cost: $50/student
- Maximum Enrollment: 20 students
- Registration closed as of noon on Monday, June 10th.
- Catholic Vacation Bible School (CVBS) 2019
- Dates: Monday, June 24th-Friday, June 28th
- Time: 8:45 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering Pre-K (must be at least 4 years old by Sept. 1st, 2019)-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- The 2019 theme for CVBS is "Looking for the Lamb -Our Eucharistic Jesus!" Children will have the opportunity to enjoy snacks, engage in games, art, drama, lessons, and stories!
- Instructors: many adult & teenaged trained helpers, with the Sisters of Mary Morning Star
- Cost: $30/child (maximum $90/family)- scholarships available
- If you are able to help or have any questions, please contact:
- Linda Wandrei: boysnlinda@msn.com or 952.240.3732
- Marilyn Grutsch: grutsch@usfamily.net or 952.240.6191
- Katie Norton: katie@nortoncrew.com or 952.221.9413
- Registeration has closed and the program is FULL as of noon on Monday, June 17th
- Disciples: We are in great need of adult and teen helpers to make the program possible. Parent disciples can leave their children under age 4 in a special "Little Lambs" classroom. Learn more and sign up to help out here!