8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
Cameron Ajanku, musician, artist, drummer and former member of Sankofa Dance Theater will join us for a week of creative peacemaking. Healing and the home planet is the theme for this week. We will delight in earth care and people care through songs and stories. We will write music, poetry, make mandalas, make food for snacks and share our creations in performance at the end of the week.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
In the midst of summer, gardens and field explode with sustenance and food. We’ll have scavenger hunts, dig deep into the soil, collect berries and bugs and remember all the beings that sustain life.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
This week we experience creating art with different themes and method. Sculpt plants, flowers and colorful frogs with clay.
Invent your own animals. Art can connect you with so many things! You’ll of course be connected with new and old friends creating together. We’ll join in making Japanese calligraphy and origami.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
Do you like making art? Do you like exploring different art supplies? Do you like connecting with new and old friends with art? Come to The Center at Orchard Hill to join our summer art camp, Connected by Art! The campers will take adventures by experiencing various art styles and supplies in the beautiful setting at The Center with fun, friendly, and experience staff. Furthermore, this year, the camp leader, Yumiko Sandoe, will offer activities to connect campers to Japanese culture. Don’t you want to try learning some Japanese words, writing, arts and crafts, and cooking? Even if you don’t think you're interested in art, join us! Don’t worry—you will find your creative energy. Everyone is an artist!
The camp leader, Yumiko Sandoe, is a public school art teacher with diverse experience teaching art in NH, NY, and Japan. She also has led summer camps at The Center for many years.
$300/week
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
Summer 2025 culminates in an exciting celebration of community, culture, friendship and the heartbeat that holds us all.
Once again, Sankofa Dance Theater’s West African village comes to life. Led by the Ajanku family, campers and staff join in Community Circle, West African Dance and Drumming, tie dying t-shirts and at the end of the week, an unforgettable performance. In the words of campers over the years, this week is “The thrill of a lifetime." Don’t miss it!
This is the group to sign up for if your kid is between 9 and 15. We will split this group into two groups, one older and one younger depending on who signs up.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm; extended day 8 - 4 by request.
Summer 2025 culminates in an exciting celebration of community, culture, friendship and the heartbeat that holds us all.
Once again, Sankofa Dance Theater’s West African village comes to life. Led by the Ajanku family, campers and staff join in Community Circle, West African Dance and Drumming, tie dying t-shirts and at the end of the week, an unforgettable performance. In the words of campers over the years, this week is “The thrill of a lifetime." Don’t miss it!
$300/week