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Discover Day 5 Update!
I can’t believe our week has come to a close. We’ve learned and grown so much this week, stretching our imaginations and using our brain power to come up with unique solutions. I’ve been honored to get to know our campers and be a part of their journey this week. Thank you for sharing them with me!
Your camper should come home with lots of projects to show you! Take some time to ask them about how they built things and what their planning process looked like. You may even venture into their Inventor Log to see evidence of their thinking.
Additionally, your camper came home with a note from their LI, who has been their volunteer high school group leader all week. I look forward to seeing many of you next year for Camp Invention!
Congratulations to our Yellow Group for winning the color wars!!!! Here were the final point totals.
Points Totals
Red - 302
Orange - 290
Blue - 303
Green - 253
Yellow - 325
Lost & Found: If your student left behind a water bottle, lunch box, or jacket/hoodie, you will be able to find those in the front foyer next week from Monday, June 9th through Thursday, June 12th from 8:00am-3:00pm. We are not saving any projects, prizes, or shirts that are left behind.
Below you will find our Day 5 newsletter.
I hope your family enjoyed hearing about your camper's day each night. I enjoyed getting to share this experience with our campers. Have a great summer!
Discover Day 4 Update!
We had another great day full of creation today! These projects are starting to shape up, and I am highly impressed. Today some of our campers brought home their Spin-A-Scope. Ask them how they made their mirror illusions!
Tomorrow we will be sending home all of their projects! We recommend a large bag or trash back to help them manage all of the projects.
We are looking forward to all our wrap-up fun tomorrow! Follow us @InventProsper
Don't forget to wear your purple camp shirt for base camp in the morning!
Here is our color wars total for the end of the day!
Discover Day 3 Update!
Happy Wednesday!
Our campers are in full swing! Today we started our day off with awards for the silliest socks and best chants!!! Our color groups earned additional points from instructors for different challenges, as well as base camp and lunch! Our scores shift throughout the day as points are awarded, but we ended today with YELLOW in the lead!
Point Totals
Red-143
Orange-143
Blue-126
Green-143
Yellow-176
Check out one of our camper's illusions below!
If you aren't following @InventProsper on X you are missing out! See everyone tomorrow in their favorite jersey!
Discover Day 2 Update!
We had another amazing day today! Our engineers are designing, building, creating, and collaborating!
Just as a reminder for our campers, we have started our "Color Wars" and the points are accruing! We will share the latest point totals tomorrow!
We are posting pics to our X page. You can find us @InventProsper.
Please see our Day 2 Camp Invention Newsletter below.
See you tomorrow in your silliest socks!!!
Discover Day 1 Update!
Discover Day 1 Update!
Good Evening Camper Families,
TOMORROW is HAT Day. Wear your silliest hat!
A few notes to help tomorrow go even more smooth...
Drop off will begin at 8:45 am (extended day at 8 am)
Drop-off will be carline style in the front, if you are not extended day please don't drop until 8:45am as we don't have staff ready.
No need to get out and walk them up, just a regular carline. Please do not park and walk up unless you have to
Don't forget lunch and a water bottle
We will not be able to accommodate any early pick up after 3pm, as we are all hands on deck for the end of the day at that point
Please label your campers lunchbox, waterbottle, jacket, etc so that any lost items can be reunited with their camper
We've started our "Color Wars" competition, where instructors can award points to color groups for creative thinking, being a great helper, or awesome behavior. We also award points in Base Camp for our teamwork activities.
Attached is the parent newsletter, you can also find this, along with other info, on the website. https://sites.google.com/prosper-isd.net/campinvention/parent-info
Our entire staff enjoyed their first day, and we can't wait for day two! See you in your hats tomorrow!
Explore Day 5 Update!
Howdy CI Families,
I can’t believe our week has come to a close. We’ve learned and grown so much this week, stretching our imaginations and using our brain power to come up with unique solutions. I’ve been honored to get to know our campers and be a part of their journey this week. Thank you for sharing them with me!
Highlights from today? There are so many! We got to see videos of the Solar Car and Robotics teams at their competitions. We tested and teamed up for our Marble Arcades and created jet packs for more exploration in Spacecation. We also made beautiful art with our Artybot, which is coming home with each camper for more art projects!
Your camper should come home with lots of projects to show you! Take some time to ask them about how they built things and what their planning process looked like and venture into their Inventor Log to see evidence of their thinking.
Additionally, your camper came home with a note from their LI, who has been their volunteer high school group leader all week. Prosper is fortunate to get to offer two weeks of Camp Invention each summer, I look forward to seeing many of you next year for Camp Invention.
I hope your family enjoyed hearing about your camper's day each night. I enjoyed getting to share this experience with our campers. Have a great summer!
Newsletters_Explore 5 Day_Day 5.pdfExplore Day 4 Update!
Howdy CI Families!
Another great day full of creation today! These projects are starting to shape up and I remain incredibly impressed. Today your camper brought home their Jellyfish habitat, complete with robotic fish and plants. Ask them about symbiotic relationships! Our campers also enjoyed time outside at Splash Day!
Tomorrow we will be sending home all of their projects! We recommend a large bag or trash back to help them manage all of the projects. Marble Arcade is large, they've got art bots in The Attic and a few other projects to come home!
Have a great night! Looking forward to all our wrap-up fun tomorrow!
Don't forget to wear your camp shirt for base camp in the morning!
Here is our color wars total for the end of the day!
Newsletters_Explore 5 Day_Day 4.pdfExplore Day 3 Update!
Howdy CI Families,
Another banner day full of fun at Camp Invention today. Wednesday is always one of my favorites because everyone is in the groove and the projects really start coming together! If you aren't following @InventProsper on X you are missing out. These Marble Arcades are getting complex and we added a Symbiotic creature to our jellyfish tanks in Robotic Aquatics. Our bigs created a shoe prototype and our littles designed shoe treads and made a stamp of them in The Attic. We played 9 square in CI Games (a new one for me) and Spacecation had some Astro Arm challenges to complete today!
**BIG NEWS: TOMORROW IS SPLASH DAY** see details below
We started our day with a chant off and our loudest chant groups got points for their color team. We also had a competition for the camp song, with color groups receiving points. Campers can receive points from all instructors for different challenges, as well as daily at base camp and lunch! Our scores shift hourly, but we are ending today with Orange in the lead.
A few reminders:
Remember that if you are picking up early you must pick up before 3 pm, as we are all hands on deck to start our dismissal procedure.
Students will start to bring home some projects tomorrow and will bring everything home on Friday. We recommend sending a large reusable shopping bag or trash bag with them Friday to help transport their creations.
Check out X (@InventProsper) for photos and our website for info! https://sites.google.com/prosper-isd.net/campinvention/daily-updates
Parent Newsletter is attached!
TOMORROW will be water day! Please see the info below from Coach Trebel & Coach Goode
Hi Parents!
TOMORROW we will have a Splash Day in CI Games.
Please send your child with the following:
Wear shoes that are able to get wet (old athletic shoes, Crocs, Natives, water shoes, etc.)
Pack a bag with : A dry change of clothes incase you want to change, a wet bag (or grocery bag) for your wet cloths & a towel (Optional)
Campers do not need to wear swimsuits, as it is just a splash day and they will not get soaked. If they would like to wear their swimsuit they will wear shorts and a tee over it (or just tee for boys) still.
**Please sunblock your child PRIOR to arriving at camp**
We are not allowed to apply sunblock to children, so please make sure they have sunblock on when they arrive. Your child's outdoor time will be approximately one hour.
- Coach Treble & Coach Goode
Newsletters_Explore 5 Day_Day 3.pdfExplore Day 2 Update!
Howdy Camper Families,
What a great day we had today! From Astro Arm creation to Jellyfish naming we've rocked it in our modules all day.
We've started our "Color Wars" competition, where instructors can award points to color groups for creative thinking, being a great helper, or awesome behavior. We also awarded points in Base Camp for our teamwork activities. Today we gave away points for team chants, most hats, best hats, and cleanest tables! Check us out on X for more photos and updates on these activities! @InventProsper
Final Note... All campers should have received their shirt, please let me know if your camper did not come home with theirs in their bag yesterday or today.
Newsletters_Explore 5 Day_Day 2.pdfExplore Day 1 Update!
Howdy Camper Families!
Today was a day full of fun! Our campers had a blast in each of the modules and were such respectful learners and creative thinkers! It's going to be a FABULOUS WEEK! TOMORROW is HAT Day. Wear your silliest hat!
A few notes to help tomorrow go even more smooth...
Drop off will begin at 8:50 am (extended day at 8 am)
Drop-off will be carline style in the front, if you are not extended day please don't drop until 8:50am as we don't have staff ready.
No need to get out and walk them up, just a regular carline. Please do not park and walk up unless you have to
Don't forget lunch and a water bottle
We will not be able to accommodate any early pick up after 3pm, as we are all hands on deck for the end of the day at that point
Please label your campers lunchbox, waterbottle, jacket, etc so that any lost items can be reunited with their camper
** The Marble Arcade module has requested that I let everyone know that campers may want to bring some small upcycled to help them created obstacles in their arcade game. Please do not feel like you need to purchase anything, these are just little items you have extra around the house. We've provided some of the leftover upcycled from June camp, but you may want to talk to your camper about other ideas they have for their game.
Our entire staff enjoyed their first day and we can't wait for day two! See you in your hats tomorrow!
Newsletters_Explore 5 Day_Day 1.pdfIlluminate Day 5 Update!
Howdy CI Families,
I can’t believe our week has come to a close. We’ve learned and grown so much this week, stretching our imaginations and using our brain power to come up with unique solutions. I’ve been honored to get to know our campers and be a part of their journey this week. Thank you for sharing them with me!
Highlights from today? There are so many! To start our day the Prosper Solar Car team shared video and information about the solar cars they build and race. The team will not be with us as LIs in July because they will be driving the Solar Car in the national competition! Good luck Solar Car, thanks for joining us this week to make camp great!
Red Team won our Color War for the week! Congrats Red!
As for our sessions, during the In the Game students finished up their game board and then were inducted into the Game of Fame complete with ceremony and fanfare! In Let’s Glow campers finished up their glow boxes and then created a Gallery of Icons display with all the glow boxes. They also finally got to solve the mystery of how Gary glows…ask them about Gary. In Prototyping Studio today campers built a game and protected it with their very own patent. Finally, in Operation Hydrodrop campers worked with ecosystems, pitching inventions to help keep ecosystems clean! However, the highlight of the day was water day in CI Games!
Sadly, water day on Friday plus taking home projects made our lost and found blossom from one waterbottle to a giant amount of waterbottles, lunchboxes, clothing and towels. Here is a link to photos of the Lost & Found. The procedure for pick up will be that you may come up on July 3rd during our set-up day for July camp and pick up your items. We will have a second pick up time on July 9th. Unfortunately, school staff will not have access to the lost and found between now and then. We will have boxes of lost and found items out on the benches on those days for you to come claim! Please do not email me separately about Lost & Found as I will be on vacation between camps and not able to answer, this will just clog my inbox for our July crew who is needing camp info.
Your camper should have come home with lots of projects to show you! Take some time to ask them about how they built things and what their planning process looked like.
Additionally, your camper came home with a note from their LI and a coupon for next summer’s camp. Prosper is fortunate to get to offer two weeks of Camp Invention each summer, I look forward to seeing many of you in July at Camp Invention Explore (camp is already full), but this coupon is for next summer.
Lost & Found - can pick up during July Camp July 8-12 at Hughes
I hope your family enjoyed hearing about your camper's day each night. I enjoyed getting to share this experience with our campers. Have a great summer!
Friday Illuminate Parent Newsletter.pdfIlluminate Day 4 Update!
Howdy CI Families!
Another great day full of creation today! These projects are starting to shape up and I remain incredibly impressed. Today they designed a water feature in Prototyping Studio after learning about the inventor of the Super Soaker (see parent newsletter for more info). Then they worked on a UV layer in Let's Glow and learned about water filtration before designing their own water-cleaning inventions in Hydrodrop. In the Game had students creating equipment to propel their ball at the gameboard and the option to create a brand logo for their game. CI Games kept everyone moving with some four square and reminders about tomorrows water day!
Please know that students are welcome to wear their swimsuits with their Camp Invention shirt tomorrow so that they are prepped for water day. Please send a towel & change of clothes for after CI Games, campers will come in and change. It would be best to send this change of clothes in a bag that they can carry to the gym with them during this rotation.
Here is our color wars total for the end of the day!
Here are the reminders from Coach Mister & Coach Arnold about Water Day:
On Friday we will have a Water Day in PE (weather permitting). Please send your child with the following:
Wear shoes that are able to get wet (old athletic shoes, Crocs, Natives, water shoes, etc.)
Towel
Change of clothes including undergarments and socks, as well as dry shoes
A bag to put wet clothes in such as a grocery bag
**Please sunblock your child PRIOR to arriving at camp**
We are not allowed to apply sunblock to children, so please make sure they have sunblock on when they arrive. Your child's outdoor time will be approximately one hour.
A few reminders:
Remember that if you are picking up early you must pick up before 3 pm, as we are all hands on deck to start our dismissal procedure.
Students will bring home all projects tomorrow. We recommend sending a large bag or trash bag with them to help transport their creations. LIs will be helping them get to the car on the last day to carry all their creations!
Check out X (@InventProsper) for photos and our website for info! https://sites.google.com/prosper-isd.net/campinvention/daily-updates
Parent Newsletter is attached!
Have a great night! Looking forward to all our wrap-up fun tomorrow!
Don't forget to wear your camp shirt for base camp in the morning!
Thursday Illuminate Parent Newsletter.pdfIlluminate Day 3 Update!
Howdy CI Families,
What a full day we had. Wednesday is always one of my favorites because everyone is in the groove and the projects really start coming together! If you aren't following @InventProsper on X you are missing out. Today I did my best to post photos of projects and progress for all the modules! My favorite part was the time I spent in Let's Glow checking out the amazing slides the campers made. They learned about the difference between bioluminescence and phosphorescence (with their own UV light box!). It was so much fun.
They also worked on their game boards today in "In The Game" and created a kitchen tool in "Prototyping Studio". Rounding out our day CI Games had them playing Hula Hut and Straddle Ball, while Optibot worked on building bridges!
We started our day with a chant off and our loudest chant groups got points for their color team. We also had a competition for the camp song, with color groups receiving points. Campers can receive points from all instructors for different challenges, as well as daily at base camp and lunch! Our scores shift hourly, but we are ending today in a three-way tie for 1st!
A few reminders:
Remember that if you are picking up early you must pick up before 3 pm, as we are all hands on deck to start our dismissal procedure.
Students will start to bring home some projects tomorrow and will bring everything home on Friday. We recommend sending a large bag or trash bag with them Friday to help transport their creations.
Check out X (@InventProsper) for photos and our website for info! https://sites.google.com/prosper-isd.net/campinvention/daily-updates
Parent Newsletter is attached!
Friday will be water day! Please see the info below from Coach Mister & Coach Arnold
Hi Parents!
On Friday we will have a Water Day in PE (weather permitting). Please send your child with the following:
*Wear shoes that are able to get wet (old athletic shoes, Crocs, Natives, water shoes, etc.)
*Towel
*Change of clothes including undergarments and socks, as well as dry shoes
*A bag to put wet clothes in such as a grocery bag
**Please sunblock your child PRIOR to arriving at camp**
We are not allowed to apply sunblock to children, so please make sure they have sunblock on when they arrive. Your child's outdoor time will be approximately one hour.
Wednesday Illuminate Parent Newsletter.pdfIlluminate Day 2 Update!
Howdy Camp Invention Families!
Another great day at Camp Invention today. Students got to hook up their lights inside their box in "Let's Glow", they started working on their game boards in "In The Game" and we created grey water systems for their tiny houses in "Operation: HydroDrop". We had a visit from Mr. Van Wolfe today and debuted our camp chants in a chant-off!
We've started our "Color Wars" competition, where instructors can award points to color groups for creative thinking, being a great helper or awesome behavior. We also awarded points in Base Camp for our teamwork activities. Today our Green Team got points for the best chants for both big and littles, while Red took the best flag for littles and Orange for bigs. However, at the end of the day it was Red who came out on top so far. Red is leading our points with 32pts right now, but it's a close race and we've got more opportunities for points tomorrow!
Attached is our parent email, as always you can also find this info on our website.
A few house keeping notes...
Drop off begins at 9am. Carline is super quick, please just hop in line and we will roll you through.
Please do not drop before 9am unless you have purchased the extended day.
Don't forget your Upcycle Items, those can live here.
Please realize there are two doorbells on the front door, please ring the one for Camp Invention (button is shaped like a bell). The other one (small and round) is from the Hughes front office for deliveries.
Don't forget lunches & waterbottles
Let me know if your camper did not receive their shirt.
TOMORROW is SILLY SOCK DAY!
Tuesday Illuminate Parent Newsletter.pdf
Illuminate Day 1 Update!
Today was a day full of fun! Our campers had a blast in each of the modules and were such respectful learners and creative thinkers! I'm so impressed by this group of kiddos. TOMORROW is HAT Day. Wear your silliest hat!
Here are a few notes to help tomorrow go even more smoothly...
Drop-off will begin at 9 am (extended day at 8 am)
Drop-off will be carline style in the front, if you are not extended day please don't drop until 9am as we don't have staff ready.
No need to get out and walk them up, just a regular carline. Please do not park and walk up unless you have to
Don't forget lunch and a water bottle
Friday will be wet day in CI Games (more details to come)
Below is the parent newsletter.
Our entire staff enjoyed their first day and we can't wait for day two! See you in your hats tomorrow!
Monday Illuminate Parent Letter.pdfPage updated
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