Summer Programs
Summer Programs
We offer a variety of enriching opportunities in the summer both inside and outside the classroom. Our goal is to provide a Christian, educational, challenging, and fun-filled summer experience to our students.
Summer Camps 2024
Arma Dei Academy is pleased to offer the following camps and clubs for the summer of 2024! See below for details and registration information. Most camp fees are billed through FACTS soon after registration closes and are non-refundable. Camps are based on the grade student(s) will be in for the 2024/2025 school year.
Summer Reading, Math, & Latin
Join us in the kitchen for an all-new cooking class with Mrs. Asher! Throughout our week together, students will learn how to prepare a unique meal/snack for every meal of the day. Along the way, they will learn a variety of cooking methods, knife skills, and safe food handling skills. French fries, salsa, pancakes, and meatballs are just a few items on the menu! This class will run for 2 hours a day M-F.
Please note that this camp takes place at an offsite location. Mrs. Karen Asher will provide a waiver for each participating student.
Jump into this hands-on experience of learning how to cook! Over the course of our week together, students will learn a variety of cooking methods from sautéing, broiling, and steaming to baking and beginner plating design. Students will learn not just how to make food taste good, but make it beautiful, and also how to practice proper safety and sanitation in the kitchen. This class will run for 2 hours a day M-F.
Please note that this camp takes place at an offsite location. Mrs. Karen Asher will provide a waiver for each participating student.
- Week 1: June 5 -7 (Registration Deadline: MAY 29)
- Week 2: June 19-21 (Registration Deadline: JUNE 10)
Instructor: Caleb Brasher
When:
- Week 1: June 10-June 14 | 9 AM - 12 PM
- Week 2: June 24-June 28 | 9 AM - 12 PM
- Week 3: July 15-July 19 | 9 AM - 12 PM
Cost: Full-Day Session: $500 per student / Half-Day Session: $300 per student (sibling discounts apply, scholarships available)
Register HERE by June 11 (minimum of 8 students)
The Knight School is thrilled to offer Summer Chess Camp to the Arma Dei Academy students this Summer! Our super-fun Chess Camp is the perfect way to pack your summer full of devastating chess tactics, hilarious zany videos, high-energy chess tournaments, and so much more! Each day of camp, we party our way towards chess excellency with our dizzying array of activities--like our signature Toast Games, "Tracker", and everyone's favorite "Chessmaster Says!" Students of all ages and skill levels are invited to join. Camp fees even cover an official TKS Chess Set, Summer Camp T-Shirt, our colorful tactics bands, and free replacement pieces for life! Join us this Summer as we roll out a brand-new Summer Chess Camp experience! Each session of camp will feature a different high-level chess opening, complete with its own Tactics Band! Featuring some of the most famous chess openings, such as the Queen's Gambit, the Italian Game, and the Fried-Liver Attack, beginners and advanced students alike are sure to have a blast at one of our week-long Summer Chess Camps! We can't wait to see you at this spectacular chess-travaganza!
- Session 1: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Session 2: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Ms. Rachel Gaspar (levelupliteracyprogram@gmail.com)
When: June 17 - July 26
Cost: Contact instructor for details
Register HERE
Level Up Literacy Program exists to develop students’ confidence and love of reading by building their phonological awareness, fluency and comprehension skills. Through individual, leveled tutoring, we use a systematic approach to directly teach phonemic awareness and phonics skills and develop students' orthographic processing skills. We guide students' practice of these skills as they read in context. Lindamood Bell’s Seeing Stars curriculum is the backbone of this instruction. We also offer specific comprehension instruction through Lindamood Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing curriculum. For questions, please contact Ms. Rachel Gaspar.
Join Mrs. Brittany Conklin and Mrs. Barbara Tornow for four different summer camps offered three days a week for 2.5 hours each day! Each camp will have different activities and themes and will be developmentally appropriate for preschool-aged children to help them grow socially and emotionally. Siblings are welcome (2.5 years - 5th grade.) The themes for the four weeks are Creation, Noah, David, and Joseph. Students will spend time learning about these themes through a biblical worldview.
- Week 1: June 10-12 - "Creation" (Registration Deadline: June 3)
- Week 2: June 17-19 -"Noah" (Registration Deadline: June 10)
- Week 3: June 24- 26 - "David" (Registration Deadline: June 17)
- Week 4: July 8-10 - "Joseph" (Registration Deadline: July 1)
- Week 1: June 3-7 (Registration Deadline: MAY 27)
- Week 2: June 17-21 (Registration Deadline: JUNE 10)
out on the trail,” make (and eat!) our own bread, griddle cakes and biscuits, churn butter, create a travel diary of the westward trail, create other western-themed art projects, and learn all about the early settlers of the Wild West!
- Week 1: June 3 - 5 (Registration Deadline: MAY 27)
- Week 2: June 17-19 (Registration Deadline: JUNE 10)
A child’s summer should be filled with adventure, learning, growth, and wonder. What better way to start the adventure than by diving into a great book?
What is required?
Students entering grades 3-8 will have one required book to read (see the list below). Each teacher will have a graded activity based on the book during the first week of school. Students should be ready to discuss the characters, setting, main idea, themes, key details, and overall plot of the book.
- 3rd: The Cricket in Times Square (Seldon)
- 4th: Door in the Wall (de Angeli)
- 5th: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Konigsburg)
- 6th: The Magician’s Nephew (Lewis)
- Students are also invited to explore the world of Narnia further by reading The Horse and His Boy (Lewis), but this is not required.
- 7th: The Hobbit (Tolkien)
- 8th: Treasure Island (Stevenson)
Tolle Lege: Take up and read!
All students K-8 are encouraged to compete against one another in our annual Tolle Lege reading contest. Students who read at least 1000 minutes over the summer will be able to participate in an ice cream party during the first week of school. Awards will be presented for the students who read the most minutes in their grade, as well as the top three readers in the school overall. Here are a few guidelines:
- Reading minutes must be entered through the parent portal between June 1-5, July 1-5, August 1-5, and on August 13 in order to count for the contest.
- Students entering grades 3-8 should only keep track of the minutes they personally read.
- Students entering grades K-2 may also include minutes someone else reads to them.
- While audiobooks are wonderful, students may only count audiobook minutes if they are reading along at the same time.
- Students are not required to read from a certain list of books, but rather are free to read what interests them and fosters a love for reading and learning. Parents are encouraged to guide their children toward literature that points them to the True, Good, and Beautiful. If you’d like ideas for what to read, please refer to the Banquet of Books list.
- An optional form for tracking your reading minutes is attached for your convenience.
Enjoy the adventure!
Each school year, students work hard memorizing math facts and strengthening problem-solving skills. This math ability can be compared to a muscle; the more you use it, the stronger it gets. The opposite is also true; the less it is used, the weaker it gets. Studies have found that students who do not practice math over the summer lose 2 to 3 months of ability. Working on math over the summer, even 5 to 10 minutes a day, helps prepare your child to start the next school year well!
Each grade-level teacher has put together a review packet that covers the math content from this past year to help students retain their abilities over the summer. In addition, if you have specific materials you would like to use (e.g., a workbook, app, or website) that strengthens your child’s skills, please feel free to use them as well. There are countless resources for math practice online: IXL.com, khanacademy.com, weareteachers.com/math-card-games, etc.
While reviewing math content and practicing skills is optional over the summer, we strongly encourage students to spend 10 to 20 minutes a day, four days a week, engaging with math materials. Students benefit most from a little practice most days throughout the break. It is not beneficial for students to wait until the second week of August to spend multiple hours completing the summer packet all at once. Those students who complete the summer review packet and turn it in to their new grade level teacher on the first day of school will be treated to a donut party during the first week of school. Please note that we will NOT be tracking minutes through the Parent Portal this year.
Albert Einstein once said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Practice and dedication help one grow in his or her proficiency in math, and we are grateful for your help in continuing this over the summer.
Math Packets:
New students entering grades 5-8 are asked to attend a 1/2-day Introduction to Latin on Thursday, August 3, 2023 from 9 am - 12 pm. Please register HERE.