July 9-13 (Week 4)
All courses are dependent on minimum enrollment. For more information, please see our Courses page.
Counselors-In-Training (CITs) and Interns do need to register through our CampInTouch system.
When enrollment is three students from full capacity, we'll indicate the number of remaining spots next to the title of the course or that the class is waitlisted. CampInTouch always has real-time numbers as you move through the enrollment process. The numbers here are current as of 9:15 pm on Sunday, July 8.
Here's a pdf tool you may find helpful in comparing options across weeks. This Course Master lists each week's options alphabetically (pp. 1-2) and by age (pp. 3-4).
Happy exploring!
- Science for Small Hands (4-5) | 1 space
- Musical Magicians (6-8)
- Fort-Building, Hideouts, and Such (6-9) | Waitlist
- Wizard Land (6-9) | Waitlist
- It's Game Time (6-9)
- Clay Works (8-11) | Waitlist
- China Adventure: Two Weeks in Beijing, Xi'an, and Chengdu for Students and/or Families
- Creative Creations with Food (8-11) | 1 space
- Harry Potter and Company (8-12) | Waitlist
- Backyard Broadway (9-12)
- Experimental Watercolor (9-13)
- Girls, Goals, Glory (9-14)
- Outdoor Adventure Skills (9-14) | Waitlist
- Comic Design (9-15) | Waitlist
- Minecraft Community (9-15) | Waitlist
- Video Game Design II (9-18)
Science for Small Hands (4-5) | 1 space
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 290
Instructor: Originally from Michigan, Ariel Durrant relocated from Oakland, California to join CFS in 2017. They hold a degree in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic. Ariel has fifteen years of experience working inside and outside the classroom as a nanny, environmental educator, and community based artist. As an artist, Ariel is creative, flexible, and passionate about projects. As an educator, they apply these same qualities to interactions with children and to the working environment. They design experiential and play-based learning environments that nurture the inner and outer worlds of students. Ariel is deeply committed to social justice movements, and embraces the life-long learning required to live in constant conversation with the systemic inequities and injustices within our societies. They believe educational philosophies that support critical thinking, compassion, and creative problem solving are essential in creating a cultural shift towards social equality and solidarity. Ariel identifies as Genderqueer and uses they/them/their pronouns in the singular.
Musical Magicians (6-8)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Week: 8 (August 6-10)
Tuition: 280
Instructor (Week 4): Tom Latimer has been running camps at CFS for 11 years. He has been teaching for 21 years and has a Masters degree in elementary education. He currently teaches 2nd grade at Immaculata Catholic School in Durham and plays guitar in Chapel Hill band Zoltar’s Fortune. Tom lives in Chapel Hill with his wife Alison and their two cats Nora and Dudley. Tom enjoys seeing and playing music, eating at our local restaurants, watching sports (mainly the Tar Heels and the New York Jets), collecting vinyl records, and working with kids.
Instructor (Week 8): Durham native Hampton Smith has been playing drums since the early 2000s. He has over a decade of experience playing multiple genres with multiple groups, namely Skyblew, Small House, and Nodachi. Hampton has garnered acclaim for his playing and artistic pursuits--at venues along the East Coast and as far as Feltre, Italy, and at many music festivals, including the Art of Cool, Hopscotch, Jazzit, and the Carrboro Music Festival. He currently has percussion students from ages five to 54 (including as part of CFS’ new after-school music program). He also loves to cook!
Fort-Building, Hideouts, and Such (6-9) | Waitlist
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Week: 5 (July 16-20)
Week: 7 (July 30-Aug 3)
Tuition: 280
Creating hideouts and discovering wildlife hideouts go hand in hand. We’ll be exploring the nearby woods and the Eno River state park on Cole Mill Road to see what hideouts we can find and where we can build our own shelters and secret places. Be prepared to wear some not-so-favorite shoes and bring an extra tee shirt in case you get muddy (or just wear your mud with pride!). We’ll be busy all day so bring an extra snack and don’t forget that water bottle. Wading, gathering, exploring, and trekking are all on the agenda!
Instructor (Week 4): Nurtured by the woods of Southern Orange County midst winding sourwoods, pine thickets, and blackberry brambles, Lucas Brown was blessed to have been steeped in the joy of woods-rambling and fort-building throughout his childhood. As an adult, he's trekked arid hills with youth in Nicaragua in the Peace Corps, roamed the Sierras with aspiring outdoor education leaders, and facilitated nature experiences for the Expedition School (where he worked with CFS graduate and long-time staff member Tim Wells!). Lucas currently supports young adults with wilderness skills in the water-rich DuPont Forest of western North Carolina. In his words, Nothing fortifies the heart and spirit better than spontaneous, creative nature play!
Instructor (Weeks 5, 7): Daniel Okeniewski is excited to be spending his fifth summer at Carolina Friends School! A transplant from the Buffalo, NY area, and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Daniel made an early career transition from working with the Olympic Sports Program at UNC-CH to working with kids of all ages. Since then, he has run a number of health and wellness programs for kids and young teens at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA, worked as an educator with kindergarteners and fourth and fifth-graders at Carrboro Elementary, and forth and fifth-graders enrolled in the LEAP program at Seawell Elementary. When he isn’t working on a graduate degree in the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program at North Carolina State University, or working with kids in some other capacity, you can probably find him cycling on some back roads in the area or hiking the Eno River trails with Mrs. O and his trusty sidekick, Blue.
Wizard Land (6-9) | Waitlist
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 280
Instructor: Rinah Rachel has been doing creative summer and year-long programs and workshops at CFS and throughout the Triangle since 2006 that nurture children’s love and need for magic, mystery, mindfulness, curiosity, creativity, and deep connection to the natural world. She is a special education teacher with Maureen Joy Charter School in East Durham and the founder of Our Sacred Circles, housing the Women’s Wisdom Project, spirit support programs for women, rituals and celebrations for life and love throughout North Carolina, and Fairy Tales for Freedom, a new initiative to re-imagine and transform fairy tales and legends that perpetuate intolerance, violence, and discrimination. Rinah also hosts a small multi-faith spiritual gathering space in downtown Durham, including yearly retreats for women engaged in transformational work.
It's Game Time (6-9)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 280
Get ready for a week of lots of fun playing indoor and outdoor games from around the world in a safe environment. They’ll even have the opportunity to invent a new game. Our games are adapted for all the different levels/ages of our students. We will focus on staying active, building teamwork skills, and having fun!
Instructor: Kelly Yupanqui is from Perú and moved to the United States in 2005. She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education and her M.Ed. in Educational Administration at Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú. She got her certification as a Montessori Teacher from the American Montessori Society. She has taught different levels of students for 22 years in public and private settings in her native country and in the USA (including now at Carolina Friends School). She loves to dance, sing, play the guitar, and be outside--and to share all her talents and her native language, Spanish, during Summer Programs.
Clay Works (8-11) | Waitlist
Week: 2 (June 25-29)
Tuition: 280
Course: We transform clay into fantastical and functional forms – a drinking vessel with attitude, a creature bowl, or unique tile creations. Snakes, slabs, and balls of clay can miraculously become plates, trays, and cups. The wide variety of projects offers an ideal situation for practicing how to work with clay (which takes patience). We’ll do our glazing and then fire our clay at week’s end. Most projects will need to be picked up the following week due to the firing process.
Instructor: Michelle Fairholm teaches ceramics and visual arts in the CFS Upper School. She holds a B.A. in studio art and anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and has taught visual arts/ceramics at several schools and community centers over the past several years. Michelle is also a potter and sculptor, working from her home studio in Chapel Hill where she lives with her husband, son, and two dogs.
China Adventure: Two Weeks in Beijing, Xi'an, and Chengdu for Students and/or Families
Weeks: 4-5 (July 8-22)
See the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, the Terracotta Warriors, and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Experience calligraphy, the art of tea, traditional musical instruments, Chinese painting, Shu embroidery, cooking, and more. Take high-speed trains, participate in a homestay, and meet the pandas of Chengdu.
Parents are also welcome to take part and make this extraordinary journey a family adventure!
For the past six years, CFS working with RTP International Cultural Exchange (RTP ICE) has received middle school students from Chengdu for two weeks as part of Summer Programs. This year, we're glad to offer this incredible travel opportunity to China.
Please learn more:
Creative Creations with Food (8-11) | 1 space
Week: 3 (July 2-6)
Week: 4 (July 9-14)
Tuition: 290
Course: Food is something that everyone needs, so come and learn how to make creative, delicious, and fun food for holidays, birthdays, summer cookouts, or just hanging out around the house. Ice cube apple pies, cereal cheesecake, and three-ingredient dinners are only a few of the possible culinary ideas for you to make and enjoy. These creative creations will have your family asking you to cook and bake all the time!
Instructor: Jessica Bigelow is an elementary school teacher with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System. She has 12 years of teaching experience, spanning all grade levels, and has coordinated after school programs and provided summer school instruction. Jessica has a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her teaching certification from Greensboro College. She enjoys spending time with her family, doing simple DIY projects, shopping, baking/cooking, traveling, and listening and dancing to music. Jessica will be returning to CFS summer camps for her third year!
Harry Potter and Company (8-12) | Waitlist
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 280
Instructor: Carly Campbell has been an educator and community organizer in the Triangle since 2009. She joined the CFS Middle School in 2016, teaching Spanish and Mythic Worlds. Carly was born at exactly the right moment, since she grew up with the Harry Potter series; when Harry was 11 years old, so was Carly! She has read the first Harry Potter book 32 times, and the entire series about 20 times. Carly has taught Spanish to preschoolers through adults in both bilingual and Spanish-immersion programs and does freelance interpreting and translation. She spent five years doing social justice work with teenagers, and believes that young people are leaders and change-makers. Carly graduated from Goddard College with a degree in Community Education and finds joy playing piano, singing, and, most of all, being a Harry Potter fan!
Backyard Broadway (9-12)
Weeks: 4 & 5 (July 9 -20)
Tuition: 550 (two-week total)
Course: The spotlight is on you! Calling all actors, technical designers, and directors to help us put on a play! To help develop your acting skills, we play theater games, do warm ups, and practice vocal and movement exercises. The first week we will cast and stage our play, develop our characters, and design props, sets, costumes, make-up and more! The second week we finish staging the play, bring our technical designs to life, and perfect our roles. Then we invite family, friends, and other campers to attend a special performance on Friday!
Instructor: Austin Campion ’02 joined CFS in 2017 to teach Backyard Broadway in the summer and Theater Arts courses during the school year. Austin took his B.A. from Brown in 2006. Since then he has done a tremendous amount of work in theater and improv in Chicago, has worked with students in a number of capacities, and has taught and played a crucial role in curriculum development work at the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University, where he developed and taught a course called "Taking Comedy Seriously."
Experimental Watercolor (9-13)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 280
Instructor: Jeannine Borzello is an artist and educator (and ASL interpreter, just to throw in a twist) who has been teaching in the U.S. and abroad for the past 24 years. Involved in both visual and performing arts, she has taught art, photography, and design as well as acting as set designer, choreographer and assistant director for productions that range from Seussical Jr. and Honk Jr. to Proof. She is very involved with promoting the arts both in and out of the classroom as a board member of the North Carolina Art Education Association (NCAEA) and teacher advisory councils at Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art.
While not in the classroom, she continues to freelance as a graphic designer and photographer. A native of New York, she has called North Carolina home for the past 15 years, recently becoming a new homeowner in Chapel Hill where she lives with her son and new puppy.
Girls, Goals, Glory (9-14)
Week: 4 (July 9-14)
Tuition: 280
Instructor: Mary Forringer teaches math at CFS’ Middle School. She is a graduate of Boston University and received her master's degree from N.C. State University. When she isn't inspiring children about the wonderful world of mathematics, Mary loves to be outside playing soccer and hiking, hole away in her kitchen, cooking and baking, or get crafty, scrap-booking or painting. She is excited about her fourth year at CFS Summer Programs sharing her passions in cooking and athletics with children from the Triangle and beyond.
Outdoor Adventure Skills (9-14) | Waitlist
Week: 2 (June 25-29)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Week: 8 (Aug 6-10)
Tuition: 280
Instructor: Daniel Okeniewski is excited to be spending his fifth summer at Carolina Friends School! A transplant from the Buffalo, NY area, and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Daniel made an early career transition from working with the Olympic Sports Program at UNC-CH to working with kids of all ages. Since then, he has run a number of health and wellness programs for kids and young teens at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA, worked as an educator with kindergarteners and fourth and fifth-graders at Carrboro Elementary, and forth and fifth-graders enrolled in the LEAP program at Seawell Elementary. When he isn’t working on a graduate degree in the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program at North Carolina State University, or working with kids in some other capacity, you can probably find him cycling on some back roads in the area or hiking the Eno River trails with Mrs. O and his trusty sidekick, Blue.
Comic Design (9-15) | Waitlist
Week: 1 (June 18-22)
Week: 2 (June 25-29)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Week: 5 (July 16-20)
Week: 6 (July 23-27)
Tuition: 280
Course: Addicted to comics? Doodle in class? Come create your own comic book characters and stories. Bring creativity, imagination, and motivation along with your pencil. Exchange ideas, receive input, and work on technique with a professional comic artist. There’s also time for Four Square, games, and Capture the Flag. Oftentimes, campers take multiple sessions. Please bring pencils, erasers, and favorite drawing pens. (An Advanced Comic Design session is available for those who want to expand their skills.)
Instructor: Jamie Charles, a working illustrator, graduated from UNC-G in Fine Arts. Besides exhibiting his own work, Jamie works at CFS as an art instructor for Middle School students. He is also a champion Capture the Flag leader, having coached his workshop groups to many victories (not that he is bragging). Jamie offers private lessons in drawing and art.
Minecraft Community (9-15) | Waitlist
Week: 1 (June 18-22)
Week: 2 (Jun 25-29)
Week: 3 (July 2-6)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Week: 6 (July 23-27)
Week: 7 (July 30-Aug 3)
Week: 8 (Aug 6-10)Tuition: 305
Course: Anyone ever told you to “get lost?”If so, there’s no better way to take their advice than to delve into the amazingly expansive and immersive world of Minecraft. For a moment, let’s step away from the term “video-game” and substitute “wildly-versatile-open-ended-world-manipulating-art machine.” Minecraft’s critically acclaimed, sandbox-style gameplay is a constant exercise in collaborative exploration, goal-setting, and boundless “Imagineering”—whether hunting and gathering to build agrarian homesteads across various landscapes or configuring an automated railway/refinement system that acquires, transports, and processes raw materials the player can use to create their own scaled recreation of the Taj Mahal.
The objective of Minecraft Community is to “get lost, together,” building community. With a little direction and a lot of improv, students will enter into Minecraft’s Survival Mode, banding together to outlive the Mobs and Elements, within a democratic community. With inventive jobs (e.g. Hunters, Explorers, Architects, Artisans, etc.) and responsibilities and a community lot-casting system, students will forge ahead to establish a lasting society amidst wiles of Mobs and the unforgiving wildernesses.
Instructor (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8): Achiri Acha has been at CFS since he was six years old. He mentored with Jordan Shamp in Sports camp, became a counselor-in-training, and then moved on to become a camp assistant and instructor for the past six summers. Achiri has worked in Extended Day at Lerner School, School’s Out Camps at the Jewish Community Center and currently works at USA Ninja Challenge during the school year. Achiri's goal is to be an elementary school physical education instructor and coach.
Instructor (Weeks 1, 3): Cedric Wright is incredibly passionate about all forms of Digital Media, but especially the ones that pertain to animation for film and gaming! His background is in graphic design, ministerial studies, and, most recently, education. After the close of a successful year at Hillside High School as a CTE teacher, Mr. Wright will return to the Summer Programs at the behest of his previously enjoyable and successful summer camps, and the promise of mangoes, ad infinitum!
Video Game Design II (9-18)
Week: 4 (July 9-13)
Tuition: 305
Instructor: Anthony Pierce received his B.S. in Information Technology with a concentration in Telecommunications and his M.Ed. from the University of Phoenix. He also completed teaching coursework through the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Anthony is currently teaching Technology Engineering and Design and Robotics I and II and coaching VEX Robotics at Hillside New Tech High School in Durham. Anthony, the 2017-2018 Teacher of the Year there, is an advocate for STEM in the schools.
Anthony was formerly employed as a network engineer by Cable and Wireless and by Verizon Business in Cary, North Carolina. With a colleague, he’s starting a business venture, Triangle Robotics Center.
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