Session A

C2-Thursday

In Crafts and Arts, campers made a picture box stand to hold their favorite picture. In culture and heritage campers enjoyed the last of 3 “Time Machine” presentations by Stepan Piligian and various staff members. In the evening, campers helped to put on a talent show to remember by showing

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A2-Saturday

We closed the first session of the camp season with a lot of fun-filled festivities. In the morning, we had an upbeat calisthenics with Caiti followed by the first ever presentation of the SVC House Cup. It was a close race for first, however, this morning Gesaria prevailed through an

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A2-Friday

We held our farewell dance for the Session A campers. DJ Impossible dressed up in bunny ears and DJ’ed a fun spring themed dance with Easter undertones. It rained a little so instead of a campfire, campers had an additional hour to dance, which they seemed to all enjoy just

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A2-Thursday

We had our weekly talent show in the evening. (highlight reel below) Performances included dances from Culture & Heritage class, acting, singing, musical numbers, jokes, poems, and many more. Campers all contributed to put on a performance to remember!

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A2-Wednesday

We had our bi-weekly CIT hunt, where campers and staff sought out their CITs in a 10 question scavenger hunt. After hunting, the campers had to catch their CITs and bring them to the field in front of Gesaria where they covered them in shaving cream and water. This inevitably

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A2-Tuesday

This evening Magali Altunian and Arthur Sabounjian presented a movie and PowerPoint regarding their recent pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The campers were extremely engaged and continued to ask questions through the night and into the morning the next day. Attached to this post is the Eastern Diocese’s short montage depicting the

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A2-Monday

Campers, CITs, and staff can all agree we had fun for the 4th of July. In sports, the campers played a basketball game known as “Knockout”. In arts & crafts the campers made Easter egg light catchers while in religious studies the campers discussed miracles. In Armenian language campers learned

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A2-Sunday

Fr. Krikor led the camp in Divine Liturgy this morning. There was a lot of rain today so day two of the Olympics was postponed until next week. Instead, the campers made puppets with the Arts and Crafts Instructor, Taline Abrahamian, and worked out to an exercise video with Vahe.

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A1-Saturday

We said our goodbyes to 5 campers after an energetic closing ceremonies, where campers reflected on all the fun they had all week. At the end of the ceremony a movie montage was played to capture the HYElights of the week. Afterwards, the campers began their two-day Olympic competition followed

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A1-Friday

Campers in Arts and Crafts indulged in an “Iron Chef” recreation known as “Iron Artist” where campers were given a box of items to create a masterpiece within 20 minutes. Fr. Diran Bohajian led the campers in religion class, discussing Jesus’ parables with them. In the evening we held our

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