2012 Summer Day Camp Booklet

SUMMERDAY

CAMP

The goal of the Fencers Club Summer Day Camp is to teach students the love of learning through various academic

and fencing activities.

Photo byPaul Oratofsky

Photo byPaul Oratofsky

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Fencers Club Summer Day Camp is dedicated to volunteers and friends who spend their summers sharing their love for learning with students of diverse backgrounds.

Special thanks to our former Chairman of the Board, James Melcher, for sharing his vision for this

innovative program, and giving us the freedom to create this camp to benefit the community at large.

TEACH CONNECT INSPIRE

MOTIVATE MENTOR

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Fencers Club Summer Day Camp is a great opportunity for students to combine mornings of academic enrichment activities with afternoons of fencing practice taught by our elite athletes and Olympians. 

The Camp’s daily sessions are comprised of The Camp’s daily sessions are comprised of two parts: the morning program is designed to promote academic risk-taking and the development of creative thought processes under the supervision of experienced instructors who are actively engaged in research and teaching.

Morning activities include: chess, creative Morning activities include: chess, creative writing, math games, logic puzzles, bridge construction and organic gardening.

The afternoon fencing program is taught by our scholar-athletes who are highly proficient in teaching fencing to students of varied abilities and experience levels.

TABLE OF

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ScheduleInstructors’ BiosWords from Bruce PandolfiniImages and Our WorkBoard of Directors

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Each Week:

MondaysPick Your topics

Choose your weaponGet your team

FridaysPresent your team workPresent your team workDay Camp Publication

Chess touramentFencing Tournament

Camp AwardsPizza and Ice Cream!

Arrival | BreakfastLogic | Chess | WritingAcademic Session 1Academic Session 2LunchFree time gamesFencing-related gamesFencing-related gamesFootwork & DrillsSupervised boutingClean up and store gearSnack | Depart

9:00 AM

-10:30 AM -12:00 PM -12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM- 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM- 3:30 PM- 4:00 PM

Daily Schedule

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Rex Chung, Chairman

Julio Mazzoli, President

Anne Mathews, Vice President

Michael Nissan, Secretary

Eric Pho, Treasurer

Some of the colleges our students attend

2007-2012:

Barnard College, Boston College, Brandeis Barnard College, Boston College, Brandeis University, Brown University, Carnegie-Mellon

University, Columbia University,Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Drew University, Duke

University, Emerson College, Harvard University, Haverford College, New York University,

Northwestern University, Oxford University, Penn State University, Princeton University, Stanford State University, Princeton University, Stanford

University, St. John’s University, Temple University, Tufts University, Tulane University, University of Chicago, University of Edinburgh, University of

Michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University

Some of the colleges our students attend

2007-2012:

Barnard College, Boston College, Brandeis

Peter Ganzenmuller

Simon Gershon

Alan Getz

Jean-Marc Oppenheim

Kathleen Reckling

Peter Westbrook

Julia WhiteheadJulia Whitehead

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES:

FINANCE AND AUDIT

FUNDRAISING

NOMINATING

DEVELOPMENT

SCHOLARSHIP

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T. 212.807.6947F. 212.807.6944

SUMMERDAY

CAMP

A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence through the sport of fencing.

Fencers Club does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, disability, veteran status, or age.