Smiles and fun every summer when ASIJ turns into a lively day camp.
Every summer, The American School in Japan turns into a lively day camp for some 1,500 kindergarten to sixth grade boys and girls who enjoy a host of enjoyable activities and classes. Summer Day Camp is all about having fun, making new friends, learning without being graded and letting the imagination go wherever it will. In over 30 years, Summer Day Camp has created enduring friendships, with many former campers still keeping in touch many years after their first summer of fun at ASIJ—some now even giving their own children the same experience!
On the spacious Chofu campus, campers get plenty of opportunity to enjoy ASIJ’s excellent facilities through daily swimming classes, gym and field sports and indoor games, learning crafts, music, dance, magic, computer, and cooking, all in a fun, informal environment. The majority of the children who come to ASIJ’s Summer Day Camp are Japanese whose parents are eager for them to learn English, and one of the goals of the camp is to provide classes in ESL and experiences in a typical Western environment. There is also a special section for children who are fluent in English that includes theme-based reading and a language arts enrichment program based in one of ASIJ’s libraries instead of English classes.
The boys and girls enjoy a host of enjoyable activities and classes.
At ASIJ’s Roppongi Hills campus, 250 younger campers enjoy a range of innovative, age-appropriate activities under the guidance of a team of early-learning and English teachers, camp counselors and support staff. With American Camp Association guidelines, there is one member of staff for every four children. The dates for the 2011 season are July 25 – August 5 and August 8 -19. The Roppongi Camp has two sessions of eight days that run July 25-29 and August 1-3, and August 4-5 and August 8-13. For more information and full application details please visit: http://community.asij.ac.jp/SDC or email [email protected]
—MATT WILCE
