Summer 2023

Beech Tree Day Camp 2023

For more than 25 years, Wilbraham & Monson Academy has taken great pride in offering hundreds of children our Beech Tree Day Camp experience. This amazing opportunity includes the total summer experience - nature, crafts, science, songs, food (free lunch!), activities and so much more on our 400-acre campus. And best of all ... you'll make great friends.

Session Information

Registration updates

All weekly sessions for 2023 are FULL.

Notes

WMA is a tree nut-free campus
All staff are trained in First Aid and CPR

Contact

Email Gayle Hsiao at ghsiao@wma.us for more information.

Required Health Forms

Required forms: Must be completed by the first week of camp attendance.

Beech Tree+ (ages 11-14) Weekly Sessions

Named after our Middle School, the "Blakes" are going to have a first-hand WMA student experience while also observing traditional camp programming such as swim, game of the day, etc. They will receive formal instruction from WMA faculty in their program-specific Beech Tree+ session.

Week 1: June 26-30 - 'Robo-Cocoa'

Week 2: July 3, 5-7 - 'On-the-Big-Screen Printing'

On-the-Big-Screen Printing

Movies go hand-in-hand with movie posters! And the golden age of movie posters were screen printed. Students will pick one movie and make their own movie poster for it. For screen printing, campers will learn to cut out vinyl templates, apply screen-print ink, and create 2-color printed posters. Who knows, we might even get a movie t-shirt out of it!

Week 3: July 10-14 - 'Watercolor Landscape Painting'

Watercolor Landscape Painting

There is something magical about walking in nature and being able to paint what you see. In this camp session campers will learn the basics of watercolor painting as they set up in different places around campus to paint such scenes as the woods, the Rubicon, a field, and maybe even some buildings. Every camper will leave with some completed paintings and a new toolkit of skills!

Week 4: July 17-21 - 'Cardboard Cosplay'

Cardboard Cosplay

Tiefling? Mandalorian? WonderWoman? Let's use cardboard and paint to construct costumes that we can wear! Don't be hemmed in by what is already out there, though. Use your imagination to create something totally original if you like. Campers will learn tried-and-true cardboard construction methods to build their costumes. We will also paint and add flourishes to really make them pop!

Week 5: July 24-28 - 'The iLab experience'

The iLab experience

Campers will be introduced to the iLab by learning through three stations; 3D printing, Robotics and Laser Cutter. By the end of the week, they will have engraved something (their names? beechtreecamp@wma? the WMA crest and date, or some other design of their choice). Campers will also have an introduction to building and programming a robot with Legos.

Week 6: July 31 - Aug. 4 - 'Wilderness Adventure'

Wilderness Adventure

Hiking, shelter building, fire building, cooking over a fire, first aid training and simulation, and baking challenges! This week will be jam packed with a variety of activities. Campers will experience a mix of outdoor and indoor activities centered around experimenting with outdoor survival skills and mindset. Campers will also prepare food for a long hike as well as for an all camp activity.

Beech Tree Poem

We ♥️ you bigs, we ♥️ you middles,

And most of all, we ♥️ you littles;

We hope you’ll come back for lots of fun

There’s so much to do for everyone.

Swimming sessions, “repeat after me-s”.

Tie -dye shirts and so much grilled cheese

If you’ve been here before, bring a new friend

For one, two or six weeks the fun never ends.

Oh, the fun we'll have ...

What an incredible camp you all run!!! WOW!! I had big expectations but you blew them all away. My boys had the best week ever ...

- Shannon S., parent of 2022 campers