45 Main Street

Newtown, CT 06470

PHONE: 270-4340

FAX: 270-4333

www.newtown-ct.gov

Trips –

May 21: The Bronx Zoo. Cost is $56 per person. Bus leaves Newtown Middle School at 8:30 am and returns around 6 pm.

June 11: Block Island, Rhode Island. Take a one-hour cruise from New London to Old Harbor. Go biking hiking, relax on the beach or watch the yachts maneuver and a variety of shops. Cost is $62 per person. Bus leaves the Newtown Middle School at 9:15 am and returns approximately 10 pm.

July 24: Take a trip to All-You-Can-Eat-Lobster and casino bonus at the Mohegan Sun. Cost is $75 per person. Bus leaves the Newtown Middle School at 10 am and returns approximately 9:30 pm.

August 20: Take a summer cruise on Narragansett Bay. Round trip from Warren to Newport, Rhode Island. Bus leaves the Newtown Middle School at 7 am and returns approximately 8:30 pm. Cost is $65 per person.

Registration is happening now for all Summer Camps.

This includes Summer Day Camp at Treadwell and Dickinson Park.  Day camp fees are $170 for one, two-week session, $320 for two, two-week sessions and $450 for three, two-week sessions. Summer Day Camp is available for children four years old (by June 30, 2005) through sixth grade. A copy of a birth certificate is required with tiny tots registrations. There is a new site director to Dickinson and a new site director for Treadwell Park. Camp runs from July 5 to August 12. You can also sign up for one week, however this is only taken two weeks prior to start of a session. The fee for one week is $95. Each camper will receive a T- shirt.

There is still room in the Middle School Camp. Middle School camp runs from July 5 to July 29. Some exciting trips planned for this camp … such as Checkered Flag Raceway, where kids can go kart racing. Watch out for paintball, biking, caving, rock climbing and more. The fee for the entire month of July is $800. Sign up for all four weeks or pick a week you prefer (prices vary from week to week). The week of July 5 to July 8 is $205; July 11 to July 15 is $255, July 18 to July 22 is $215 and July 25 to July 29 is $225. For detail of trips check out the  website.

Nighthawk Baseball Camp for ages 9 to 12 and ages 13 to 15, run by Newtown High School coach Carl Strait and Pat Cooke, will run July 18-22 and July 25-29. The fee is $110 per child.

Girls Softball Camp for grades 6 to 8, run by Newtown High School coach Jay Edwards, has space for 24 girls. Fee is $115 per child.

New this year for ages 7 to 14 is Volleyball Camp from August 15 to August 19, 9 am to 12 noon or 1 to 4 pm. The Camp is run by Skyhawks Sports Camp and the fee is $98.

Also look out for Roller Hockey Camp from June 27 through July 1, 9 am to 12 noon. The program teaches proper stick handling, passing and more. The fee is $98 per child.

For ages 11 to 14, there will be a Flag Football Camp. The camp will run July 5-8; July 11-15; July 18-22; and July 25-29 and the times run from 8:30 am to 10:30 am and 10:45 am to 12:45. The fee is $109 per child. The camp will be run by Jeffrey Tolson, who has coached from youth to high school varsity in a variety of sports.

Other sports camps offered include basketball, tennis, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, karate, soccer, track horse camp and dance camp. Don’t forget to check out our new Specialty Camps such as Sewing, Study Skills, Summer Workshops: Idea Explosion and Connect to your Reading, Science Adventures, Theatre Camp, Paint, Draw & More, and Computertots: Lego Movie Maker, Lego fun-gineering and Lego robotics.

For more information check the website www.newtown-ct.gov