Buccaneers/Navigators

Grades: K-1-2
Location: Croydon Hall
Fees:  $85 per week
Times: 8:30am - 2:00pm
Optional Aftercare from 2:00 - 4:00pm - $31 per week
Days: Monday - Friday

Children are grouped by grade level and will develop their minds and bodies through arts and crafts, sports, games, contests, and more. Your child can let his or her imagination run wild!  All participants should bring water, snack and a lunch.  Sneakers are mandatory.

Special activities are featured weekly. They include:

• Week 1: Water Fun & Hot dog picnic!
• Week 2: Safety Week
• Week 3: Rizzo's Reptiles
• Week 4: Mad Science Experiments
• Week 5: Green Meadows Petting Zoo
• Week 6: One Man Circus Act
• Week 7: Kids Fun DJ

Explorers/Navigators

Grades: 3-4-5-6
Location: Croydon Hall
Fees:  $85 per week
Times: 8:30am - 2:00pm
Optional Aftercare from 2:00 - 4:00pm - $31 per week 
Days: Monday - Friday

Our Explorers will discover creativity, sportsmanship, and individuality while learning in a fun and friendly environment! Participants will develop their minds and bodies through arts and crafts, sports, fitness, music, science and much more!  Participants may sign up for optional weekly day trips on Wednesdays.  If they do not register for the trip, they will attend camp as normal.  Trips fill up quickly; we encourage trip selection at the time of registration.  All participants should bring water, snack and a lunch.  Sneakers are mandatory.

Optional Wednesday trips for Explorers include:

​2019 Optional Trips

• Week 1 - 7/3/19:  Bonkerz - $48
  
  • Lunch not provided
• Week 2 - 7/10/19:  Lakewood BlueClaws - $45
  • Lunch provided (hot dog, drink, ice cream)
  • 11:05am game time; estimated return time 3:00pm
• Week 3 - 7/17/19:  Jersey Shore Ice Arena - $57
  • Lunch provided (chicken nuggets or pizza with a drink)
• Week 4 - 7/24/19:  Urban Air - $63
  • Lunch provided (pizza and a drink)

• Week 5 - 7/31/19:  Fireball Mountain Laser Tag - $55
  • Lunch not provided
• Week 6 - 8/7/19:  iPlay America - $59
  • Lunch provided (pizza and a drink)
• Week 7 - 8/14/19:  Gravity Vault - $53  
  • Lunch provided (choice of sandwich from Honey Baked Ham)

Trail Blazers

Grades: 7-8-9
Location: Tonya Keller Community Center
Fees:  $225 per week
Times: 8:30am - 2:00pm
Days: Monday - Thursday
Mandatory Parent and Camper Meeting on Monday, June 17th at 6pm at The Tonya Keller Community Center, 50 Bray Avenue, Middletown.

In this newly renovated program teens will go on various field trips. All trips will begin and end at the Tonya Keller Community Center. Trips typically fill up quickly and we encourage you to select weeks once trip opens up. All participants should bring water. Sneakers are mandatory.

Registration is done per week, not per trip.

Week 1:  7/1/19 - 7/3/19 (No camp July 4 or 5)
Monday	Taste & Technique	Lunch provided
Tuesday	Yestercades	Lunch not provided
Wednesday	Bonkerz	Lunch not provided

Week 2: 7/8/19 - 7/11/19
Monday	Pirates on the Manasquan	Lunch not provided
Tuesday	Amazing Escape Room	Lunch not provided
Wednesday	Lakewood BlueClaws	Lunch provided: hot dog, drink, ice cream
Thursday	Branchburg Sports Complex	Lunch provided: 2 slices of pizza and drink

Week 5:  7/29/19 - 8/1/19
Monday	Garden State Rocks	Lunch not provided
Tuesday	FunPlex / Splash Plex	Lunch provided: 2 slices of pizza and a a drink
Wednesday	Fireball Mountain Laser Tag	Lunch not provided
Thursday	Poricy Park Fossil Hunt	Lunch provided: sandwiches from Honey Baked Ham

Week 6:  8/5/19 - 8/8/19
Monday	Monster Mini Golf	Lunch provided: pizza and drink
Tuesday	Bridgewater Sports Arena	Lunch not provided
Wednesday	iPlay America	Lunch provided:  pizza and drink
Thursday	Turtleback Zoo	Lunch not provided

Week 7:  8/12/19 - 8/15/19
Monday	Jenkinson's Boardwalk	Lunch not provided
Tuesday	Hazlet Bowling	Lunch provided:  pizza and a drink
Wednesday	Middletown Gravity Vault	Lunch provided: sandwiches from Honey Baked Ham
Thursday	TBA:  Either Thompson Outdoor Adventure Course OR Movies	TBA

* Please keep in mind, Middletown Recreation reserves the right to make last minute changes in the event primarily of weather.  Rainy day activities will likely be either a movie or bowling day.

Counselor In Training

 

• Grade: 9-10
• Location: Croydon Hall
• Fees:  $85 per session - 2 sessions available
• Times: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Days: Monday-Friday (no aftercare available)

Being a CIT is an important role in camp, in which leadership skills, integrity, patience and self-control are nurtured and developed.  Our Counselors In Training (CIT) program serves as a stepping stone to transition from camper to counselor for young people in grade 9. The camp environment provides a unique opportunity for youth to build leadership skills, particularly in assisting counselors with younger campers.  They will learn specific skills for working with children and co-workers and experience planning and leading activities.  In this program we take them step-by-step.

In each session, CITs will progress towards become a proficient counselor.  Such skills may include team building, character development, child developmental milestones and behavior, basic first aid (no certification), and workforce preparation.  This will be done through guest speakers, special programs and shadowing counselors.  The Friday of each session, CITs will take the lead in teaching a game to their assigned camp group.

Each session repeats the same skills - campers should only sign up for one week.  Successful completion of a session may allow for weekly volunteer opportunities for the remainder of the summer.  All participants should bring water, snack and a lunch.  Sneakers are mandatory.

If you completed the 2018 CIT course then you can simply submit the Volunteer Application for the option to volunteer during the summer. Please know that volunteers are not guaranteed hours for the entire summer camp and will be scheduled as needed.

Inclusion Option

The Middletown Summer Recreation Inclusion Program was started in 2013. This program is designed to allow children with special needs to participate alongside typically developing peers during summer recreation program. The inclusion program will be specifically targeted to children who struggle with disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), disruptive behavior disorders, anxiety disorders, Asperger's Disorder, and associated behaviors; however children with other needs are also welcome to apply.

Program Details

Children in this program will have the opportunity to participate in group social skills lessons and will participate in a token economy to reinforce appropriate behavior as well as the social skill of the week. Such skills may include joining a game, participating, turn taking, winning and losing, conversation skills, emotion recognition and basic manners. Staff working with students in the inclusion program will be provided training as well as ongoing consultation and support. The goal of the program is to provide children with an opportunity to participate alongside typically developing peers as they learn skills necessary for success in a recreation program.

Inclusion Eligibility Requirements

Children enrolled in the inclusion program will need to be able to function medically, physically, and behaviorally with or without the guidance of support staff. They will need to be able to function in the camp setting with minimal to moderate supervision and support beyond the typical camp structure. Eligibility requirements include:

• Must meet the grade requirement of the program
• Must follow the rules of conduct
• Must be able to tolerate and function, with assistance if needed, as a member of a larger social group (12 or more people)
• Must have the ability to maintain personal hygiene functions, specifically toileting needs

Inclusion Profile

In order to ensure a fun and safe experience, we request parents / guardians enrolling their child in the inclusion portion to fill out an Inclusion Profile. We would also request that the child and parent/guardian attend our intake day to meet the Inclusion Camp Manager and some of our staff.
Inclusion Profile

Inclusion Meet and Greet - please call to schedule a time.

Check out 2016 Navigators create a Surrey Bike during summer camp!

Camp Inclusion ("The NaviGators") from New Jersey Bayshore on Vimeo.