Red Leaf Summer Camps

Register now for Film and TV Camp held at Sheridan College and taught by their professional instructors, July 6 - 17, 2010.

There is an enormous amount of work that goes into creating a successful film. From creating a good story to using effective lighting and editing techniques, this camp will give students a solid grounding in the basics of this exciting and rapidly growing field. Students will work in groups of 5-6 students to create a video project which will be presented to other students, staff, and teachers at the end of the program.

• Script development
• Pre-production
• Shooting on location and in studio
• Editing and audio post-production.

32 hours of instruction | 18 hours field project | All materials | Completed video project | 1 half-day excursion | Red Leaf completion certificate

Find out more about Red Leaf Film and TV Camp and Creative Summer Day Camps at an Open House at Sheridan College, tonight, Wednesday May 26, 7:00pm to 9:00pm – 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON – Room B122 . For further details contact summercamps@red-leaf.com or to register for summer day camps visit www.redleafsummercamps.com

Second and Final open house at Sheridan College.  Find out more about Red Leaf Film and TV Camp and Creative Summer Day Camps on  Wednesday May 26, 7:00pm to 9:00pm – 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON – B122.  For further details contact summercamps@red-leaf.com or to register for summer day camps visit www.redleafsummercamps.com

Go behind the scenes! Find out more about Red Leaf Film and TV Camp and Creative Summer Day Camps at an Open House at Sheridan College,  Saturday May 15, 2:30pm to 4:30pm – 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON – B wing.  For further details contact summercamps@red-leaf.com or to register for summer day camps visit www.redleafsummercamps.com

Red Leaf’s Performing Arts Summer Camp is an exciting and empowering new programme for teens 13 to 17 year olds.

The 2 week day camp gives students the opportunity to express themselves through singing and acting while encouraging growth in self-esteem, confidence, communication skills and team-building.

Students will be invited to take responsibility for themselves, producing their own unique performance at the end of the programme.  Camps will be held in July and August at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and at BCIT in Burnaby, British Columbia. REGISTER before May 31 to get the early bird rate!

Red Leaf’s Culture Connection Camp for 7 to 12 year olds offers kids the opportunity to learn about different cultures through a variety of fun and educational activities originating from cultures around the world. Register and pay before May 1 to beat the HST!

Please note that we are no longer offering this camp in Newmarket. Locations include: 

• Pickering / Ajax
• Whitby / Oshawa
• Dundas / Ancaster
• Burlington
• Guelph

Register for Red Leaf’s Creative Summer Day Camps for Canadian teens BEFORE MAY 1ST to get the HST exemption. Registrations prior to May 31 are also available for an early-bird discount.

Parents can choose from the following unique two-week camp opportunities:

Culture Connection Camp is an educational, fun & innovative camp for children 7-12 years old. Taught by international counselors, each day is filled with unique cultural activities & sports such as learning the Spanish Flamenco dance, Chinese calligraphy & how to play Cricket!
Camps are held in various locations throughout Southern Ontario.

Red Leaf’s Creative Summer Day Camp programs for teens ages 13 - 17 years is back by popular demand at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and now also at BCIT in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Campers can choose between the following 3 varied programs all taught by professionals in their field.

* Film and TV
* Performing Arts
* Outdoor Adventure Sports and Leadership

For more information or to register online visit www.redleafsummercamps.com or email summercamps@red-leaf.com.

Campers in Red Leaf’s Outdoor Adventure and Leadership will study communication skills using real-life situations. For example, they will learn the importance of speaking up to their peers and superiors when they feel that others may be at danger.

They will study the tragic case of the space shuttle Challenger which blew up in 1986 just 73 seconds after lift-off despite warnings from some of the engineers to their superiors that there were potentially fatal engineering flaws.

The Challenger case is often used to highlight the dangers of Groupthink, which Wikipedia defines as a type of thought within a deeply cohesive in-group whose members try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. Groupthink may cause groups to make hasty, irrational decisions, where individual doubts are set aside, for fear of upsetting the group’s balance.

An interesting fact came to light when I started to contact the young men and women who applied to work at our Culture Connection Camps.  A number of their families had been involved in previous years with our company through our international homestay program.

All these applicants admitted that since they and their families had enjoyed this program so much that they thought it would be worth their while to participate in another one of our programs. They felt that our day camps would be a great way to introduce young people to a variety of different cultures through fun and rewarding ways.

“I came to appreciate the importance and enjoyment of cultural exchanges like those Red Leaf provides. Our time..(with our visiting student) taught me the importance and value of sharing ones culture and customs with others. My family has hosted for Red Leaf…It was both a rewarding and learning experience.”

Written by Paul Emond

For the past month I have been busy interviewing a vast array of young women and men who have expressed a great interest in working for our Cultural Connection Camps. The common thread running through all these interviews was the fact that all the applicants have admitted to having a great love of working with children. A number of the applicants are planning to pursue a career in the educational field. As a retired school teacher, this was great to hear.

I was also impressed with the qualifications that the applicants possess. Some are studying kinesiology at Guelph and Queen’s, several speak at least 2 languages, a number have been camp counsellors already or have taken leadership courses. One of them is studying drama at Sheridan College and others expressed a passion for cooking. I have also interviewed some who play the piano or excel in the area of visual arts.

I am certainly looking forward to working with so many qualified young people.

I know our campers will benefit from all this talent!

Written by PAUL EMOND