Grades 9-12

Rising Grades 9-12 Camps

Five Summer Opportunities Await Girls and Boys Entering Grades 9-12

Start Strong • Broadway Kids Camp Presents Laurel’s Production of Beetlejuice JR. • Broadway Bound! • Algebra 1 Review and Refresher • Geometry for Credit

Start Strong: Summer Work and Strategies to Prepare for the Year Ahead

Ages: Girls entering Grades 4-10
Format: One one-week session
Location: Laurel’s Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights
Dates: July 21-25 - $500
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Get Organized, Gator! Summer work got you down? Pack it up and head to camp! This week-long camp will provide students opportunities to fine tune their executive functioning skills and get ready for the upcoming school year. We'll work with students to develop the strategies and habits necessary to improve their organization, planning, time management, attention regulation, and overall metacognition. We'll use examples from daily life as well as academic domains in their assigned summer work. Between lessons, campers will play games, get active in and around the Lyman Campus, enjoy some special cold summer treats all while reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.

Broadway Kids Camp Presents Laurel’s Production of "Beetlejuice JR."

Ages: Girls & boys entering Grades 6-12
Format: One, two-week session; culminating in a performance
Location: Laurel’s Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights
Dates: June 23 - July 3 (no camp July 4) - $765
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

It's our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.

Packed with high-energy songs, outrageous humor, and heartfelt moments, Beetlejuice JR. teaches important lessons about embracing the chaos of life, finding family in unexpected places, and learning to let go of the past. Perfectly tailored for middle and high school performers, this show offers exciting ensemble opportunities, bold characters, and a chance to bring spooky fun to the stage!
This production is a great opportunity for students to develop their acting, singing, and dancing skills while working together to create a show filled with imagination and creativity. A must-see for fans of the supernatural and anyone who loves a good laugh!

With music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Eddie Perfect and a book by Tony Award-nominated pair Anthony King and Scott Brown, Beetlejuice was nominated for eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical. A viral "sucks-yes" on social media, this musical struck a chord with young theatre lovers who adored its unabashed humor and emotional honesty.

Created for the generation that made it a hit, Beetlejuice JR. is a wacky theatrical party for all! Music & lyrics by Eddie Perfect, Book by Scott Brown and Anthony King. Based on the Geffen Company Picture, with a story by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson

Broadway Bound!

Ages: Girls & boys entering Grades 8-12
Format: One, two-week session; culminating in a performance
Location: Laurel’s Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights
Dates: June 9 - 20 (no camp June 19) - $540
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Broadway Bound! is a program for students entering Grades 8-12 interested in serving as junior counselors and collaborating on a Broadway revue-style performance. Mornings are spent with Broadway Kids Camp campers and afternoons are spent in rehearsals for their showcase!

Geometry (for Credit)

Ages: Open to Laurel students who have completed Algebra I and have received department approval
Format: One six-week session, half-day; for credit $1675
Location: Laurel’s Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights
Dates: June 17-July 25
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Tuesday-Friday) 
Instructor: Gina Palmer

This course emphasizes traditional geometry topics such as lines, angles, polygons and circles. Students explore concepts directly through their own inquiry-based exploration, make and test conjectures about what they observe and apply these conjectures to solve problems. In addition to the discovery of geometric relationships, students’ investigations also develop cooperative learning and problem-solving skills.

Students will be asked to complete some amount of independent study outside of the class sessions in order to use class time for exploration. A typical class session may include group explorations, presentations of new material, individual and small-group practice and/or assessments. A passing grade on a final, end-of-course exam is required to earn high school credit. Students completing this course are prepared for Algebra II.

Financial Aid is available for those Laurel students who qualify. Please contact aSteinberg@LaurelSchool.org for information.

Algebra 1 Review and Refresher

Ages: Students taking Algebra 1 in the fall and those wanting to review material
Dates: July 8-25  $900
Format: One three-week session; half-day
Location: Laurel’s Lyman Campus in Shaker Heights
Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Tuesday - Friday) 

This three-week preparation and review class is intended for students taking Algebra 1 in the fall, or for those students who may have already taken Algebra 1 but would like to shore up their understanding and skills for the upcoming school year. This program serves as a reinforcement of key concepts and foundational skills that will help students find success in the classes at Laurel.

There will be opportunities to practice pre-algebraic concepts such as: operations involving numbers with the same/different signs; an understanding of the number line and number sense; how to use/look for patterns in sense-making and estimation; the meaning of fractions and operations involving fractions; how to solve multi-step single-variable equations; secure understanding of the coordinate plane; develop an understanding of expressions and functions; independent and dependent variables; slope-intercept form of equations; systems of equations; solving inequalities using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; understanding the relationship between fractions, decimals, and ratios; solving proportions, ratios, rates, and percentages; factoring and finding the equation of a line; how to read and interpret a graph; the difference between perimeter and area; exponents and order of operations; practicing math facts; and how to take math notes.