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Summer Camps

Welcome to Summer Camp Week at Williams!

Scroll down to see all of our summer camp programs. Pick one, two, or three sessions!

Morning Session 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Art & Wellness
Soccer Skills and Drills

Afternoon Session 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Sailing, Kayaking, and Paddle Boarding
Robotics, Coding, and Design

Evening Session 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Summer Sticks Lacrosse

Camps are intended for students in Grades 3-8 for all genders.

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Participants staying for both a morning and afternoon session will need to bring a bagged lunch. Participants will have time to eat, play, and relax in Williams' Student Center.

Please call us with questions 860.443.5333

Students will explore their creativity and mindfulness through interactive art and wellness activities. Students will have fun in the art studios and connect with nature through drawing, painting, yoga, meditation, journaling, making friendship bracelets, tie dye, and more.

Cost: $150

List of 1 members.

Tekla Zweir

Arts Department Chair

Bio
Tekla Zweir earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture in 1999 from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts degree in Art Education in 2013 from Boston University. She was one of the founding resident artists at Hygienic Art from 2000- 2003 where she created and exhibited artwork along the theme of Origami. She is an artist and an educator who has taught studio art at The Williams School for eighteen years and she currently serves as chair of the Arts Department. Tekla has been creating artwork for The Coral Reef Project for the past few years and curated the exhibition of her original artwork for The Lyman Allyn Museum in 2018 and at the Mystic Museum of Art in 2019.

A new and improved Summer Soccer Camp with an outstanding and highly experienced Williams Blues coaching staff committed to providing each player with the best training and most enjoyable soccer experience. The camp philosophy is focused on skill development, teamwork and passion for the beautiful game of soccer. Daily will offer skills developmment and drills in: passing, control,1 v 1, combination and crossing, with specific skills (Push/Chip/Instep/Outside/Top Pass,Juggling,Take On’s, Sole Manipulation etc.) and SAQ’s (Ladder, Hurdles, Bands, Poles and Run w/Ball). Goalkeeper training will be incorporated into every daily session. Each session will promote a player’s development through a comprehensive teaching progression allowing the campers to learn every aspect of the game. Players will be grouped according to age.

Players need to bring all their own equipment:
soccer cleats
shin guards
goalkeeper gloves (if appropriate)
water bottle

Cost: $150

List of 2 members.

Jason Lu

Varsity Boys Soccer Coach

Bio
Jason Lu coaches the Boys Varsity Soccer team at Williams, previously coaching the Girls Varsity team in their Fall 2019 season where they finished 5-1-1 in the HVAL Division. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for his undergraduate degree and went on to Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA for his Masters in Business. After playing club Soccer in college, Lu played for clubs internationally in France, South Korea, and in California. Jason is originally from Ann Arbor, MI and enjoys the outdoors, sailing, surfing and skiing.
Liam Tresnan

Faculty

Students will utilize Lego Robots, various coding software applications, and 3D design applications to build, program, or 3D print their own original creations. Each day will focus on a different technology that will make connections to real-world design and manufacturing. Whether producing an original animation clip, coding a self-driving robot with sensors, or printing a CO2 powered car, students of every age and experience-level will be challenged and inspired.

Cost: $150

List of 1 members.

David Gudbrandsen

Faculty

Bio
David Gudbrandsen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical and Computer Sciences from US Coast Guard Academy in 1995 and a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from University of Rhode Island in 2009. His diverse Coast Guard career included shipboard maritime law enforcement, piloting rescue jets, college lecturing, and leading advanced research and development projects for the USCG Aviation Branch. He has taught math and computer science at The Williams School for the past four years.

Learn the basics of small boat sailing, kayaking, and paddle boarding while exploring the Avery Point coastline and islands located at the mouth of the Thames River.

Participants are asked to wear appropriate clothing for being on and in the water and to bring a full change of clothes, a towel, water shoes, and a reusable water bottle. Personal flotation devices (PFD’s) will be provided.

Cost: $200

List of 1 members.

Prescott Littlefield

Head Coach Varsity Sailing

Bio
Prescott Littlefield has over 35 years of on-the-water instruction experience. He is currently the Waterfront Programs Manager at UConn Avery Point and The Williams School Varsity Sailing Coach.

Now in its 16th year, Summer Sticks Lacrosse has been identified as one of the top lacrosse camps in the area. An outstanding and highly experienced staff of college and high school players is committed to providing each player with the best lacrosse teaching and most enjoyable lacrosse experience. The philosophy of the camp is focused on skill development, teamwork and passion for the “fastest game on two feet.” Nightly sessions will stress individualized instruction in stick handling, shooting and offensive/defensive play. Each session will promote a player’s development through a comprehensive teaching progression allowing the campers to learn every aspect of the game. By week's end, players will participate in team games. Players will be grouped according to age, size, and ability. Summer Sticks is a camp appropriate for ALL skill levels from the beginner to the seasoned veteran. Players will receive a reversible mesh jersey and an opportunity to win nightly prizes.

Players need to bring all equipment:

Molded cleats and/or athletic shoes are appropriate
Boys: stick, helmet & mouthpiece, gloves, arm pads, shoulder pads
Girls: stick, eye protection, mouthpiece

Cost: $150

List of 1 members.

Mark Fader

Head of School

860.443.5333

Bio
Mark Fader is the current Head of The Williams School and founded Summer Sticks at Williams in 2005. He was a four-year starting attackman and two-time captain at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and a high school player at nationally ranked Calvert Hall High School in Towson, MD. Mark has over thirty years experience as a coach beginning at Severn School in MD, and then beginning the lacrosse program at Providence Day School in Charlotte, NC (where he earned North Carolina Coach of the Year honors). Mark now serves as a coach of the boys varsity lacrosse program at Williams.