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WILLIAMS SUMMER CAMP WEEK 2023
June 19 - June 23
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ABOUT OUR 2023 CAMP OFFERINGS

Summer Camp Week 2022

Scroll down to see more details of each of our summer camp programs.
Programs are open to students of all genders in grades 3 - 9.

Morning Sessions 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Art & Wellness
Soccer

Afternoon Sessions 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Musical Theatre
Sailing
Basketball

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

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

Please call us with questions 860.443.5333

The cost for each camp is $150
Payment is due by Check or Venmo by 6/17/22

Explore your creativity and mindfulness through interactive art and wellness activities. 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
Location: The Williams School, on the campus of Connecticut College
Time: Morning Session 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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. Improve your skills through development drills in: passing, control, 1 v 1, combination and crossing, with specific focus on 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
Location: The Williams School Athletic Complex
120 Bloomingdale Rd. Quaker Hill, CT
Time: Morning Session 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

List of 1 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.

Explore your dramatic side in this musical theatre intensive camp. During the week, students will be able to audition for roles, participate in music and acting rehearsals, and engage in the technical aspects of theatre in order to perform a 30 minute musical.

Cost: $150
Location: The Williams School, on the campus of Connecticut College
Time: Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

List of 1 members.

Jeffrey Cregeur

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: $150
Location: UCONN Avery Point Sailing Center
Time: Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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.

A highly experienced coaching staff will lead players through skills training in shooting, passing, dribbling and more, as well as scrimmaging and community building activities. The camp will accelerate the child’s understanding of the sport, sharpen skills, and encourage good sportsmanship and camaraderie.

Cost: $150
Location: The Williams School, on the campus of Connecticut College
Time: Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

List of 2 members.

Kevin Steuer

Athletic Director

860.439.5376
Miles Daniels

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 campers to learn every aspect of the game. By week's end, players will participate in team games. Summer Sticks is a camp appropriate for ALL skill levels from the beginner to the seasoned veteran - All campers will be grouped according to age, size, and ability, and 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

Location: The Williams School Athletic Complex
120 Bloomingdale Rd. Quaker Hill, CT
Time: Evening Session 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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.