Welcome to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools' Summer Lab website. This program, now well into its fourth decade, reflects the Laboratory Schools' commitment to extension of the schools' philosophy into the summer season. A panoply of enrichment and adventure awaits, as the Laboratory Schools continue to build their engagement with their extended community, including parents, teachers, students and neighbors, from around the corner and around the world. This is where love of learning spends the summer.
Summer Lab's six-week program includes Summer School, Adventure Kids Day Camp, Summer Lab Sports Camps, Fun in the Sun and Summer Lab on Stage. Summer Lab strives to embody the notion that love of learning is an appetite that never wanes – particularly not on vacation! Summer memories, here we come!
Summer School Director Cecilia Mullon is a veteran teacher not only of many Summer Schools past, but also of many years at the Laboratory Schools in their 'regular season'. She has marshaled resources from within and without the Laboratory Schools to present a truly excellent array of opportunities for the academically inclined. And of course, nobody forgets it's summertime, so academic 'rigor' is tempered with much summer fun and exploration.
Adventure Kids Day Camp celebrates its thirteenth season under the watchful and adventurous eye of Director Meghan Janda. Her philosophy of adventure education supports the core values of cooperation, trust, and team-building. These values drive the adventures for Adventure Kids.
Summer Lab on Stage enters its tenth season under the high-energy direction of Lab School musicians and teachers Katy Sinclair and Marc Piane. The six-week course will culminate in live, on-stage performances. Art direction and construction resources are joining the staff this year as this collaborative musical extravaganza again reaches blockbuster proportions.
Fun in the Sun is an afternoon program where children gather by age and interest. Exciting activities may include swimming, gymnastics, dance, sports, cooking and more! Fun in the Sun allows students to engage in a variety of summer fun activities.
Director Debbie Ribbens continues to add exciting new offerings to Summer Lab Sports Camp. This summer is no exception: Children entering Nursery - 1st grade may choose Fit, Fun and Games, Golf, Soccer, Baseball, Dance, or Gymnastics, while Grades 2 - 8 have several additional choices for this 3 - 5:30 pm time of day. Please know that children must be toilet trained prior to coming to Summer Lab.
Welcome again to Summer Lab 2013! Please browse at your leisure through our entire offering, but don’t forget to keep checking back here and register soon. Feel free, also, to call ahead to explore availabilities, although no reservations can be made via telephone.
Ned Reece
Director, Auxiliary Programs Group