Junior Summer

Registration for our Junior Summer Programs has officially begun and we are excited about all of our offerings. However, instead of telling you what we think about them, we thought it would be a good idea to let the kids do the talking. Below are a few of the stories or poems from children who spent some time in our programs last summer.

'The WaterFront Center was so much fun. My favorite part was putting on the wading boots and bringing the seine net in the water. It felt like I was a fisherman. Then we were looking for certain kinds of shells. It felt like I was an explorer. Then we went on the Christeen sailboat. We raised the sails. We were like a pirate's crew.'

- Vance Robinson

'Oyster Bay is wet and sand. We saw a whole bunch of sea stars and we went on a sail on a boat called the Christeen. On the boat we saw plankton and Emmanual got jelly fish on his pants!'

- Stefon Baxter

Sailing at the WFC

'When I'm sailing at the WFC

I feel free

Like there is no where else I'd rather be

I breathe in the ocean air

As my Opti picks up speed

My hair blows with the flow of the wind

The water goes through

My fingers as they are forced through the water

Sometimes it's hard when you're stick in irons

But if you just concentrate and think...

I realize that this is where 

I need to be right

Now

That this is one of the things

That makes me

Happy

And that there's no other way

I'd rather spend my 

Summer

Than sailing at the WFC'

-Elizabeth Sorge

Sniggling

'Sniggling, Sniggling all the eels are wiggling; Although fresh water is where they roam, salt water can also be their home! Flipping over rocks, weather my crocs, I go looking for eels. eels be slimy, eels be bad, eels slip right out of my hand! What is sniggling do you ask? Well, it is a very hard task. With eels so slimy and sticky it becomes very tricky! Although it is very hard, I like it a lot and the tunnel is the perfect spot!'

-Chris Janusos

Come join us for Summer Fun in 2011!