A search for truth at VAMPY
For more than a year, campers and teachers waited for VAMPY – and 2022 again proved it is worth the wait. It has been great to be back with our students in the Nazi Germany and the Holocaust class, watching them interact and engage individually and collectively while also focusing on the lessons we can […]
Finding success in failure
Many gifted students have learned to play the game of school. They memorize answers to make the teacher happy and receive the desired grade. All too often, they never experience failure. This environment is not suited for learning how to solve problems and overcome issues in the real world. Our goal in Problems You’ve Never […]
O is for Optionals
Optionals are a great time for campers and counselors to mix and mingle most nights after dinner. The name of this activity is somewhat of a misnomer as participation is definitely not optional, but the counselors take care to make sure there is something appealing to everyone. They plan out fun activities including chalk art, […]
Attractions to reactions
Science is everywhere. It is in everything that we can see, taste, touch, and hear. In chemistry, we explore matter and the changes that it may undergo. At VAMPY, students dive deeper into this subject and gain experience in completing scientific calculations, making predictions based on their answers, and executing a hands-on lab to check […]
Pop Culture covers a decade a day
The Pop Culture class at VAMPY has an ambitious goal: to cover the majority of U.S. history in less than three weeks. Starting with the mid 1800s and ending with current times, the class uses lectures, debates, art, movies, advertisements, and more to get to know our country. For the 1950 and ’60s, for […]