Kyra Morgan (left) of Berea and Amirta Manikandan of Cordova, Tenn., hug goodbye after packing up their belongings during checkout Saturday, July 16. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Ali Shackelford (left) and Evvie Cooley, both from Louisville, hug during the traditional fountain run outside Margie Helm Library Friday, July 15. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Campers take the traditional run through the fountain outside Margie Helm Library after the last day of classes Friday, July 15. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Sophia Evans of St. Louis plays ukulele during the cookout Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Madison Fleischaker from Louisville laughs while working on a mural with classmates in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Tuesday, July 12. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Writing students walk the trails surrounding Lost River Cave in Bowling Green Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Rhianon Hussung of Louisvile blows bubbles behind Grise Hall during V-Con Saturday, July 9. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Zoe Ward (center) from Frankfort reads poetry to her Writing classmates while perched on a stump during on a field trip to Lost River Cave in Bowling Green Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Jocelyn Martin (from left) of Russell and Maya Abul-Khoudoud of Ashlandteach a dance to Grant Coorssen of Louisville while waiting for their clothes to dry at Bryce’s Bypass Laundromat Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Jules Webb of Louisville bumps a volleyball during the cookout Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Physics teaching assistant Allison Gregory pushes Ronit Patel down a hallway on a hovercraft during a class trip to Warren Central High School Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Physics teacher Kenny Lee sends an electric charge to light up a lightbulb held by Susanna Moore of Junction City during a class trip to Warren Central High School, where Kenny teaches, Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Nathan Bowling (left) from Lexington, S.C., works with Nick Stone from Frankfort to check the temperature of a solution they made in Chemistry Friday, July 8. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Rhianon Hussung of Louisville stretches ou magic clay before using it to make gargoyles during Humanities Friday, July 8. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Ian Gray from Brentwood, Tenn., works on a piece of his group’s Rube Goldberg machine in STEAM Labs Friday, July 8. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Kiersten Hamilton of Georgetown braids a friendship bracelet while waiting for her clothes to dry at Bryce’s Bypass Laundromat Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Anna Youngblood from Paducah sets a volleyball to another camper during the cookout Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Olivia Bickett (left) of Owensboro and King Spencer of Bowling Green run through the fountain outside Margie Helm Library after finishing classes Friday, July 15. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Nick Stone of Frankfort gives Anna Dong of Morganfield a piggyback ride through the fountain outside Margie Helm Library Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Tanner Pruitt (from left) of Louisville, Gracie Hobbs of Owensboro, Kyzick Schweppe of Mount Juliet, Tenn., and Olivia Bickett of Owensboro hug goodbye during checkout Saturday, July 16. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Keeley Ruskowski of Hardinsburg delivers a speech during the banquet Friday, July 15. Students in their final year of eligibility to attend VAMPY are invited to speak during the banquet. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Jack Thacker celebrates after performing in the VAMPY Talent Show Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Erik Bishop from Baxter, Tenn., plays the piano during the VAMPY Talent Show Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Megan Guan from Lexington adjusts her tinfoil hat, part of her costume for V-Con, Saturday, July 9. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Jared Rodgers of Verona measures a liquid in Chemistry Friday, July 15. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Maddie Holl (left) from The Plains, Ohio, and Finn Shirley from Old Hickory, Tenn., learn to dance “the hustle” with other Pop Culture students Wednesday, July 13. The class learned a dance popular during each decade of the 20th century. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Olivia Bickett from Owensboro whips her hair during the dance Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Sam Vitale (center) of Bowling Green hugs a fellow camper during Cryfest outside Northeast Hall Thursday, July 14. Held on the second-to-last night of camp, Cryfest gives campers an opportunity to start saying their emotional goodbyes. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Talent show emcees Olivia Bickett (left) of Owensboro and Madison Fleischaker of Louisville watch an act from backstage Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Chloe Banaszak (left) of Crestwood says goodbye to her counselor, Courtney George, during checkout Saturday, July 16. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Physics teacher Kenny Lee prepares to push Anna Duncan from Chattanooga, Tenn., on a hovercraft down a hallway at Warren Central High School, where Kenny teachers, during a class trip Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Lauren Simons (left) of London, Ky., and Malcolm Jones of Louisville paint a mural in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Friday, July 15.Olivia Bickett of Owensboro delivers a speech during the banquet Friday, July 15. Students in their final year of eligibility to attend VAMPY are invited to speak during the banquet. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Ben Kash (left) of Bowling Green serves as the lead defense attorney in a mock trial of Adolf Hitler, portrayed by Connor Sheehan of Bowling Green in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Megan Guan (left) and Stephanie Yang, both of Lexington, look up rhyming words for Megan’s poem in Writing Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Martha Popescu from Hanson gives a detailed presentation on the paintings created by Raphael inside the Vatican during Humanities Friday, July 8. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Sara Pecina (left) a 2016 graduate of WKU’s dance program teaches Kaelan Davis of Louisville and other Pop Culture students a dance from the 1930s Wednesday, July 13. Sara taught the class a dance popular during each decade of the 20th century. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Grayson Fuller (from left) of Versailles, Jocelyn Martin of Russell and Maya Abul-Khoudoud of Ashland share a laugh with fellow campers at the Great American Donut Shop (GADS) Sunday, July 10. The campers were waiting for their clothes to go through the wash at a laundromat next door. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Laine Hirn (from left) of Louisville, Zoe Ward of Frankfort, and Ali Shackelford of Louisville share a laugh during the cookout Sunday, July 10. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Campers lie on a blanket behind Northeast Hall during their extended community time on the final night of VAMPY Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Ni’Kerrion McDonald of Lexington shows off his dance moves in the center of a circle during the dance Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Tanner Pruitt (left) from Louisville plays the part of a figure from the Russian Revolution in a group discussion in Revolutions Thursday, July 14. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Caroline Hirn of Louisville works on a comic in Writing Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Lauren Simons of London, Ky., paints a mural in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Friday, July 15. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)Here Emily Jones (center) from Lexington, and Stuart Kernohan from Bowling Green exchange high-fives during the dance Friday, July 15. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Physics students react after sand moves in a pattern as a reaction to waves controlled by Physics teacher Kenny Lee during a class trip to Warren Central High School, where Kenny teachers, Wednesday, July 13. (Photo by Sam Oldenburg)VAMPY alumnus Kirker Butler, a former writer now consultant for “Family Guy,” speaks to the Pop Culture and Writing classes Monday, July 11. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)Parker Woods (left) from Brentwood, Tenn., jokes with a classmate before a guest speaker arrived to talk to the pop culture class Monday, July 11. (Photo by Tucker Allen Covey)
