ARTS & CRAFTS chalkboard lunch bag

In honor of the Back-to-School season, our favorite time of the year, we wanted to share a crafty solution to the annual crave for a new lunchbox. This chalkboard lunch bag is an eco-friendly alternative to the brown paper bag and can also serve as a canvas for a daily note or reminder from Mom or Dad. Tutorial by Instructables.  Have a great first week of school! 

Contributed by Alyssa

SUMMER week seven: reduce, reuse recyle

What does hockey, scrapbooking, talent shows and Knott's Berry Farm have in common? Week seven of Fairmont Summer Camp! This week, we also wrapped up summer school which focused on reading, writing and math to prepare students for the upcoming grade level. Even though there are only a few weeks of summer left, it's not too late to reserve your spot in one of our August enrichment workshops to pack in one more great summer adventure!

Mable Campers cooling off at Knott's 

Campers helping out in the Recycling with Magic Show

The camp talent show is always a hit! This year's "competitive origami" was a new twist!

Campers loved making peanut butter and birdseed feeders to hang outside at home

Campers enjoy the swings at Knott's

We can't believe how fast the summer has flown by and hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. With two weeks of activities left, don't miss saying goodbye to summer, Fairmont-style.

SUMMER parenting & kids expo

Don't miss Parenting OC's annual Parenting & Kids Expo this Saturday! The event will be at The District in Tustin, and the agenda includes: a Back-to-School Fashion Show, the Cute Kid Cover Contest, OC's top child performers, a game truck, and more. AND UC Irvine Healthcare will be offering complimentary whooping cough vaccinations for the first 500 students there, so your child can get the new mandatory vaccine just in time for school.

We'll be there at the Fairmont booth doing fun kid's crafts and raffling off a $50 gift card to Gymboree! Be sure to stop by and say hi :)

Contributed by Alyssa, Marketing 

SUMMER enrichment workshops

Can you believe it's already August and the Back-to-School mania has begun?? Fortunately, there's still some summer fun to look forward to at Fairmont with our Enrichment Workshops! 

Check out some of our upcoming classes: 

August 8-12

Camp Millionaire  

(Grades 6-8)

M-F, 9am-3:30pm $300   

Anaheim Hills Campus  

Busting Myths with Cool Science (Grades K-5) 

M-F, 9am-12pm $179

M-F, 9am-4pm $287

Anaheim Hills or Edgewood Campus   

Engineering FUNdamentals 

Grades 1-3: M-Th,  9am-12pm $160

Grades 4-6: M-Th: 1:00pm-4:00pm $160   

Mable Campus 

August 15-19

The Amazing Space Race (Grades K-5)

M-F, 9am-12pm $179

M-F, 9am-4pm $287

Anaheim Hills or Edgewood Campus  

Engineering FUNdamentals 

Grades 1-3: M-Th,  9am-12pm $160

Grades 4-6: M-Th, 1pm-4pm $160

Anaheim Hills Campus 

Learn more about our enrichment workshops and summer camp on our website, and keep making summer memories :) 

Contributed by Alyssa, Marketing 

SUMMER week six: around the campfire

S'mores, stories and camp songs made Week 6 a camper favorite (not to mention DODGEBALL and SLIME in the same week!) Summer school wraps up next week but camp adventures continue throughout August. Here is a peek into more fun-filled activities at Fairmont Summer Programs:

Citron Camper hanging out at our "camp fire"

Arts and Crafts time at the Irvine Outdoor Education Center

Mable campers mining for ore at the Irvine Outdoor Education Center

Swim Day continues to be a camper favorite, especially if it includes getting launched by Fairmont Counselors!

Preschoolers at the Anaheim Hills Campus made and decorated boats and then competed in boat races during water play 

Camp Cap Construction was a hit with these "Wild Things" 

Morning art's owl scratchart and blockprints was a woot all week!

How many types of dodgeball can we pack into a week? Campers and Counselors love them all!

Art at the Edgewood Campus

Songs & s'mores around the "campfire"--with super hot days, we told ghost stories under the AC  this week!

A Mable Camper learns archery at the Irvine Outdoor Education Center

An Anaheim Hills Camper crosses the canyon on the zip line on Friday's field trip

SCHOOL NEWS fairmont named la times readers' choice

Yesterday's edition of the Los Angeles Times announced Fairmont's Elementary School Program as a regional winner of an LA Times Reader's Choice Award! We'd like to thank the LA Times readers for this honor and congratulate all of our teachers and administrators. 

To read more about the Reader's Choice Awards, check out the electronic edition here. 

Contributed by Alyssa, Marketing 

SUMMER week five: we all live downstream

Week 5 marks the half-way point of summer! The fun, hands-on learning continues with art, science, cooking, music and sports--as well as this week's trip to Wild Rivers!

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Experiment in progress at the Anaheim Hills Campus!
The experiment is fun, but the ice cream topping bar is even better! 

Sensei Vogel making Gyotaku Fish Prints in afternoon Art

Week 5 Sports included a variety of outdoor games. Mr. B is "it" at the Edgewood Campus!

Morning art included making Wildlife Dioramas.
Students used a variety of recycled products, model magic and more to create their own diorama and animals.

Mrs. Baham, summer science coordinator, assits Edgewood Counselors in making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. We love Mr. Evan's big smile!

Mr. Stephen & Mr. Kevin's group bonds together in the Lazy River at Wild Rivers  

Edgewood Preschoolers love their yoga time! Check out our great "upward dogs"

The Marionette Show for preschoolers was magical. They loved getting up close and personal!

Greetings from Kindergarten Summer School at the Citron Campus! This week, students are halfway through their reading, writing and math readiness program for the upcoming school year.

Bubblerama at the Anaheim Hills Campus

Water Play at the Citron Campus "Car Wash"

It's been another great week. Don't miss next week's Around the Campfire!