For the past three years, STEM Academy students have spent their summers hard at work practicing their science, technology, engineering, and math skills through experiments, games, hands-on projects and fun challenges. For the first time, this year’s students are meeting a new challenge – sailing! Today was their first day on the water, and for […]
Students from the REACH Newtown program spent the week at SoundWaters conducting reasearch, exploring local habitats, learning about Long Island Sound animals and having fun! We hope the students have a great rest of the summer and schoolyear!
Our advanced sailors in the Sharks camp group had a special day of learning how to fly a spinnaker with our Waterfront Director, Nick! It’s very important to keep an eye on the clew of the spinnaker sail so that it is equal height to the boom. Sailors learned how to control the spinnaker and […]
Here at Camp SoundWaters, our campers love meeting the creatures that call the Long Island Sound home! Our youngest campers, the Sea Stars, had the chance to meet one of our youngest Diamondback Terrapin! With our juvenile terrapin nearing the two year mark, they are now able to be used as ambassadors for the Sound […]
Students at Young Mariners Academy have been hard at work all summer, learning to sail and perfecting their skills. Now, our oldest students have been working on an amazing new project – building their own boat – from scratch! The pieces for the canoe have been cut and assembled, and soon they will paint and […]
Today, the 3rd grade students of Chester Addison Community Center explored Long Island Sound through a water mystery challenge, learning about the animals of Long Island Sound, and completing a Rocky Shore Habitat Investigation. Next week, they will return for more science adventures! Don’t forget to check back…
Our Stingray campers earned a well earned cooldown in Holly Pond today after a fun day of man overboard drills. Check back to find out what they are learning about next! www.soundwaters.org
Here at Camp SoundWaters we believe in fully immersing campers in the environment. Through seining, the children are able to learn about the diverse inhabitants of the Long Island Sound while having fun! This week campers caught a ton of animals from shrimp to killifish to lady crabs and even horseshoe crabs. Check back for […]
Today we celebrated the future home of SoundWaters at Boccuzzi Park in Stamford. Some of the key speakers included Mayor David Martin, SoundWaters Chairman Scott Mitchell, SoundWaters President Leigh Shemitz, Stamford Board of Representatives Virgil de la Cruz, State Senator Carlo Leone, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Joseph Andreana and Environmental Philanthropist Robin Tauck. Keep on […]
SoundWaters team building night was a great success! By bringing everyone together from the Coastal, Harbor site, and Schooner we are able to check in regarding the many different summer activities that are occurring. Feel free to check out the website to find out about the many summer happenings from sunset sails to paddle board […]
