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The Oak International Summer Courses are specially designed for boys and gir ls between eight and fifteen years old.

Oak International summer camps are an unforgettable experience. We offer your child the chance to experience a new culture, make new friends, practice a second language, grow in faith, and explore various athletic, cultural and recreational activities. At Oak International we believe that promoting individuality and confidence through personal attention has been key to our success for over for ty years.

We will strive to ensure that your child will be happy, while par ticipating in stimulating activities in a secure environment. In fact, that is what sets Oak International summer courses apar t from the rest.

Our experienced personnel provide respectful around the clock supervision during your child’s stay. Whether in the classroom or on the playing field, you may rest assured that your child is being guided and encouraged by our staff.

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Located in Greenville, Rhode Island. It is only eighteen minutes away from Providence and approximately one hour from Boston.

OVERBROOK ACADEMY ®

8 - 14 years old

100 campers

4 weeks in July

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The best experience of my life!! There I made my best friends and I spent wonderful moments that are in my heart forever! I love Overbrook!” - Ali, Camp Overbrook 2017“

Visit the most scenic sites in New England like Newpor t, Boston, 5th Avenue in New York, Statue of Liber ty, Water Country Water Park, Roger Williams Zoo, Shopping and Six Flags Amusement Park!

FUN AND CULTURAL LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM FOR ESL AND

OUTINGS ON WEDNESDAY & SUNDAYIncludes professional teachers with experience in organizing

interesting and demanding language ar ts activities to develop and perfect public speaking skills, English vocabulary and grammar, and creative expression through writing and drawing.The campers receive their language instruction in small groups which fosters active par ticipation and positive reinforcement. The campers’ progress is continually assessed and rewarded to encourage them to improve their oral, auditory, and written language skills. They are encouraged to speak English through-out the day to help them practice as much as possible.

ENGLISH SPEAKERS

GIRLS

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- Camp Overbrook facilities and staff are accredited by the Praesidium Safe Environment Program.

- Camp Counselors and teachers carefully selected and trained.

- Daily instruction and personal formation in social manners & etiquette, relational skills, and positive leadership training.

CHILD-SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH INTEGRAL FORMATION

4 WEEKS OF FUN!The campers will have the oppor tunity to par ticipate in a wide variety of great activities, including surfing, rock climbing, ar ts & crafts, musical theater, kayaking, archery, canoeing, swimming, soccer, zip lining and much more.

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OAKLAWN ACADEMY

Located on the shore of Lake Koshkonong, in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Two hours north of Chicago, Illinois and 25 miles from Madison Wisconsin.

9 - 13 years old

80 campers

4 weeks in July

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The campers will receive two 45-minute Eng-lish classes each day, four days per week. Participants are grouped according to their level of English.

There are classes for Beginner, Intermedi-ate, and Advanced English abilities. They will have opportunities to practice their English in a classroom setting through interactive stu-dent/teacher activities. The Introduction to English for basic English level will give camp-ers exposure to English through “DuoLingo”

online practice. All these classes provide each child with the necessary tools to develop a good understanding of the English language and provide a suitable environment to prac-tice spoken English.

E N G L I S H C A M P & E N G L I S H L E S S O N S

BOYS

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F A C I L I T I E S

Included in the building: students’ living quar ters, renovated locker rooms, classrooms, chapel, dining room and kitchen, laundry, renovated auditorium, games rooms, swimming pool, 2 gymnasiums, fitness/conditioning center, media center, li-brary, infirmary and administration offices, all under one roof.

S P O R T S A N D S P E C I A L A C T I V I T I E S

Campers can choose to learn and practice various spor ts including: alpinism, basketball, archery, baseball, fishing, horsemanship, soccer, tennis, and other activities such as volleyball, dodgeball, frisbee golf, Olympics, and special visits from the Fire Depar tment and a reptile show. All spor ts and activities are on campus except for Fishing, Golf, and Horse-manship.

R E C R E AT I O N A L O U T I N G S

Chicago attractions (the Seadog Chicago Lakefront Speed Boat Tour, Willis Tower, Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science & Industry), Milwaukee Brewers professional baseball game, Campers will visit Six Flags Great America, Devils Lake State Park, Noah’s Ark and Mt Olympus water parks and a day of shopping.

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MOUNTAINEERS CAMP GIRLS

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Located in Oxford, a beautiful rural suburb in Michigan. The town is an hour north of Detroit.

EVEREST ACADEMY8 - 13

years old

35 campers

4 weeks in July

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ENGLISH CAMPOUTINGS AND SPECIAL TRIPSDuring the month the gir ls par ticipate in day outings to various recreational and cultural sites. Some of the outings may include: the Henry Ford Museum, Cedar Point Amusement Park, Michigan Adventure Water Park, Fran-kenmuth, the Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, the Detroit Zoo, shopping, a wave pool, bowling, the movies, Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, and Chicago. Your daughter will also enjoy the unique cultural experience of America’s Independence Day celebration!

Campers par ticipate In an hour of English class when the outing schedule permits, usually about four times per week. The classes are divided according to proficiency levels. The girls study grammar, conversation and vocabulary. The camp provides a full English im-mersion experience with interaction with English-speaking counselors and personnel as well as stu-dents from other cultures.

GIRLS

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D AY C A M P

The gir ls attend one week of day camp at a nearby camp, which provides facilities for the gir ls to have a greater va-riety of activities and share with American students. Camp facilities provide a high ropes course, kayaking, canoeing, biking, and more.

A C T I V I T I E S

Your daughter will enjoy a month packed with activities each day from beginning to end. Highlights include: team building activities, theme dinners and activities, human and character formation, daily prayers and Mass, swimming and boating, ar ts and crafts, spor ts, vir tue campaigns, a bonfire, Mountaineers Olympics, and much more! Camper activities may at time be united with campers in Boys Mountaineers Camp as appropri-ate.

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MOUNTAINEERS CAMP BOYSMOUNTAINEERS CAMP BOYSMOUNTAINEERS CAMP BOYS

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EVEREST ACADEMY

Located in Clarkston, a beautiful rural suburb in Michigan. The town in about an hour from Detroit and Flint.

8 - 13 years old

35 campers

4 weeks in July

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Campers participate in an hour of English class when the outing schedule permits, usu-ally about four times per week. The classes are divided according to proficiency levels.

The boys study grammar, conversation and vocabulary. The camp provides a full English immersion experience with interaction with

E N G L I S H C A M P & E N G L I S H L E S S O N S

English-speaking counselors and personnel as well as students from other cultures.

BOYS

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F A C I L I T I E S

Students enjoy the campus facilities, which include a swimming pool, three gymnasiums, two football/soccer fields, multiple chapels, a computer lab, science lab, ar t room, baseball diamond, cafeteria, classrooms, study halls, and a games room.

C L I N I C S & A C T I V I T I E S

The boys attend one week of day camp at a nearby camp, which provides facilities for the boys to have a greater variety of activities and share with American students. Camp facili-ties provide a high ropes course, kayaking, canoeing, biking, and more. Campers will also par ticipated in team building and themed activities such as soccer, swimming, casino night, a talent show, and much!

O U T I N G S

During the month the boys par ticipate in day outings to vari-ous recreational and cultural sites. Some of the outings may include: the Henry Ford Museum, Cedar Point Amusement Park, Michigan Adventure Water Park, Frankenmuth, the Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, the Detroit Zoo, shopping, a wave pool, bowling, the movies, Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, and Chi-cago. Your son will also enjoy the unique cultural experience of America’s Independence Day celebration!

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Located in County Wicklow often labelled “The Garden of Ireland” due to its wonderful gardens and forests, Woodlands is situated 35 minutes from Dublin, at the bottom of the world-renowned Sugar Loaf Mountain.

WOODLANDS ACADEMY8 - 14

years old

90 campers

4 weeks in July

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ENGLISH LESSONS & IRISH TIE EXAM

ENGLISH CAMPAIGN

The Woodlands Camp is recognised by ACELS, a service of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, for English language teaching (ELT). Throughout the Woodlands Camp, our students are taught to deal with everyday written and spoken English. All students over 11 years old and par ticipating in the four full weeks, are eligible to take the TIE English examination, which is aimed at children in primary and lower secondary education. For more information see www.tie.ie or contact [email protected]

Throughout the camp, weekly English cam-paigns are carried out where students earn English tokens and use them at the English Campaign shop! The tokens are accumulated through learning new words, writing English book reviews and a general noticeable im-provement in English speaking. Special English awards are given out during camp as well as a prize every two weeks, where five students are taken off campus with our Director to the famous Avoca, where they are congratulated on their English effor ts over Avoca’s famous Irish hot chocolate!

GIRLS

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Bedrooms accommodate 4 to 8 campers. Classrooms, computer labs (including an iMac lab), science lab, library, chapel, dining areas, playroom, 2 indoor, multipurpose cour ts, piano lounge, Irish dancing studio, state of the ar t dance studios, new ar t room, various living rooms for the gir ls’ use, beautiful grounds, including a secret garden. Horse riding facilities 5 minutes away.

Irish Week 1: Get Fit, Hip Hop, Horse-riding, Irish Dancing, Gaelic Football.Festival of Arts Week 2: Drama, Ar t, Cookery, Irish Mu-sic-Learn to play the Tin Whistle!Olympic Week 3: Irish Dancing, Tag Rugby, Zumba, Fut-sal, Horse-riding.Friendship Week 4: Hip Hop, Cookery, Get Fit, Futsal, Gaelic Football.

These include popular destinations in Dublin and surrounding areas: Dublin Zoo, Rathwood Maze, Malahide Castle & Avoca,Glendalough, Viking Splash Tour, National Stud, Outlet Shopping, Bray Beach and Cliff Walk, Sugarloaf Climb, National Aquatic Centre Dublin, Bray Fun Fair and Dublinia.

F A C I L I T I E S

4 U N F O R G E T TA B L E T H E M E W E E K S A g e n d a : F U N !

C U LT U R A L & F U N E X C U R S I O N S

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DUBLIN OAK ACADEMY

Located in County Wicklow, often called “The Garden of Ireland” thanks to its won-derful gardens and forests. It’s located 35 minutes from Dublin, at the bottom of the Sugar Loaf Mountain.

9 - 14years old

90 campers

4 weeks in July

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During the camp we work to improve the written and oral skills of our campers. Depending on their level of English, students aim to sit one of the Cambridge English exams* (Cambridge YLE (Starters and Fly-ers), Cambridge KET or Cambridge PET). The exam fee is included in the tuition fees for the Summer Camp. If you are interested and want your son to take these exams, please contact your promoter to confirm his English Level.

ENGLISH CAMP & ENGLISH LESSONS

The afternoons at Kilcroney Castle Camp are spent outside in the grounds of the castle. We offer a range of spor ts clinics giving the op-por tunity for boys to both try new spor ts and also improve those they already play. We also organise themed activities promoting team building and leadership skills. Some examples of our clinics and activities are: soccer, gaelic football, basketball, tag rugby, baseball, bon-fire, survival skills, Viking banquet, go-kar ts, Irish Kermesse.

C L I N I C S & A C T I V I T I E S

*Only 4 weeks campers can take these tests.

BOYS

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The Kilcroney Castle Camp is located in Dublin Oak Academy and avails of the many facilities the academy has to offer. Morning English classes take place in the bright and airy classrooms on the upper floor of the castle itself. The modern dormitories are situated in a separate near-by building. Kilcroney Castle is locat-ed on it’s own beautiful grounds which include a cross country running track, areas of woodland, several grass playing fields, a basketball cour t as well as a small area for practicing golf.

O U T I N G S

Outings play an impor tant par t of the Kilcroney Camp provid-ing a mixture of cultural and fun activities. Some examples of our outings are: Irish National Heritage Park, Malahide Castle, Hiking in Glendalough, National Aquatic Centre, Tayto Park, Dublin Zoo, Bray Head and beach, Dundrum Centre.

F A C I L I T I E S

In addition there is a separate games and activity area which houses pool tables, table tennis tables and two fully equipped gyms. Outdoors in the same area, there are two all-weather tennis cour ts and an all-weather 5 aside football pitch.

The huge, old trees around the edges of the playing fields provide a perfect spot to sit and watch the action!

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Nestled in Les Avants-sur-Montreux, which was one of the first ski centers in Switzerland. Today Les Avants is a small, typical Swiss village, located in the Swiss Preapls

LE CHÂTELARD8 - 12

years old

30 campers

July

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MOO CAMPThe Châtelard’s summer camps give gir ls a wonderful oppor tunity to live an experience during which they make new friends, discover Switzerland, take par t in a variety of extra-curricular activities and trips whilst learning a new language.

During the Moo Camp, the gir ls get the chance to practice French, have Cordon Bleu and eti-quette classes, do spor ts and ar tistic activi-ties. They also visit many places in Switzer-land and have trips to Paris and Versailles.

GIRLS

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W E E K LY L E S S O N SFrench, Cordon Bleu cookery, Leadership skills and Etiquette classes

C L I N I C SHip-hop, tennis, Zumba, Kickboxing, painting, mountaineering, sailing, archery, swimming, horseback riding, standup paddle board and kayaks.

O U T I N G SGeneva, Bern, Gruyères, Lausanne, Vevey, Yvoire, Versailles, Paris and Eurodisney.

S P E C I A L O U T I N G SAquaparc, Parc Adventure.

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LE CHÂTELARD

Nestled in Les Avants-sur-Montreux, which was one of the first ski centers in Switzerland. Today Les Avants is a small, typical Swiss village.

13 - 15 years old

60 campers

July

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SWISS CAMPDuring the Swiss Camp, the gir ls get the chance to practice French, have Cordon Bleu and etiquette classes, do spor ts and ar tistic activities. They also visit many places in Switzerland and have trips to Milan, Paris and Versailles.

The Châtelard’s summer camps give gir ls a wonderful oppor tunity to live an experience during which they make new friends, discover Switzerland, take par t in a variety of extra-curricular activities and trips whilst learning a new language.

GIRLS

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W E E K LY L E S S O N S

French, Cordon Bleu cookery, Leadership skills and Etiquette classes

C L I N I C S

Hip-hop, tennis, make-up, Zumba, Kickboxing, painting, mountaineering, sailing, archery, swimming, horseback riding, standup paddle board and kayaks.

O U T I N G S

Geneva, Bern, Gruyères, Lausanne, Vevey, Yvoire, Versailles, Paris, Eurodisney and Milan.

S P E C I A L O U T I N G S

Aquaparc, Parc Adventure.

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*All information is subject to change

www.EverestCatholic.org Tel: (248) 241-9065

Tel: (248) [email protected]

[email protected]

Tel: (353) (1) 286 3290

[email protected]

Kilcroney Castle Camp

Tel: (401) 349 3444

[email protected]

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