NEW for 2024 - Collaborative Creative Writing and Adventures in CoSpaces
For children currently in Grade 4 through age 12
Roeper is offering a unique mixed-age Collaborative Creative Writing and Adventures in CoSpaces for campers in grade 4 through age 12. This camp is an introductory version of the popular class at Roeper for Middle and Upper School students.
Campers spend the morning participating in CoSpaces Camp and the afternoon is filled with the same activity choices as Activity Camp.
This unique camp combines creative writing with an online 3D graphics app called CoSpaces to give campers a mutual space to help each other create 3D worlds and stories shaped around those worlds. Campers will be able to enter and explore their 3D worlds using Virtual Reality! To see an example of how campers will create and tell a story with CoSpaces, please watch this short video showing the Hansel & Gretel Story.
Campers should familiarize themselves with the basic features of CoSpaces before the camp begins by going to Cospaces.io and exploring the app. CoSpaces is free to participating campers for the duration of the camp. (Note: Campers who want to save their creations beyond the last day of camp will either need to pay CoSpaces $10, or pay for their own subscription to CoSpaces.)
Parents will need to create an account at Cospaces.io for their camper before the session begins.
Participating campers need to be interested in all three aspects of the course:
creative writing
3D graphics design
collaboration.
CoSpaces Camp is offered session 2
CoSpaces Camp is led by Roeper teacher, Dan Jacobs. Dan has taught science fiction and fantasy literature, forensics, debate and a myriad of other classes at The Roeper School for over 25 years. He is the Head Coach for speech activities at Roeper, including Lincoln-Douglas Debate, High School Forensics and Middle School Forensics. In June 2022, Dan was inducted into the Michigan Speech Coaches Hall of Fame in a ceremony at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Click to read more about Dan’s accomplishments as a coach!
Sample Daily Schedule
8:00-8:30 Arrival
8:30-9:00 – Group Time
9:00-12:00 – CoSpaces Camp
12:25- 1:30 - Lunch and Recess
1:35-2:25 – Choice of Activity
2:30-3:20 – Choice of Activity
3:30-4:00 - Prepare for end of day and dismissal
(Sample Activity Grid available in the FAQ section)
Sessions Offered
Session 1 - Not Offered
Session 2 - July 8 - 19
Session 3 - Not Offered
Session 4 - Not Offered
Hours & Cost
8:00 am-4:00 pm
CoSpaces Camp is $1085 per session
Register for 8 weeks of camp, either Day Camp only or a combination of Day Camp and Theatre Camp, and receive a $400 discount applied after registration.
Daily Hot Lunch and snack are included in the tuition
Before and After Care are available for an additional fee