1. travel
2. transports
3. public transport

Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 1
JUNE 8 – 12
Pack your bags for ports throughout the Americas!
This week is CRUISE SHIP WEEK!
MONDAY
Welcome Aboard!! Our cruise departs from exciting New York City! In
Port Lunch: Central Park Hot Dogs & pretzels. Today we will make a
cruise passport for the week showing all the countries we will visit.
Snack: Big Apples.
Carnival at Sea: As we head to our first port, onboard entertainment
begins with carnival games and fun at Chuck E. Cheese!!! Bus departs
@10:15 am and returns @ 3:30 pm. We are kicking off this cruise with
arcade games and pizza for lunch. Come dance and sing with your
cruise director, Mr. Chuckie, and win extra tickets for cool prizes.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Canada: Get your Activity Passport stamped at the “Pass the Snowball”
game (sock ball relays) @ Gahagan Park. Then head to Dairy Queen to
enjoy a frozen dessert. Bus departs @ 10:00am & returns @ 3:00pm.
Snack: Cheddar Whales. PM Activity: whale watching binoculars.
Brazil: Enjoy the exciting music of our neighbors below the equator.
Onboard entertainment is Capoeira Dance Show. We will enjoy a
picnic and play in the sprinklers at Wannamaker Park after the show.
Bus departs at 9:15 and returns at 3:30. PM Activity: Brazilian
dancing/music. Bring bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, and lunch today!
Hawaii: As we make a final stop before we reach the mainland, we
celebrate the cultures we encountered during Cruise Week. Make your
favorite flag of the world. Lunch today is surfer tacos with pineapple
floats! PM Activity: Chalk Geography Bee – can you name all the
Continents we visited?
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 2
JUNE 15 - 19
Come one, Come all to a week of Fun and Games @
UNDER THE SEA WEEK!
MONDAY
Let’s explore all the mysteries under the sea! Bring an empty water bottle to
make a goldfish aquarium. Throw in a few sweet sea creatures and seashells
for good luck on our journey. Maybe you’ll win our game of Minnow,
Minnow, Shark. Lunch today is Submarine wraps and carrot chip portholes.
We celebrate Dr. Seuss’s classic fish book and eat WG Goldfish crackers for
snack.
We’re off for a water adventure @ Isle of Palms County Park. Can you
count the big waves? Bus departs at 9:30 and returns at 4:00. PM Activity:
Team up for some beach towel volleyball. Bring your bathing suit,
sunscreen, & lunch! Octopus arms are the snack of the day!
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Come explore sea life at the SC Aquarium! Bus departs 9:30 and returns at
3:30. We journey under the sea and through exotic lands exploring the
animals and habitats of the oceans. Back at camp, let’s play Crab Soccer. For
today’s snack, we will build our own coral reefs. At craft time, we will make
our own puffer fish from the Pout Pout book series.
THURSDAY
“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” We can find out at Cinemark
Movies 8 in Ladson. Let’s SEA a movie! Bus departs 11:00 am and returns
3:30pm. Let’s snack on some puffer fish popcorn and enjoy the show! Bring
your lunch.
FRIDAY
As we resurface at Camp, we make a Memory journal to remember all our
favorite times at Sea this week. Play a game of Sea Spy and make a sea life
poster to take home. Lunch today is dolphin rolls with orange puffer fish.
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 3
JUNE 22 - 26
Let’s hunt for treasure during
PIRATE WEEK!
MONDAY
Ahoy, Mates! Welcome to Pirate Week! Today’s activity: Make your own
Pirate Flag. Fly your colors around Camp to see who is the most fearsome
Pirate! Lunch is Corn Planks & Cannons (Corndogs & cheese sticks). Snack
for today is Pirate Swords (celery sticks) with dip.
Let’s all walk the plank & cool off @ Splash Island in Mt. Pleasant. Bus
departs @ 9:30 am & returns @ 3:30pm. Bring a bathing suit, towel,
sunscreen, & lunch! Afternoon snack: colorful Ocean Waves. Activity:
decorate your own pirate hat.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Continue your search for treasure downtown @ the Provost Dungeon.
Learn about REAL Pirates from Charleston’s past and maybe see a few scurvy
mates still lurking around in the dungeon…. Bus departs @ 9am & returns @
3pm. Bring your lunch for a pirate picnic in Waterfront Park! Make your
own Pirate to hang in your Captain’s Quarters. Pirate GOLD is our snack
today.
Today, we journey across the sea to Wannamaker Park for the Pirate Stories
show. Hear the tales of the most infamous Pirates from the Lowcountry.
Bus departs at 9:15 and returns at 3:30. We will visit the sprinklers after the
show, so bring your bathing suits! Snack today is Polly wants a Cheese &
Crackers!
Finish the week with a big AAARRRGGHHH!! We will make our own treasure
maps this morning & participate in a Treasure Hunt around camp in the
afternoon. Remember, “X” marks the spot! Make a Pirate themed Sun
catcher to hang in your Captain’s Quarters. Lunch is fish & “chips”. Then,
get ready to guard your GOLD….PIRATE EARRINGS are our snack today!
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 4
JUN 29 – JUL 3
BARK If you love those lazy, crazy,
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER!
MONDAY
Celebrate Disney’s Dog Days with 101 Dalmatians and Lady & the Tramp
books. Craft: Making dog bones and collars. Lunch: Hot Dogs in a blanket
and puppy-sauce. PM activity: 101 Dalmatian Scavenger Hunt. PM Snack:
Dalmatian dots and dog bones (celery w/ raisins and cream cheese). We will
accept donations of pet food/care items to take to the SPCA on Wednesday.
TUESDAY
Practice your water dog skills at Whirlin Waters at Wannamaker Park.
Slide, play in the sprinklers, and don’t forget money for some Scooby
Snacks. We will have lots of fun in the sun today, so don’t forget your
bathing suit & sunscreen! Bus departs at 9:30 am and returns at 3:30 pm.
Enjoy pudding pups for snack.
WEDNESDAY
Who let the DOGS out?? We will find them today as we tour the SPCA in
Goose Creek to see how the pets get care and new homes at the animal
shelter. Bus leaves at 9:30am and returns at 3:30pm. We will tour the
facility and see how they care for these wonderful animals. Enjoy a puppy
picnic lunch at the – Santee Canal Park. “Chew toys” are snack today!
THURSDAY
Let your doggie out to chase a TURKEY. Try to get 3 strikes in a row when
we go Bowling @ SandPiper Lanes. Bus departs @ 11am and returns @
2:30pm. Snack: Go Fetch! Sticks and Dip. PM activity: rover ring toss. Don’t
forget to bring your lunch, & some socks!!!
FRIDAY
Do you have a pet? Bring in photos of your favorite furry friends for Show &
Tail today. Today, we will sculpt our favorite pets out of fun dough. Will
your sculpture win Best in Show? Snack today is Puppy O’s with 1% milk.
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 5
JULY 13 - 17
Come one, Come all to a week of Fun and Games @
CIRCUS FUN WEEK!
MONDAY
Big Top Monday. Today we celebrate as the circus comes to town! AM
craft: Be "King or Queen of the Carnival" and make your own medals.
Lunch: Weenie Dog Racers and caramel apples. PM Snack: big top tents
(triangle crackers & cheese). PM activity: Sideshow Sally’s circus tattoos and
carnival magnetic scenes.
TUESDAY
Let’s create our own circus! Start with a trip to Chuck E Cheese! Enjoy video
games, skeeball, and more! Bus departs @10:15 am and returns @3:30 pm.
Snack: Clown hats. PM activity: make your own roller coasters. We’ve got
lunch covered!! Bring spending money for extra tokens.
WEDNESDAY
We go on search of Circus Animals @ Bee City! See lemurs, prairie dogs,
goats, and other animals. Bus departs 9:30am and returns 3:30pm. Snack:
Monkey O’s. PM activities: make a loopy ladybug to take home. Bring your
sunscreen, & lunch!
THURSDAY
We participate in an amazing Big Top Performance of Magic by Chaz @
Wannamaker Park! See him perform wondrous tricks, then take a dip in the
sprinklers. Before we disappear, we will enjoy some time at Wannamaker’s
children’s park, too! Bus departs at 9:15 and returns at 3:30. Snack:
carnival balls. PM activities: make a rabbit in the hat to take home. Bring
your bathing suit, sunscreen, & lunch!
FRIDAY
Farewell Friday: As the Circus Train prepares to leave town, we will have a
going away party. Craft: big top sun catchers. Snack: Apple Merry Go
rounds. PM activity: Big Top hoop relays.
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 6
JULY 20 - 24
Celebrate reading and imagination during
DR. SEUSS BOOK WEEK!
MONDAY
This week, we celebrate the imaginative writing of Dr. Seuss. Bring your
favorite Dr. Seuss book to share during our morning reading time. Craft:
Make tiny truffula trees. Lunch: Pinwheel sandwiches and broccoli trees.
PM activity: squiggle dancing. Snack: loopy O’s and mustache milk.
TUESDAY
Listen to the Lorax as he educates us on taking care of our environment. We
will take a trip to Splash Zone on James Island. Let’s picnic by the water and
search for water birds and alligators in their natural environment. Bus
departs @ 9:30 & returns @ 4:00pm. Snack: Lorax Snacks.
WEDNESDAY
“Will you eat Green Eggs and Ham? Will you eat them Sam I Am?” We
accept Dr. Seuss’s challenge as sample bacon & egg fried rice at WASABI
Restaurant in Summerville. Bus leaves at 10:30pm and returns at 2:30pm.
Watch out for the onion volcano eruption during the authentic hibachi show!
PM Activity: Practice your origami skills and make your own Crane to take
home. Snack: 1 Fish, 2 Fish, WG Goldfish!
THURSDAY
Acting out stories can be fun, so come and see how it’s done @ Cinemark
Movies 8 in Ladson. We can enjoy our favorite book characters coming to
life on the big screen! Bus departs @ 9:15am and returns @ 12:30pm. PM
activity: make your own mock sock puppet. Snack: Delicious Popcorn!
FRIDAY
Help Horton find a safe spot for his speck. AM activity: Make a map for him
to follow through the wilds of summer camp. Snack: elephant faces
(bananas and raisins). PM activity: wilderness vines.
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963
Welcome to JPES/OES Camp Explorer
WK 7
JULY 27 - 31
Come Have
A WHALE OF A TIME!
MONDAY
This summer, we had a whale of a time at camp. This week we will celebrate
our best trips and camp memories. Lunch will be submarine wraps & banana
porpoises. Craft: Stuffed paper whales. Snack will be an ocean of milk with
a mini life preservers!
TUESDAY
Come have a splashing good time at Charleston Riverdogs’ Big Splash Day.
Wear your bathing suits because you’re sure to get wet! Enjoy sprinklers,
water balloons, and MORE! Don’t forget bathing suit, sunscreen, and a dry
change of clothes.
WEDNESDAY
Let’s whale watch at Mt. Pleasant Pier Park. We will tour Channel 2 News
Studio and see how the weather forecast helps our local fishermen. Bus
departs @ 9:00am & returns @ 3:00 pm. $ is optional for concessions.
Craft: Tiki Pier signs. Snack: Octopus crackers.
THURSDAY
Relive our Lowcountry history with Gullah Storytelling @ Wannamaker
Park. Learn the local traditions of some of Charleston’s earliest settlers. We
will enjoy a day of fun in the sun at the Sprinklers after the show. Bus
departs at 9:15 and returns at 3:30. Wear your swimsuit, change of
clothes, sunscreen & a towel!! Don’t forget your lunch! Craft: Whale
mosaic. Snack: Ocean yogurt.
FRIDAY
As we send our whale back to sea, we will splash into a new school year.
Lunch: pizza porpoises! Crafts: Paper plate whales and Ocean mobiles.
Games: Shark relays, Hoops & whale toss, & search for shark teeth. Snack:
pineapple buoys in a juice sea.
OES/JPES Site Contacts:
Phone #: 832-7009
Alana Jackson (JPES)
Cell: 412-8381
Heather Register (OES)
Cell: 323-2963