Magnet Camp: A Fun Summer Activity

By Tally Guzman

From issue 4 summer 2006

Some people may have plans to go to summer school. Others will choose to go to one of the different camps over the summer. Kids who are lucky enough to go to Magnet Camp say it’s a great place to be. You get to go to the College of Staten Island (CSI) and see how the campus looks. You get to do fun stuff. All Magnet students are invited! Just ask Stephanie James of Class 620. Stephanie liked the food and said, “I think the Magnet Camp was a great success. The food in CSI is like you are in a restaurant! You get good food for a low price. There a lot of special foods there. On Thursdays you get a coupon and you could buy anything you want for $4.20.” Cyndi Chin, also of 620, liked the lessons. She said, “I went every day to Magnet Camp and I got to enjoy every day of it. I loved when we dissected a frog and when we took out fossils of the owl pellets. That’s not the only thing Cyndi Chin liked. She said, “I also get to met new friends; it was a great place to be in the summer. The food in CSI was great…I really miss CSI.” At Magnet Camp, we were able to dissect a frog. We learned the difference between all the chemicals there are when we put them into the frog’s heart. We took fossils out of an owl pellet. And we also found out which bones belong to each animal. We took samples of water from outside and found out what it contained. We used different kind of chemicals to find out. We also got a disc and put our teeth on it; we were able to see what kind of bacteria we have in our mouth. We saw all kinds of stuff using the microscope. After we came out the science lab we went to the computer lab. We had to make our own story and pre-edit our work. We also wrote a summary about an article we read in the newspaper. We learned a lot about the computer. We got to write articles of our own. Magnet Camp is really a fun place to be. We also were able to meet Mrs. Hill, our principal, and find out more about her. So these are all the reasons to go to Magnet Camp this summer. Have fun!