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Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City

I'm just curious how many people out there have to stay at their schools all day during summer camp. OR do you only stay for your morning classes? This will be my fourth camp and my school has always made me stay until 4:30. I'm at an elementary school.

Colorado · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject:

I don't want to confuse the issue, but I have both "summer camp" and "summer school" classes.
Summer classes at my school are called summer school. I teach them in the morning and go home in the afternoon.
Camp is when I teach somewhere other than at my school and includes more camp-type activities than regular classes. My camp is in another city and so I'll be at camp 24 hours a day for the duration of the camp.

Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City

I guess it's different at every school. We call our summer classes "camp". So, I'm referring to summer classes.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

I have summer classes. Two 50 minute sessions in the afternoon.

ilovebdt

Alyallen · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

Elementary school summer camp

19 students, 3 helpers, and yours truly from 9-4 for 8 days....

Bear256 · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Location: Anacortes, Washington USA

Monday to Friday, 9:10 to 12:20, 4-40 minute classes and afternoons off at an elementary school.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

Elementary Public School Camp.

35-40 students Monday-Friday
Everyday is a new homeroom class
4 weeks

9:00am-4:30pm

And Gimpo Education sent a letter out to all Elementary schools in the area saying that the Native teachers have to stay until 4:30 all summer.

Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City

I have 4 classes 9:00-12:30 and a total of 83 students (about 20/class).

brento1138 · Joined: 17 Nov 2004

I have to do 9:00-12:10 (4 - 40 min classes) and I wouldn't call them "camp" as I had suggested to my school that we play sports, and do summer activities... but they said "no" and to teach books. I don't call that camp. Definitely more like summer school.

I also have to go away for 5 days and stay overnight at some place far away from my school. That one is more "camp-like" although they changed the curriculum to more "book-based" study... so I dunno how "camp-like" it will be this time. Apparently, the parents complained that the students weren't speaking enough English... or learning enough... or something.

But I think the parents need to realise the kids won't leave camp speaking perfect English. Let the kids just have fun, and if they learn a bit of English along the way, then cool!

Jizzo T. Clown · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end

High School

10:00-11:30

20 students

10 days

1 class

no CT

icicle · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Gyeonggi do Korea

Middle School

Two 90 min classes a morning. 20 minutes between them. One 1st class (20). One 2nd Class ( Cool

. Drama focus. For the first two weeks.

Icicle

bosintang · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

I'm both. My unpaid camps just mornings..My paid camps all day long.

Colorado · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:

Bear256 · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Location: Anacortes, Washington USA

I am in Gimpo, too, and my school has said nothing about staying all day. In fact, they went out of their way to tell me I would have afternoons off. I think that is just your school trying to blame their decision on Gimpo board rather than own up to it. Of course, I have had this same schedule for the past two years also.

Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City