City of Santa Monica CREST Program

The most unique day camp experience
for girls in Santa Monica!

Rosie's Girls Santa Monica is based on a national program designed to build self-esteem, leadership and physical confidence in middle school girls through an exploration of trades and non-traditional activities. During the one-week spring and three-week summer day camps, girls learn and apply skills in carpentry, welding, and other technical trades. Our award-winning curriculum (California Park & Recreation Society "Best of the Best" Award winner) also includes creative expression (mask-making, furniture design & journal writing), physical challenges (surfing, kayaking & ropes course) and other unique experiences (role-playing as City Council members at City Hall & self-defense with the Santa Monica Police Department's D-Tac Team)! Girls develop critical thinking skills as they explore issues such as gender roles, body image, and social pressure.

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CAMP INFORMATION

SUMMER SESSIONS:
Session I: July 7-25
Session II: August 4-22

Rosie's Girls Summer Camp 2006 Session I Group

Rosie’s Girls is a national program designed to build self-esteem, leadership, and physical confidence through an exploration of
non-traditional activities. During a three-week intensive summer camp, girls go “behind the scenes” and experience what it takes to maintain a city as they learn and apply skills in carpentry, welding, firefighting, tree trimming and other trades. The curriculum includes creative expression such as mask making, journal writing, and graphic design. Participants engage in fun physical challenges such as sailing, kayaking, self-defense, a ropes course and more. Girls develop critical thinking and leadership skills as they explore issues such as gender roles, body image and social pressure. They also participate in a community service project.

Who Can Participate?
Girls entering 6th to 8th grades.

Session I: July 7-25
Activity No.	Santa Monica Residents	Non-Residents
4100.234 With extended care: (add $35/week) 4100.236	$975 + $75 materials fee	$1,290 + $75 materials fee

Session II: August 4-22
Activity No.	Santa Monica Residents	Non-Residents
4100.235 With extended care: (add $35/week) 4100.237	$975 + $75 materials fee	$1,290 + $75 materials fee

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Camp Hours: Camps run on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Extended care is offered from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m. for $35 per week.
Camp Location: Girls meet at Stewart Street Park (located on the west side of Stewart Street south of Olympic Boulevard). The Rosie's Girls Clubhouse is nearby in the City Maintenance Yards (at 2500 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404). At the end of the day girls are picked up from Stewart Park.
What to Bring: We recommend that your daughter bring a sack lunch, sunscreen, water, and hair bands.
Financial Assistance/Payment Info: Payment may be made by check or money order payable to the City of Santa Monica or by Visa, Discover or MasterCard. Generous financial assistance (25% to 90% reduction of fees) is available to qualifying students who live or go to school in Santa Monica (Santa Monica residents only for summer day camps). Low and moderate-income families are encouraged to apply. A lay-away plan is also available upon request.
Register Early! Reservations cannot be held until payment is received.
More Information: Contact the Reed Park Youth Office at (310) 458-8540 or visit us at 1133 7th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 (office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).

Whether in a shop or applied to "real world" projects, trades activities offer an unusual and especially powerful vehicle for girls to develop a broader sense of themselves and their capabilities. Trades activities challenge girls to learn self-reliance, expand their math and science skills, develop new areas of physical confidence, expand the range of careers they might envision for themselves, and push past preconceived limitations.