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SUPERCAMP FAQsHere are some of the most popular questions we get about SuperCamp. Our participants are similar to those in a typical classroom. While students’ grades range from straight A’s to failing, the majority are somewhere in between. We believe everyone possesses enormous potential and can be successful in school and in life – if given the tools and confidence to learn and grow. High achievers tell us they appreciate gaining learning skills that reduce their study time, refine communication strategies, and life skills that enhance their relationships. Students who are struggling due to low motivation, self-esteem and/or poor grades will discover new techniques to help them hurdle the barriers that blocked their progress in the past.
At what age do students most benefit? Students benefit at all ages. In fact, there's so much to learn, we recommend students attend all levels, learning new skills and gaining new insights each time. We encourage students to move through each camp program, continuously building on their Quantum Learning skills, to help with middle school and high school or primary and secondary school.
How do you achieve such great results in just 10 days? Unlike most summer camp programs, we have the students "24/10", twenty-four hours a day for ten days in an orchestrated learning environment that uses a very specific design frame. A prime directive of SuperCamp is that we seek to get into the students' world and understand them, which builds trust and earns us the right to teach. Throughout the ten days, we build on mini-successes, so by the end of the camp we are celebrating the students' successes.
What subjects/topics will be covered at SuperCamp? Our camp is an academic and life skills program. The following will be covered:
What language will be used at camp? Our US facilitators will conduct the camp in English. There hasn't been a problem with comprehension or language. We hire local bilingual team leaders who can translate for the students if they have questions. We also have a roughly 50/50 ratio of kids who speak English as a second language and kids who are native English speakers so your kids won't have any problems meeting new friends.
What is the camp’s daily schedule? Except for Day 1 (Registration Day), Day 4 or Day 5 (Outdoor Adventure) and Day 10 (Graduation)
The schedule is not set hard - it may be flexible because the facilitators may decide to change the time to suit other activities.
How many kids do you take for each camp? We will take from 60-80 students.
How are you going to arrange for roommates? We try to create a mixture of students for each team - e.g. students from different schools and different countries, language, age, etc. Team mates will also room together. We prefer to have friends on different teams so that students will socialize with others rather than stick to their own friends. There will be plenty of opportunities for friends coming to camp together to be together.
Is there air conditioning for the program & residences? We rent our venue from St. Stephen's College (a prestigious secondary school) located in Stanley.
Will there be staff to monitor the kids in the dorm? Yes, team leaders will room in the same dormitory and same floor as the students. During the lights out period, team leaders ensure the students are safe in their rooms and sleeping. Students know which rooms their team leaders are in and know that they are accessible at all times. The dormitories have an electronic door lock with a code only available to the staff. In addition, there is always one security guard manning the front gate 24 hours. The gates are closed at 10pm.
What sorts of meals are provided?
Every day from about 4:00 - 5:30pm, the students will be able to choose a sport or activity to participate in. It is their free time. They can choose from sports such as basketball, soccer, badminton, ping pong, or tennis or join an arts and crafts session, play board games, or even read in a quiet corner. Due to insurance issues, the school doesn’t rent out their swimming facilities.
Will there be outings/field trips during the course of the 10 days? We will have one day off campus on either Day 4 or Day 5 depending on which camp. We arrange buses to bring the students and staff to a ropes course venue to participate in a day of outdoor challenges and ropes events similar to Outward Bound. The events will be run by a professional ropes events company. It is the most talked about day and usually the highlight of the program.
Will there be children from other countries, other than Hong Kong? Each camp has around 60-80 students. We usually will have around 5-10 students from overseas in each camp. These students usually attend international schools in China, USA, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Parents think as highly of our SuperCamp staff as their kids and we do. And with good reason. The people we hire are enthusiastic, supportive and committed to positively impacting lives. The great majority of the camp's staff are Education majors or graduates. Not surprisingly, most of the staff return year after year because they enjoy the experience of working with successful people in a dynamic accelerated learning program. Our team leaders are compassionate, enthusiastic, and positive role models for children and teens. They also receive more than 40 hours of intensive training prior to the programs. They are carefully interviewed and selected and from top universities in Hong Kong, United States and England. Our local team leaders speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
What kind of supervision is provided?
Is there a difference in what the students learn in a SuperCamp in Hong Kong and a SuperCamp in the United States? We follow the US curriculum. The only difference would be that sometimes the content taught may not be relevant to kids living in Asia such as using the memorization tool to memorize the US presidents or the US capitals. We would change that content to memorizing the Asian capitals of the top Asian countries. Therefore, the academic skills and life skills we teach are exactly the same but the content that we use will be relevant to Asia.
Can parents observe the program? Parents are invited to attend a Parent Talk and Graduation ceremony on the last day of the program. On that day facilitators will brief parents on what the kids learned over the ten days. After the talk, the kids will join their parents for a graduation ceremony.
Can kids contact their parents during camp? To keep in contact with your children, students will be allowed a mobile phone (which is kept by our staff and distributed during one meal time) and they will be able to call home every day if they like. We will also post pictures on our website every day with a description of what your children learned.
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