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2•4•1 Gaston Day
Gaston Day School, 2001 Gaston Day School Rd, Gastonia, NC
Summer 2022 Dates:
June 13-17
Registration available after November 15
Camp goes from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
(Before and After Care is available. Sign up during the registration process if you want it all week - otherwise drop in rates are available).
For a sense of the sort of camp experience your child would get- watch this great clip from CT News Channel 8 about 2-4-1 Sports!
About Camp
At 2-4-1 Gaston Day in Summer 2022, we are excited to expose your children to the state-of-the-art facility at beautiful Gaston Day School with a gorgeous air-condtioned indoor field house and multiple playing fields. All campers will get to sample multiple sports and enjoy lunch in the campus' beautiful dining hall. We expect to send out a GoogleForm as camp draws near allowing those registered campers going into Grades 3-9 to choose from the following fun-filled sport choices (subject to change):
Soccer, Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Flag Football, Racket Sports (Pickleball, Badminton, Table Tennis, etc), Volleyball, and Universal Sports (see description below).
Universal Sports: Campers love that they never know what they'll get each day. Each year it can vary and sometimes even involves community partnerships. Maybe it's the Israeli dodgeball game known as GaGa. Maybe it's Team Handball or Ultimate Frisbee. Whatever it is, you can rest assured, it's incredibly fun and the skills learned crossover to our traditional sport offerings.
When campers arrive on Day 1 - they will receive a name tag showing the order of their sports based on their choices.
Campers will have the option of bringing their own lunch or purchasing lunch from the GDS dining services.
Those campers going into Grades 1 and 2 will follow their own format. See description for Junior 2-4-1 below.
Sample Schedule
For Boys and Girls Grades 3 to 9 (fall of 2022).
Just a typical day at 2•4•1 Sports:
(keep in mind this is just a sample – your day will depend on your sport choices).
For the Junior 2-4-1 Format (grades 1 and 2) see below.
| 8:45 | Arrival |
| 9:00 -10:30 | Sport 1 (eg. Racket Sports) |
| 10:30 -10:45 | Break – crossover to sport 2 |
| 10:45 -12:15 | Sport 2 (eg. Soccer) |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Lunch (gather at end of lunch for announcements/contest of the day winners etc.) |
| 1:00 - 2:55 | Sport 3 – (eg. Basketball) *A 15 minute "all-camp break is built in at 2:41pm – everyday we gather for a special surprise to take a break from the afternoon heat and to celebrate 2-4-1! |
| 3:00 | Dismissal |
Junior 2•4•1
For boys and girls going into grades 1 and 2 (fall of 2022)
While the times and dates of Junior 2•4•1 are the same as our traditional camp, the programming itself is age-appropriately different. In keeping in line with the “2•4•1 Crossover Effect” – we see it as so important that these youngest athletes crossover to our traditional program having had the most positive of experiences. With that in mind – our staff focuses on infusing skill instruction into serious fun! We want their first introduction to multiple-sports to be one where they leave asking for more! Junior campers don’t choose sports - we bring the sports to them!
Tuition
Tuition: Only $329 before March 31 ($359 between April 1 and June 13)
Be sure to use the coupon codes listed below during the registration process to receive the discounts.
Discounts available at registration time for the following - note that coupons can be “Stacked” when applicable. Be sure to enter the codes in bold below when starting the registration process.
- EARLYBIRD ends March 31 at midnight.
- Option to pay by check or credit card - if paying by check be sure to use Coupon Code MAILPAYMENT to move forward during registration process.
- Sibling - Use Coupon Code SIBLING2 for all children after your first registrant. Please do not use code for your first child.
Camp Staff
Camp Director: Casey Field
Casey Field is the long-time Athletic Director at Gaston Day School (GDS). Coach Field is proud of the highly respected Athletic Department he has built at GDS where roughly 70% of students in 6th-12th grades participate in one or more sports. Gaston Day has been home to state champions, athletic award recipients, and individuals receiving college athletic scholarships. GDS is also home to students-athletes who give their best to their team on a daily basis without much public recognition.
A graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South, Coach Field recently announced that the GDS Athletic Department was just recognized by the Aspen Institute's Project Play as one of four model programs in the United States.
2-4-1 Sports is delighted to be collaborating with a visionary like Coach Field and having our campers be exposed to his leadership and the wonderful coaches and Student-Athletes at GDS,
2-4-1 Co-Founder: Steve Boyle
is a former Division 1 basketball player (Manhattan College). In NYC and Seattle, WA, he coached soccer, basketball, track and field and x-country. In Seattle, he founded Boyle’s Cougar Hoop Camp for Girls, the largest all-girls camp in the state of Washington at the time. Steve was aschool counselor in West Hartford for 20 years where he has coached Varsity basketball, track and field, freshman and JV soccer. Steve currently is the Principal at Crossover Consulting Group where his major project is helping to develop the Whittle School & Studios Physical Literacy Development model on their campuses in Washington DC, Brooklyn, NY, Shenzhen and Suzhou, China. Steve is also the Advisory Board Chair at the National Association of Physical Literacy and is on the board of The Miracle League of Connecticut. A life long lover of sport, Steve still regularly plays basketball, tennis or soccer and loves to run and spin!
2-4-1 Co-Founder: Kerry Boyle
is a former Division 1 lacrosse and field hockey player (Bucknell University). She has coached basketball, lacrosse and tennis in Baltimore, NYC and Seattle, WA. Kerry recently left a 30 year career in teaching and athletic administration. After starting as a teacher in Maryland and New York City, Kerry served as an Athletic Director in Seattle for 5 years and at the Watkinson School in Hartford, CT where she also coached Varsity lacrosse for 22 years. An active member in Connecticut politics, Kerry now devotes her time to growing 2-4-1 Sports internationally with a focus on bringing physical literacy and sport sampling to underserved populations. Kerry models the "Active for Life" philosophy as she can be seen daily in some form of vigorous exercise or fun filled play!
General Refund Policy
Handled through our registration partner - CampDoc.com
If before May 1st - 75% refund
If before June 1st - 25% refund
No refunds available after June 1st
If before June 1st - 25% refund
No refunds available after June 1st
Thank you for your understanding as all cost and staffing decisions are based on enrollments.
For our COVID-relate Refund Policy click HERE
The following are our COVID Specific Protocols/Changes/Modifications for Summer 2021 - We will update these for summer 2021 as camp draws more near based on then current requirements.
Please note that additional specific details will be emailed as camp draws closer, but the following are large changes for you to be aware of:
As camp will be held primarily outdoors, we have moved the hours of camp to 8AM-2 PM
Campers will be assigned to cohorts of 10-14 children and spend camp that week with their cohort (campers can request a friend to be with).
If the forecast indicates dangerous weather for that day, we will cancel and the Saturday of that week will be a makeup. If we must cancel 2 days, a prorated credit will be made available for a future program.
While staff will be required to have mask available at all times, campers are not required unless going indoors (which is why we are not allowing the cohorts to co-mingle).
As we work to make camp as fun and as safe as possible, for a detailed rationale of these and other changes that 2-4-1 is considering at all of our programs, please read this post from earlier this summer.