Camp Organization

Kreative Kangaroo Program

The Kreative Kangaroo program is a six week session for four year olds and the hours are 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. There are typically twenty-four children in the unit. The unit is led by a Unit Leader with a Head Counselor and a Counselor assisting. Campers begin the day in their homeroom. Morning activities include dance, woodworking, computers, drama, and various free choice activities in the classroom. Campers have swimming five days a week. There is group time and outside time every day. Campers eat lunch with their group followed by rest time and then playground/choice time.

Junior Camp Program (Units A-D)

The Junior Camp is a six week session and offers choices in arts and crafts, computers, dance, drama, music, science, sports, and woodworking to children entering Kindergarten through third grade. Each day campers gather in the Gully for a period of song, skits, and announcements. Morning activities include instructional swim and snack (provided by the camp). After lunch there is a short quiet time and then free swim and mixed-age activities. Unit D campers (campers entering 3rd grade) participate in the Senior Camp afternoon workshops. In the Junior Camp, campers are grouped in units by grade. Each unit has three homerooms of 15 to 20 campers. Units B and C offer one special Extended Day. Unit D campers are offered one overnight at camp. Junior Camp staff for Units A through C are usually generalists who lead/assist children in a variety of activities during the camp day. Junior Camp staff for Unit D are usually specialists who lead or assist a specific subject activity, including arts and crafts, creative dramatics, computers, or sports.

Senior Camp Program (Units E-H)

The Senior Camp program is offered to campers in 2 three week sessions. Senior Camp begins each day in homeroom. The morning includes five activity periods chosen by the camper for each three-week period. The activities offered include: art, computer, dance, filmmaking, music, digital photography, drama, cooking, photography, science, swimming, sports, and woodworking. After lunch, there are two activity workshops chosen by the camper on a daily basis. Campers are placed in homerooms by grade and then attend chosen activities in mixed age groupings. Outdoor education trips are offered during the second session. Senior Camp staff and pool staff are usually specialists who lead/assist a specific subject activity in the morning and lead or assist with a variety of activities in afternoon workshops.