Reviews for Summer at Potomac?

[Anonymous]

Hi, does anyone have experience at this camp? Interested in it for a rising 4th grader.

[Anonymous]

Summer @ Potomac has multiple camps for 4th graders. It might be helpful to clarify which you are interested in.

https://summeratpotomac.org/grade_program/grade-4/?open=Grade%204

As a general comment I will say their bus drives me crazy (i.e., it doesn't keep to schedule).

[Anonymous]

My kids do the 3-week day camp sessions every year and love it. They’ve also enjoyed the 1-week specialized camps on other weeks. DS is aging out nxt year and wants to be a CIT then counselor after that. I like it because my kids are happy, the hours are good, and I’m not running a taxi to multiple camps at different times all summer. It keeps us on a schedule. We have not had any issues with the bus that pp mentioned but we live only a few miles from the school and our stop is a main drop/pickup point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids do the 3-week day camp sessions every year and love it. They’ve also enjoyed the 1-week specialized camps on other weeks. DS is aging out nxt year and wants to be a CIT then counselor after that. I like it because my kids are happy, the hours are good, and I’m not running a taxi to multiple camps at different times all summer. It keeps us on a schedule. We have not had any issues with the bus that pp mentioned but we live only a few miles from the school and our stop is a main drop/pickup point.

Meant to add my younger child is a rising 4th grader and she’s already talking about camp and won’t consider any others - I’ve asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Summer @ Potomac has multiple camps for 4th graders. It might be helpful to clarify which you are interested in.

https://summeratpotomac.org/grade_program/grade-4/?open=Grade%204

As a general comment I will say their bus drives me crazy (i.e., it doesn't keep to schedule).

NP but since you asked…looking at Tinkering or one of the fashion options. It looks like Tinkering is taught by a Potomac teacher and the others by a hired company (DEAN Adventure Camps). Not sure if there’s a difference in quality between the two types.

[Anonymous]

My kids did the Potomac soccer camp and it was awful. The staff said it was too hot (with very normal DC June temps) so they had the kids inside watching movies for a huge chunk of the day. They were watching 2 full movies a day, plus lunch.

The camp was supposed to include swimming but the staff said the kids took too long to change so they didn't even bother trying to swim after the first day.

It was a huge disappointment for a very, very expensive camp.