Summer camp options
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Anonymous
| Where and what type do you send your kids to summer camp? I have been wondering if private school parents send their kids to different summer camps than public school kids in montgomery county? |
Anonymous
| What age are you talking about? Makes a huge difference in answers. |
Anonymous
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You are overthinking this.
I think the only difference you’ll see is that some/many private schools offer their own summer camps. Everyone, no matter where they go to school, can enroll. However, don’t be surprised to see for example, SR girls at SR camps (and so on). Beyond that, private school kids go to all of the normal summer camps. Calleva, sports camps, overnight camps, special interest camps for things like drama or music or cooking, etc. |
Anonymous
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My kid has done public and private school.
She did many years at Camp Sonshine. Now she’s in MS she’s mainly doing sports camps. I have no idea if the kids she goes with her private or public school students. This is a weird question. |
Anonymous
| Our private school has a summer camp, and for the elementary school kids there is a noticeable decline in behavior as about 70% of the kids are not students there. Presumably these are the behavior problems that public schools deal with. We have stopped sending our kid to this camp as these kids ruin it. |
Anonymous
Lol wut. It's summer camp. All kids are breathing and being kids. |
Anonymous
No, these are real problematic behaviors that none of the actual students at the school have. It is really upsetting to hear about what these kids say and so during the camp day. |
Anonymous
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Hmm. That sounds like a very specific issue, with some bad kids. I hope the camp dealt with it. It's an overgeneralization to think this is universal.
My private school kids have never experienced anything like what you are describing at any camp. |
Anonymous
My public school kids go to private school camps and I have always noticed that the parent population is very different. Lots of giant SUVs and a&&holes at pickup for the private school camps - even when the kids take the bus. It's not zero at public school pickup but it's way more in private. I went to a private school myself, and was the child of a faculty member, so I heard plenty from my parent about how my classmates behaved and how their parents behaved. Don't fool yourself into thinking private school equals well behaved kid. |
Anonymous
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Op here. I am asking on this forum because most families I know from school attend nearby camps out of conveniences or county/city ones due to affordable price. I have more summer camp budgets, and work flexibilities for drop off /pick up. I want to seek other camp options that I may not be aware of through private school families in montgomery county.
My 4th grader has tried calleva camp, kayaking, rock climbing, and sleep away camp. Any more adventurous outdoor summer camp in the area? He is into stem, not the computer coding. He is into skill trainings on basketball, soccer and swimming. My 1st grader loves all girls camp. She misses preschool days that they did many fun activities together unlike now school days all about academic learning. She will thrive in an indoor camps with some fun outdoor time. |
Anonymous
For your little, check out CASA at Sheridan. It’s the BEST! |
Anonymous
| We have loved Landon camps for our daughter. |
Anonymous
| Creative Summer at Holton is pretty amazing. It might already be full, since sign ups opened last week. |
Anonymous
| Bretton Woods, sleepaway camps |
Anonymous
| We live Camp Hidden Meadows, a sleep a way camp in WV, but they have local buses. Perfect for my kid a year older than yours. |