If you are a DCPS/PC family, how much do you spend on summer camp/care?

[Anonymous]

3 kids. 5k. We don't have aftercare costs so I put it aside through my dependent care account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$2500 for one child for 5 weeks. This will be our third year doing the camp we chose. The $500 includes before and after care and transportation to and from.

Valley Mill? If so, do you like?

[Anonymous]

We do a mix of affordable camps ($180-$220), and more expensive camps ($300-$350) and take about 1-2 weeks off. I would say about $2500 total.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$2500 for one child for 5 weeks. This will be our third year doing the camp we chose. The $500 includes before and after care and transportation to and from.

Valley Mill? If so, do you like?[/quote

My kids are there this week. They are having a blast. They come home tired and dirty and full of stories and adventures.

[Anonymous]

We are doing two weeks of camp each for two kids=1300
Plus four weeks of our awesome college sitter=2250 (Fridays off)
Plus a week at the beach
Plus two weeks with grandma

So around 3550 for two kids.

[Anonymous]

DCPS summer is 9 weeks. One year a while back it was 10 weeks, but normally is 9 weeks.

We do 6 weeks of camp for two kids. Day camps vary a bit, but usually average $500/week per child with either aftercare or transportation. We do a mix of traditional camp and arts or sports camps.

Sleep away camp is $1000/week and we are adding that to the mix as our kids get older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS summer is 9 weeks. One year a while back it was 10 weeks, but normally is 9 weeks.

We do 6 weeks of camp for two kids. Day camps vary a bit, but usually average $500/week per child with either aftercare or transportation. We do a mix of traditional camp and arts or sports camps.

Sleep away camp is $1000/week and we are adding that to the mix as our kids get older.

This is not typical. This is in the extreme scale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS summer is 9 weeks. One year a while back it was 10 weeks, but normally is 9 weeks.

We do 6 weeks of camp for two kids. Day camps vary a bit, but usually average $500/week per child with either aftercare or transportation. We do a mix of traditional camp and arts or sports camps.

Sleep away camp is $1000/week and we are adding that to the mix as our kids get older.

This is not typical. This is in the extreme scale.

That's the average high end. Remember aftercare/beforecare costs, too. I'm not this PP, but we do camps that are roughly $300-$400 a week, without aftercare or before care. Places like Homerun baseball, Headfirst, Sidwell, Cleveland Park club, Glen Echo, etc. So NW type camps. The Y is a week we save money, Headfirst is more expensive.

[Anonymous]

the JCC and the Zoo are over $500 per week if you work an 8 hour day and therefore need before and aftercare.

Daycare used to be a good option . Now we do camps that range from about $200 to $350 per wrk. Plus sometimes we need to drive depending on camp location. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Weeks 1 & 2: Sleepaway camp - $150 (total)
Week 3: Staycation
Weeks 4 thru 6: SEEK engineering camp - free
Weeks 7 & 8: DPR @ Turkey Thicket - $130
Week 9: Undecided

[Anonymous]

Good if you can afford them, but we do a lot of good camps that are less than $300 including aftercare. Sure, we may splurge for 1-2 more expensive one but quite honestly, we'd rather use the money for a summer vacation at the beach. The Y vs. Sidwell, I'll take the Y. There are also many camp specials via certifikid that we take advantage of. Or sign up with a good martial arts camp in advance for less than $200.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weeks 1 & 2: Sleepaway camp - $150 (total)
Week 3: Staycation
Weeks 4 thru 6: SEEK engineering camp - free
Weeks 7 & 8: DPR @ Turkey Thicket - $130
Week 9: Undecided

Nice!!! Where is the sleepaway camp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weeks 1 & 2: Sleepaway camp - $150 (total)
Week 3: Staycation
Weeks 4 thru 6: SEEK engineering camp - free
Weeks 7 & 8: DPR @ Turkey Thicket - $130
Week 9: Undecided

Nice!!! Where is the sleepaway camp?

Camp Dogwood in Madison, Virginia. Sponsored by the AnBryce Foundation.

[Anonymous]

With DPR or camps that are $50-$100/week, you get what you pay for. $10K is unrealistic for a 3 year old. Probably closer to $3k at the better camps (~$350-400) for 9 weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With DPR or camps that are $50-$100/week, you get what you pay for. $10K is unrealistic for a 3 year old. Probably closer to $3k at the better camps (~$350-400) for 9 weeks

My kid did DPR and a whole bunch of more expensive ones. Granted he's only 6, but he much prefers DPR over Sidwell, Lowell and a few others.