Anonymous
07/18/2025 15:43
Subject: Summer 2025 Camp Reviews
Anonymous wrote:MCPD Police camp for one week. Was free and my 13yo loved it. They went to the Police Academy one day and did drills like pulling a car over and entering a house where an armed suspect might be.
Also wore “ drunk goggles” and tried to drive a go kart through cones without knocking any over.
It’s good if you have a kid that might be interested in LE
Where was this advertised?
Anonymous
07/18/2025 14:58
Subject: Summer 2025 Camp Reviews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Now that camps are in full swing, I thought it would be helpful to start a 2025 camp review thread.
So far, we have only done Calleva, and it has not disappointed by 7 or 13 year olds. Calleva is especially good for older kids. One thing to know about Calleva is that they have camp every day, including on Juneteenth and the 4th of July. I love sending my kids on those days because DH and I get date day, as we both have them off.
Calleva is not a safe camp
Love it when the bus drivers go to Harris Teeter for beers
Or when someone gets hurt the rest of the group sits in the emergency room
Never send a kid under 12
Calleva is awesome! Bus drivers do not go buy beer or make all the kids sit in the ER. This is totally made up and laughable. Calleva is wonderful! Amazing counselors and has always been a highlight of my sons' summer.
DP here. We have had more than a few concerning incidents at Calleva and not sure if we will return next year. The counselors have a strange tendency to teach mean behavior and songs to the kids in an attempt to be fun and cool.
Anonymous
07/18/2025 09:39
Subject: Summer 2025 Camp Reviews
Brookside Nature Center camp has not disappointed (as always). It has definitely been a highlight of DC's (6 yo) summer. It helps that DC is obsessed with bugs, but it is also very well run by naturalists who are fantastic with kids.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 09:32
Subject: Summer 2025 Camp Reviews
Anonymous wrote:MCPD Police camp for one week. Was free and my 13yo loved it. They went to the Police Academy one day and did drills like pulling a car over and entering a house where an armed suspect might be.
Also wore “ drunk goggles” and tried to drive a go kart through cones without knocking any over.
It’s good if you have a kid that might be interested in LE
This honestly sounds really fun.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 09:27
Subject: Summer 2025 Camp Reviews
Anonymous wrote:Camp Acorn in Capitol Hill was a huge hit the two weeks we did in June. The kids did great field trips nearly daily (Smithsonian, Arboretum, Capitol grounds, splash pads, etc) but they also managed the super hot weather really well.
We are there this week (first week for us) and I am thrilled to hear this! Everyone we've met at the camp seems great and it was one of the better run drop offs I've been to. I am mildly worried about the heat just because kids can get so cranky when it's hot out but they seem to have a really good plan in place. Fingers crossed it goes well, my kid is ultra picky about camps and thinks are either a hit or a huge miss.