Before selecting your preferred camp providers/sessions, it’s important that you become familiar with them. Contact the camps and/or visit their websites to learn more about them, and make sure your child participates in the selection process. The more involved your child is, the more ownership he or she will feel, which can help your child be even more successful at camp!

Consider the Following in Making Your Selections

• Is the distance away from home a concern?
• What is the preferred session length (i.e., short or long)?
• Do we want a co-ed or same-gender camp?
• What type of activities are offered? Does the camp have a specialty/focus, or does it offer traditional programming where children can try a little of everything ?
• How is my child’s camp schedule created? Are activities assigned by the camp or are they selected by my child?
• What are the camp’s facilities like?
  
  
  • Sleeping accommodations: cabin, dormitory or tent
  • Amenities: electricity in sleeping area, shower in sleeping area toilet in sleeping area
  • Waterfront: lake, pool or both
• Are there required and/or optional additional fees (e.g., uniforms, canteen, private lessons, off-site trips, specialty programming, trunk and/or linen rentals, luggage transport, medication shipping/delivery service, laundry service, etc.)?
• Does the camp’s mission and philosophy reinforce my own family’s values?
• How will the camp communicate with me while my child is there?
• How can I communicate with my child while he or she is at camp?