Type: Sleep Away

Description:

AstroCamp Science & Adventure Summer Camp is an overnight camp located in the beautiful pine forests of the San Jacinto Mountains of California. Our trained, knowledgeable, and FUN staff will inspire your camper, helping them grow academically, socially, and personally. We’ve created a unique mix of science and space exploration activities like telescope observations, beginning and advanced rocketry, planetary and solar science, coupled with mountain adventure activities like camp outs, mountain biking, archery, rock climbing and bouldering to name a few. If you like fantasy adventure activities, plan for Dungeons and Dragons, LARPING, and other amazing role playing games.

AstroCamp is open to all boys and girls ages 8-17 both here in the US and abroad, we offer one week programs (ages 8-13) and two-week programs (ages 12-17) to meet the specific social, emotional, and educational needs and interests of our campers. Since the vast majority of our return campers say that AstroCamp is one of the biggest positive influences in their lives, AstroCamp’s staff strives to create a welcoming, accepting, nurturing, and mentally stimulating environment for all of our campers. This helps to explain why 70% of our campers, each summer, are returners and stay with us at least three summers.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Founded in 1930, the Bar 717 Ranch is the oldest accredited co-educational summer camp in California. For 89 years the Bar 717 Ranch has offered children ages 8-16 an opportunity to spend the summer on a beautiful mountain ranch.   The camp property consists of mountains and meadows, rivers and ponds for swimming, creeks for exploring and miles of trails to discover. Through ranch activities, the camp program emphasizes taking responsibility for oneself and others in a non-competitive, supportive environment.   Campers choose freely from activities: horsemanship, backpacking, gardening, animal care, river swimming, arts/crafts, photography, riflery, music, archery, blacksmithing, ceramics and more.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Give your child a life-changing experience at Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, California. We’re a small nature-based resident camp, in a pine forest on the Pacific Ocean. Your camper will build friendships, experience amazing nature, and just get to be a kid! Our Teen Programs will let you older kids travel with new friends and explore some beautiful and fun places! We know you’ll agree, there is no place like Camp Ocean Pines.

Type: Adventure Camp, Art & Nature, Camps for Girls, Sleep Away

Description:

Camp Osito Rancho is Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles’ premier outdoor leadership center. Campers spend a week in beautiful Big Bear Lake hiking, climbing, ziplining, horseback riding, and so much more! The best part…you don’t have to be a Girl Scout to enjoy a summer at camp!

Type: Adventure Camp, Arts Education, Camps for Girls, Creative, DJ and Music Production, Music, Sleep Away, Teen

Description:

Camp Spin Off is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that strives to bring together teenagers from around the world with one common passion: music. The only overnight summer camp of its kind, Camp Spin Off uses DJing and Music Production as a means to inspire creativity.

Our mission is to provide teens with a life-changing outdoor camp experience with the best soundtrack! We foster a unique summer camp community where music lovers, aspiring DJs and budding music producers are able to hear, create and experience music differently.

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Through sound challenges, technical and theory based DJ classes, music production and business classes campers learn about music in a new way. When campers aren’t in the lab formulating DJ sets or transforming random sounds into a beat, you can find them on the zip-lines, learning how to salsa dance, playing water volleyball, tie-dying shirts or finding their zen in a morning meditation session.

Type: Camps for Girls, Sleep Away

Description:

We believe that during their summers at Waukeela, Girls become the best version of themselves. Beyond all of the amazing activities we offer, we believe that camp truly prepares our campers for life as independent, thoughtful and self-confident young women.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Canyon Creek Summer Camp provides a safe, non-competitive environment where boys and girls build confidence and independence, learn teamwork and develop problem-solving skills. We are your premier California overnight summer camp!

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Established in 1922, Catalina Island Camps is a coed sleepaway camp who hosts campers currently in 1st through 10th grade from all over the world. Our programs are built around our mission of helping campers develop life-long skills through fun & unique outdoor experiences in a community that cultivates respect for self, others & the environment. During 1, 2 and 4 week sessions, campers have the opportunity to participate in a number of land and sea activities. These activities include Skin Diving, Sailing, Kayaking, Stand Up Paddling, Climbing Wall, High Ropes Course and Zip Line, Archery, Nature, Gardening and Composting, Overnights, Hikes, Swimming and much more.  Come to camp to Unplug, Connect and Discover.

Check out the Catalina Island Camps website for all the dates and rates.

Type: Academic, Day Camp, Outdoors, Sleep Away, Sports

Description:

Wake up to a delicious breakfast in the dining hall, spend a day filled with excitement and challenge, and relax after dinner with new friends from around the world.

No matter what summer program you sign up to attend, you’ll get to experience a taste of Cate – the rigor of East Coast prep schools with the adventurous spirit of the West Coast. Where else will you sleep in dorms overlooking the Pacific, walk to class or the sports field with the Los Padres National Forest as a constant backdrop, or build a genuine connection with yet another teacher or coach?

Type: Academic, Sleep Away, STEM

Description:

4 Week residential camp in Santa Barbara County at Dunn School focused on academic improvement and STEM. STEM Academy will focus on robotics, rocketry, genetics and space with special guest speakers and field trips. Morning classes and afternoon enrichments, evening activities and weekend trips.

Type: Academic, Day Camp, Robotics, Sleep Away, STEM, Tech

Description:

This summer, your child can explore a prestigious campus, make friends as they master new tech skills, and join a community of over 400,000 alumni! At iD Tech Camps, students ages 7-17 learn to code, develop video games, design Fortnite-inspired levels, produce videos, engineer robots, model and print 3D characters, build laptops, and more!

Weeklong day and overnight programs are held at 150+ prestigious campuses worldwide including UCLA, Stanford, NYU, and University of Cambridge. Guaranteed small classes ensure personalized learning and proper pacing for students of all experience levels. Programs instill in-demand skills that embolden students to shape the future.

Type: Adventure Camp, Sleep Away

Description:

We are a marine science ship camp that sets sail for Catalina. We teach while snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, and even scuba diving.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Give your kids the experience of a lifetime this summer on a spacious, 900 acre working ranch in the Sierras of Northern California.  Mountain Meadow is a unique, classic traditional, co-ed summer camp offering many activities campers can choose from daily.  Enrollment is limited to 120 campers to ensure a more personalized camp experience for each child and a family-like environment.  Friendships flourish and life-skills are acquired as campers take on challenges and new experiences with the encouragement of our college-age staff.  Two and four week sessions are offered, and kids ages 7 to 16 are welcome to enroll.  We provide staff-escorted transportation to/from LAX to Reno on specific flights;  from Reno it’s a short bus ride to camp.  Activities include horseback riding, animal care, archery, fishing, extensive high & low ropes challenge courses, 800 ft long zip line, campfires & songfests, water sports both on site and at Lake Almanor, backpack trips, hikes, weekend competitions and events, and so much more.  63 Summers family owned and operated, 3rd Generation Directors.  WAIC and ACA accredited, references available upon request.

704-950 Wingfield Road – Susanville, CA  96130 (between Reno/Tahoe Airport and Mt. Lassen Volcanic Nat’l Park)

Type: Academic, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Coding, Creative, Day Camp, ESL, Fine Arts, Junior Camp, Leadership, Sleep Away, STEM, Tech

Description:

Located in Southern California, Ojai Valley School offers speciality summer camps in Robotics and Flight, Equestrian, English Language, Fine Arts & Leadership. Campers spend mornings immersed in these fields, then come together for afternoon activities. These include Archery, Arts & Crafts, Woodshop, Equestrian, Swimming, Photography, Ping Pong, Cooking, Dance & more! Resident campers conclude their day with evening activities & social time in the dorms.

On-campus facilites include dorms, swimming pool, soccer field, basketball & tennis courts, fine & performing arts centers, and equestrian stables. OVS Summer Camp is an extension of the diverse curriculum offered during the academic year at Ojai Valley School. Our flexible schedule allows resident campers (ages 8-15) and day campers (ages 3-15) to enroll for 2, 4, or 6-week sessions.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Outdoor Journeys is a non-profit youth development organization, which operates a residential camp program, Camp Nawakwa, near Angelus Oaks, California and a day camp program, Camp Blue Sky, near Upland, California.

It is our mission to inspire individuals to connect with the natural world.

Camp Nawakwa is open to everyone! We embrace the uniqueness of all young people and their families. We ensure that every child has a place, no matter his or her background or age.

Type: Academic, Creative Writing, Design, Photography, Sleep Away, Tech

Description:

Are you in 7th or 8th grade? Join us in Los Angeles this summer for the Oxbridge at UCLA Prep program! Oxbridge has been welcoming intellectually adventurous students for over 30 years on our academic summer programs. In Los Angeles, students reside on the campus of UCLA and select a Major and a Workshop course from Creative Writing, Photography, Design, & New Media, Speech & Debate, and Augmented Reality & Game Design. Each day, students take part in chaperoned activities on and off campus. All meals are provided and our team is on-site 24/7 to provide for the well-being of our students. To learn more about this program, and all of our programs for students in grades 7-12, please visit our website.

Type: Sleep Away

Description:

Located in the foothills of Sequoia National Park, River Way Ranch Camp offers children, ages 7-16, a summer of friendships and memories to last a lifetime. Campers may choose from 75 activities including waterskiing, horseback riding, ropes course, mini-bikes, go-karts, waverunners, gymnastics, overnights and more.

With an emphasis on the first time campers, River Way provides exciting experiences, focusing on increasing self-confidence. Campers, ages 7-9, remain with their counselors throughout the day participating in a variety of activities, while 10-16-year-olds customize their schedules.

Specialty camps are available. Call 1-800-821-2801 or email info@riverwayranchcamp.com for brochure.

Dates and Rates:
Session 1 (2 weeks) June 16-June 29, 2019   $4,145.00

Session 2 (2 weeks) June 30-July 13, 2019   $4,145.00

Session 3 (2 weeks)  July 14-July 27, 2019 $4,245.00

Session 4 (2 weeks) July 28 -August 10, 2019   $4,245.00

Session 1A (1 week) June 16 – June 22, 2019  $2,245.00

Session 4A (1 week) July 28-August 3, 2019  $2,245.00

Session 4B (1 week) August 4-August 10, 2019  $2,245.00

Type: Acting, Arts Education, Dance, Day Camp, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Sleep Away, Theater

Description:

SOCAPA offers one to six-week summer intensives in Filmmaking, Acting, Music, Dance, Photography and Screenwriting in LA, NYC and VT.  Our students travel from around the world to participate in our programs. Campers of all experience levels are challenged to advance their skills through hands-on learning with teachers who are leaders in their fields.  The intensity of creative expression and artistic development on our campuses is testimony to the hard work of the students and staff.  We hope you’ll join us to explore your creativity in a supportive environment among friends!

Camp Location(s):
Occidental College: 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90041
Pace University: 182 Broadway, New York, NY 10038
NYU Brooklyn: 101 Johnson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Champlain College: 320 Maple Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Type: Arts Education, Creative, Film, Music, Performing Arts, Sleep Away, Teen, Travel Camp, Visual Arts, Voice

Description:

The Collective Sound Summer Music Academy offers three-week residential programs in Southern California and Barcelona, Spain, that provide young musicians, ages 12 – 18, with an intensive musical experience focused on collaboration. Students are placed into bands where they are guided through the original songwriting process with other young musicians from around the world. Students then record in a professional studio, storyboard and shoot a music video, learn about music technology, discuss the current state of the music industry and perform on a multi-show regional tour.

Type: Sleep Away, Travel Camp

Description:

TFT has revolutionized teen travel by creating fun and authentic programs that combine experiential learning with cultural immersion. Teens love our programs because we focus on “doing” and not just seeing. Every program uses a hands-on approach to discover what it means to live like a local in each place that we visit. 2019 Program Guide – https://www.travelforteens.com/2019-program-guide/