*For preschool aged campers: please select your child's age at the time they will start camp.
*For elementary aged campers: please select your child's rising grade.
Elementary and Middle School Camps
Creative Crafts Galore
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Makena
Let’s get crafty! Learn how to create handmade gifts. Campers will make salt scrubs, candles, bookmarks, sun catchers, bracelets, and more!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Travel Adventures
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
Travel around the world using your imagination. “Visit Hawaii” to learn about the landscape, nature, and culture in this beautiful part of the world. “Head to Alaska” to learn about the wildlife on land and in the sea. Students will create a travel log as they explore the USA.
Urban Inspiration
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Spofford
Feeling inspired? Campers will spend the week strolling through downtown Charlottesville visiting art in place, sculptures, murals, and galleries. Using mixed media we will create art based on our observations and discoveries. Let your imagination and curiosity fly by viewing art, being inspired by art, and making art at this urban art camp!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Take a Dive Under the Sea
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
Let’s dive into learning about the ocean and sea animals! Students will research sea life and bring the creatures to life with different arts and crafts. If you love the ocean or animals this camp is for you.
Games Galore!
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Rachel
Campers will learn to make their own games as they build teamwork skills, learn to communicate, cooperate, and enjoy time outdoors.
Afternoon Bears Camp - Polar Explorers
12:00pm-3:30pm
(1st -4th Grade)
Let’s be Polar Explorers! Discover the beauty of the North and South Poles through photography and adventure stories. Make balloon globes, research penguins and narwhals, and learn about the triumphant Shackleton expedition.
Music Camp
8:45am - 12:00pm
(3rd - 6th Grade)
With Mr. Luke
At Charlottesville Day School's music camp, rising third through sixth graders will learn about basic musical notation through hands-on activities, construct their own instruments to study the science behind sound, play musical games outdoors, and much more! Students who already play an instrument may bring them along if they wish, but no prior musical experience is required.
Afternoon Bears Camp - Polar Explorers
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
Let’s be Polar Explorers! Discover the beauty of the North and South Poles through photography and adventure stories. Make balloon globes, research penguins and narwhals, and learn about the triumphant Shackleton expedition.
Strong Emotions: Building Empathy, Kindness, and Character (No camp on July 4th)
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Rachel
Kindness, Empathy, Resilience, Courage, and Creativity...skills for life! Campers will create projects and explore ways to be more kind, empathetic, resilient, and courageous throughout the week!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Let's go back to Ancient Greece (No camp on July 4th)
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
Travel back in time to Ancient Greece. Study ancient architecture, mythology and art. Explore with books and projects. Learn the Greek alphabet and spend an afternoon reenacting the first Olympics.
Sportsmania!
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Goodloe
Join Ms. Goodloe for a high energy week of sports and PE games. This week will be spent outdoors, in the gym, and at Meade Park playing sports such as volleyball, soccer, basketball, ultimate frisbee, and floor hockey as well as some favorite PE games and minute-to-win-it challenges. We will also focus on healthy food choices that give our bodies optimum energy to play!
Afternoon Bears Camp - African Animals and Habitats
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
African Animals and Habitats
Let’s take a safari and learn about the animals and their habitats in Africa. We will make jungle slime and animal masks. Students will research endangered animals and what we can do to support their survival.
Bookmaking: Read, Write, Play!
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Young
Join friends on a reading adventure! Campers will experience all aspects of reading and writing while experiencing stories in many exciting ways. They will become authors, illustrators, and storytellers, and embrace the joy of listening to many wonderful tales. Campers will also have the chance to be active and play outside, enjoying all that summer has to offer!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Take a Tour of South America
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
So many sights to see in South America! Let’s explore Angel Falls, the Amazon River, the Amazon Rainforest, Machu Picchu, and more. Learn customs and traditions of the people in different countries. Let’s cook and eat recipes from different South American cultures.
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Rauth
Love to dance? Enjoy stretching into yoga zen? Want to create some healthy recipes? Come move your body to a beat and feel healthy during this fitness and cooking class. In this camp, students will play active games, discover new dance moves, and eat healthy and delicious snacks that they have cooked. Join this camp and do something good for your mind and body!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Futuristic Fun
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
It’s time to dream about the future. Engineer your own futuristic machines, design and create clothes that meet the style of the future, and then write stories and plays to share you vision of the future!
Future Engineers: Topping Towers and Building Bridges
8:45am - 12:00pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
With Ms. Megan
Come build, problem solve, create, and explore as campers jump into the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)! Each day, campers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in one of these areas, working on projects that encourage cooperation and collaboration. Whether it is building bridges to cross an imaginary river or brightening the world with beautiful works of art, campers are sure to grow in this exciting and engaging week of camp!
Afternoon Bears Camp - Blast off to Outer Space
12:00pm - 3:30pm
(1st - 4th Grade)
Create a spacecraft and investigate outer space. Learn about the stars and planets while exploring our solar system. Students will learn facts and create fantasies about outer space!
Theater Camps
Madagascar, Jr
8:45am - 3:30pm
(4th - 8th Grade)
With Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Sury
Come join Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Sury this summer with Madagascar - A Musical Adventure JR! This blockbuster DreamWorks adventure follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin' friends as they escape from their home in New York's Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien's Madagascar.
Preschool Camps: 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, Rising Kindergarteners
Under the Sea
(2 years old)
Let’s splash into summer! Campers will learn about aquatic animals and habitats while exploring water and the outdoors.
Under The Sea
(3 years old)
Let’s splash into summer! Campers will learn about aquatic animals and habitats while exploring water and the outdoors.
Under the Sea
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Let’s splash into summer! Campers will learn about aquatic animals and habitats while exploring water and the outdoors.
Down on the Farm
(2 years old)
Campers will investigate the sights and sounds of friendly farm creatures and learn how farmers grow many of the foods we eat.
Down on the Farm
(3 years old)
Campers will investigate the sights and sounds of friendly farm creatures and learn how farmers grow many of the foods we eat.
Down on the Farm
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Campers will investigate the sights and sounds of friendly farm creatures and learn how farmers grow many of the foods we eat.
Blast off into Outer Space
(2 years old)
Blast off to infinity and beyond! Campers will spend the week learning about the planets, galaxies, and astronauts.
Blast off into Outer Space
(3 years old)
Blast off to infinity and beyond! Campers will spend the week learning about the planets, galaxies, and astronauts.
Blast off into Outer Space
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Blast off to infinity and beyond! Campers will spend the week learning about the planets, galaxies, and astronauts.
Community Helpers
(2 years old)
Campers will learn about our local community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and more!
Community Helpers
(3 years old)
Campers will learn about our local community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and more!
Community Helpers
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Campers will learn about our local community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and more!
Little Chefs
(2 years old)
Campers will learn about healthy eating and how to cook simple and yummy summertime recipes.
Little Chefs
(3 years old)
Campers will learn about healthy eating and how to cook simple and yummy summertime recipes.
Little Chefs
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Campers will learn about healthy eating and how to cook simple and yummy summertime recipes.
Ooey, Gooey Science
(2 years old)
Channel your inner scientist. Campers will feed their curiosity by asking questions, making predictions, and performing experiments. An experiment a day will make learning feel like play.
Ooey, Gooey Science
(3 years old)
Channel your inner scientist. Campers will feed their curiosity by asking questions, making predictions, and performing experiments. An experiment a day will make learning feel like play.
Ooey, Gooey Science
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Channel your inner scientist. Campers will feed their curiosity by asking questions, making predictions, and performing experiments. An experiment a day will make learning feel like play.
Fur, Fins, and Scales
(2 years old)
Come learn about Earth's weirdest and wackiest creatures! From the bottom of the sea to high in the sky and everywhere in between, campers will study all there is to know about animal life.
Fur, Fins, and Scales
(3 years old)
Come learn about Earth's weirdest and wackiest creatures! From the bottom of the sea to high in the sky and everywhere in between, campers will study all there is to know about animal life.
Fur, Fins, and Scales
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Come learn about Earth's weirdest and wackiest creatures! From the bottom of the sea to high in the sky and everywhere in between, campers will study all there is to know about animal life.
Insect Investigators and the Great Outdoors
(2 years old)
Calling all entomologists! Campers will investigate the natural world of insects, bugs, spiders, and more!
Insect Investigators and the Great Outdoors
(3 years old)
Calling all entomologists! Campers will investigate the natural world of insects, bugs, spiders, and more!
Insect Investigators and the Great Outdoors
(4 years old and Rising Kindergarten)
Calling all entomologists! Campers will investigate the natural world of insects, bugs, spiders, and more!
Extended Day: 3:30pm-5:00pm
No camp on July 4th
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Camper Information
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Parent/Guardian Information
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Emergency Info
Please list 2 LOCAL emergency contacts that are NOT the parents or guardians of the child.
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Please list 2 LOCAL emergency contacts that are NOT the parents or guardians of the child.
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Agreements
COVID-19 STATEMENT
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An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present.
Participant agrees to cooperate with all COVID-19 related rules required, at the sole descretion of CDS, while participating in any CDS program.
Participant agrees that CDS cannot and does not guarantee that participant or family will not contract or become infected with COVID-19 or related disease.
By visiting CDS and/or participating in CDS programs of any kind, participant voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
PARTICIPANT HEREBY RELEASES, WAIVES, AND AGREES TO HOLD HARMLESS CHARLOTTESVILLE DAY SCHOOL, INC., ITS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, “CDS”) FROM AND AGAINST ANY ECONOMIC OR NON- ECONOMIC LOSSES, DAMAGES, SUITS, CLAIMS, ATTORNEY’S FEES, COSTS, OR DEMANDS, OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER FOR BODILY INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DEATH, OR LOSS OTHERWISE, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY CDS’S NEGLIGENCE ARISING FROM, OR ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN FROM PARTICIPANT'S PRESENCE ON CDS PROPERTY OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY CDS PROGRAMS.
PARENTAL AGREEMENT
- CDS agrees to notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) whenever the child becomes ill and the parent(s)/guardian(s) will arrange to have the child picked up as soon as possible if so requested by CDS.
- The parent(s)/guardian(s) authorize CDS to obtain immediate medical care if any emergency occurs
when the parent(s)/guardian(s) cannot be located immediately. **
- The parent(s)/guardians agree to inform CDS within 24 hours or the next business day after his child or any
member of the immediate household has developed a reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, except for life threatening diseases which must be reported immediately.
* Appropriate paperwork such as custody papers shall be attached if a parent is not allowed to pick up the child.
* NOTE: Section 22.1-4.3 of the Code of Virginia states that unless a court order has been issued to the contrary, the noncustodial parent of a
student enrolled in a public school or day care center must be included, upon the request of such noncustodial parent, as an emergency contact
for events occurring during school or day care activities.
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I agree to submit all required forms at least 2 week prior to their first day of camp or my child will not be allowed to attend camp.
I understand that CDS has a no cancellation policy for summer camp. Registrants will be responsible for the camp tuition whether or not the child attends.
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