Summer Camp June 3 August 9 2019 Summer fun and adventure! Variety. Quality. Creativity. Thrills!
How to Register Simply pick the amazing summer camp your child would like to attend and register online at: http://kidscountry.org FULL DAY CAMPS (Traditional/ Specialty/ Xtreme/Wigalo) $310 per week* Prorated Weeks Week 5 (July 1-3): $190* Week 9 (July 29 - Aug. 1): $260* Welcome Back Week Week 10 (Aug 5-9): $290* HALF DAY CAMP (Summer School Camp ONLY) $260 per week* Prorated Week Week 5 (July 1-3): $160* Camp Getaway $725 for 5 days, 4 nights *Sibling discount is 7% for each child No Camp on: Thursday, July 4 Friday, July 5 Friday, August 2 Table of Contents 2 Camp KC (Formerly Traditional) Bollinger Canyon, Country Club, Greenbrook, Quail Run, Rancho Romero, Sycamore Valley, Vista Grande, Walt Disney 4 Specialty Camp Coyote Creek 7 X-Camp John Baldwin 8 Camp Wigalo Montair 9 Camp Getaway Alliance Redwoods, Occidental CA 9 Summer School Camp Bollinger Canyon, Country Club, Greenbrook and Quail Run *New this year* Welcome Back Week (Aug 5-9) Summer is winding down and it s time to start getting back into the school year routine. Welcome Back Week is designed to help your student transition back to school. Enjoy the last week of summer with your friends and your favorite staff in the comfort of your home site. This is sure to be a week of fun, games, and special events! WBW is considered a part of School Year Programming
Summer is a time when children want to be free to be themselves and to dive into the activities that excite them the most! Kids Country offers each child a tailored experience at a competitive cost. You can always count on our high quality staff who commit themselves to providing innovative programs hosted in dedicated spaces for memorable summer fun! We hope to see you at Kids Country Summer Camp 2019! OUR TAILORED EXPERIENCE: Kids Country offers a variety of camps at multiple convenient locations throughout SRVUSD. Mix and match weekly camps to create a summer experience that is tailor-made to your child s specific interests! We give you the flexibility to choose the best fit for your unique camper! OUR COMPETITIVE COST: We know that with a ten week break, summer camp costs can add up quickly! That is why we offer camp that is up to 54% more affordable than our local summer camp competitors for all-inclusive full-day care. OUR HIGH QUALITY STAFF: Winner of Bay Area News Group s Top Work Place Award for 4 consecutive years, it is clear that Kids Country is a place our staff enjoy to work! We intentionally create an atmosphere where children feel welcome, nurtured and valued! OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS: We survey the families we serve and dedicate ourselves to professional growth year-round by attending conferences hosted by the American Camping Association, the National Afterschool Association and many other reputable leaders in our field. We utilize cutting edge strategies to ensure our camps are fun and filled with enriching experiences for our campers! OUR DEDICATED SPACE: As a year-round licensed care provider, you can always trust our commitment to licensing and safety standards. Each of our camps are hosted in clean, air-conditioned, licensed facilities that are dedicated spaces for programming and safe, summer fun! 1
Camp KC Designed for our campers of all ages, this camp is full of the fun that makes summer such a memorable time! Located at nine of our convenient sites, campers will experience themed activities, weekly water play, outdoor excitement, and entertaining field trips. Campers are sure to come away with a variety of new adventures and lifelong memories with friends old and new! 2
For Our Classic Campers June 3 August 9 7:00 am 6:30 pm Locations Bollinger Canyon Rancho Romero Rookies: Entering K 2nd Grade $310/ week Country Club Greenbrook Quail Run Sycamore Valley Vista Grande Walt Disney Pros: Entering 3rd grade 12 years old * Week 5: July 1 3 $190 Week 9: July 29 Aug. 1 $260 Week 10: Aug.5-9 $290 Week Theme Rookies Pros Week 1 (June 3-7) Aloha Summer Antioch Water Park Sky High Sports Week 2 (June 10-14) Back to the 80 s Rancho SR Park & BBQ Heather Farms Park & Pool Week 3 (June 17-21) California Adventures Discovery Museum A s Game Week 4 (June 24-28) Wild Wild West Pump It Up Boomers Week 5 (July 1-3) * Backyard BBQ No Field Trip - Special Event No Field Trip - Special Event Week 6 (July 8-12) Shiver Me Timbers Happy Hollow Park Hurricane Harbor Week 7 (July 15-19) Life s a Beach Oakland Zoo Cull Canyon Week 8 (July 22-26) Sorcerers & Wizards The Jungle Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Week 9 (July 29-Aug 1)* Summer Circus No Field Trip - Special Event No Field Trip - Special Event Week 10 (Aug 5-9) Welcome Back Week!! Everyone Back to Home Sites Everyone Back to Home Sites * No Camp on Thursday, July 4, Friday July 5, or Friday, August 2 Field Trips subject to change 3
Specialty Camp June 3 August 1 7:30 am 6:30 pm For Our Creators and Innovators Designed for our creators and innovators, our Specialty Camp will jump start your camper s future in the world of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math! Campers get to delve deeper into an interest area, work with equipment that industry professionals use and participate in hands-on workshops to build their skills. Each camp is led by our own experienced and qualified Specialists to ensure highest quality programming. To top off each week, campers will get to showcase all that they learned in a memorable end-of-the-week showcase! 4
Experience STEAM! Location Coyote Creek 7 12 years old $310/ week Week 1 (JUNE 3-7): Gaming Beyond Take your child s love of gaming to a whole new level! This exciting week introduces hands-on experiences with tech programs such as Cubit an innovative STEAM robotics platform that utilizes 4th Industrial Revolution (the fusing of the digital, physical, and biological worlds) and BLOXELS a gaming tool that inspires coding and game building. Throughout the week, our special workshops will feature local engineers and entrepreneurs to assist in our hands-on workshops to inspire our students for their future in technology. Join us for a week of awe-inspiring discoveries! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: JP Neang / Special Guests: Johnny Neang (Entrepreneur & Maker) and Stéphane Bonneaud (Ph. D Artificial Intelligence) Week 2 (JUNE 10-14): STEAM- Stop Motion Animation Welcome to a world of imagination and wonder, where anything is possible! Stop Motion Animation camp will introduce the principles of animation, story writing, and character design. Students will learn model making using real animation supplies, and gain technical experience shooting and editing their own stop motion film. Camp includes a field trip to the Disney Family Museum, and culminates in a gala event, where the filmmakers will present their work to friends and family. Join the magic! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Ariel Goldman (MFA in Traditional Animation from the Academy of Art University) Field Trip: Disney Family Museum Week 3 (JUNE 17-21): Filmmaker s Academy: KC News Desk Breaking News! Kids Country s News Team is looking for some extraordinary reporters! Campers will experience the thrill of reporting the breaking news for their community! Along with recording the news in the studio, campers will also practice field reporting and relay the weekly weather! If your camper enjoys the technical side of producing, they can contribute as a cameraperson and assist in the editing room! Join us to broadcast the breaking news at the KC News Desk! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Makenzie Neth / SHOWCASE: Vine Theater Movie Premiere Week 4 (JUNE 24-28): STUDIO: The Art of Conservation *Week 4 Little Cosmos: $195 Week 5: July 1 3 $190 Week 9: July 29 Aug. 1 $260 This camp will introduce children to concepts of environmental conservation and community outreach through the creation of art work. Using materials that would ordinarily end up in a landfill, artists will be challenged to create a work of art that is relevant to the world around them. Children will learn about environmental issues that arise in our world from a Community Guest Speaker. Campers will be encouraged to make a difference in a constructive and creative way. At the end of the week artwork will be displayed in a gallery show for friends and family to enjoy! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Ariel Goldman (MFA in Traditional Animation from the Academy of Art University) / SHOWCASE: Gallery Opening Week 4 (JUNE 24-28): Specialty Camp Presents: Little Cosmos; Summer Edition, K-1st Grade Only, 9:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Welcome to the Cosmos! This week of Summer STEAM will expand, excite, and inspire paths to the future. This camp offers complete hands-on and age-appropriate learning activities that combine Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering, with the power of Imagination. Science is awesome! Get ready for fun that s out of this world! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: JP Neang/ Camp is 3 hours per day NO before or after care is provided. 5
Week 5 (JULY 1-3)* STUDIO: Glow Galaxy Color is all around us! In this year s Glow Camp, we are taking it to the stars! We will be exploring a mash up of Glow-inthe-Dark Art and Astronomy! Our curious campers will explore the mysteries of the universe with their friends. We will embark on fun art activities and celebrate with a head to toe GLOW PAINT PARTY that is out of this world! They ll learn about the curiosities of the universe as well as our little glowing planet. Come and explore the galaxy with us! NO CAMP ON July 4 or July 5 LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: JP Neang / SPECIAL ACTIVITY: Glow-In-The-Dark Paint Party Week 6 (JULY 8-12) Musical Theater Production: Cinderella Bibbidi Boppity Boo your way into our summer musical with excerpts from Cinderella! In five days, young performers will learn skills in dance, singing, acting, stagecraft, AND costuming! They will learn songs and portions of a script and will perform onstage in our culminating Friday event! This camp is designed with the immersion approach and students should plan to be in rehearsal from at least 9-3:30 daily. LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Jamie Roman / SHOWCASE: Theater Production Week 7 (JULY 15-19): Musical Review In this camp, your young star will learn all the basics of musical theatre production! Throughout the week they will learn dance technique, vocal basics, acting, costuming and will even have opportunities to learn how to create choreography and staging! Let your child take hold of their own learning and creativity guided by our Specialist and staff without taking on a full production. At the end of the week, the students will share all they learned in a showcase! This camp is designed for students who desire to be on stage. LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Jamie Roman / SHOWCASE: Performer s Workshop Week 8 (JULY 22-26): KC STEAM Labs: Fearless Endeavors Ready to be an inventor? At KC STEAM Labs, we challenge the norms of experimentation. Your young makers will ideate, build, and test their own wild prototypes! Campers will learn the basics of electrical engineering, how tech supports our modern world, the importance of safety, and most of all, fun! Imagine if we could test the velocity of a key lime pie launching from a bottle rocket. Would it taste better? Or, what if a paper cup could boil water without burning? What would it feel like to be as strong as an ant? The possibilities are endless! KC STEAM Labs encourages creative thinking and turns any idea into a reality. Space fills up quickly! Hurry, let s build a fearless future together! LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: JP Neang / SHOWCASE: KC STEAM Lab Week 9 (JULY 29- AUGUST 2)*: Culinary Adventures Come join us on an around-the-world culinary adventure. Your young chef will enjoy 4 food-filled days as we explore flavors from all over the globe and the science that goes into creating everyday foods! Who doesn t love food?! It s fun to make, it s fun to eat, and it s fun to experiment! On our final day, kids get to show off the skills they ve learned with a mystery food basket competition. LED BY IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST: Kathy Casey / SHOWCASE: Mystery Food Basket Competition * No Camp on Thursday, July 4, Friday July 5, or Friday, August 2 Field Trips subject to change 6
For Our Older Thrill- Seekers X-Camp June 3 August 1 7:30 am 6:30 pm Designed for our older thrill-seeking campers, Xtreme Camp is exclusively designed for those who yearn for exhilarating outdoor adventures. Each week is filled with action-packed activities such as traveling off-site three times a week, hitting a bullseye in archery, doing fun pranks and playing a part in silly team skits and challenges. Campers should be ready to get messy every day, act crazy and be adventurous! Locations John Baldwin Entering 3rd grade 12 years old $310/ week * Week 5: July 1 3 $190 Week 9: July 29 Aug. 1 $260 Week 10: Aug.5-9 $290 Week Theme Field Trip Week 1 (June 3-7) X-Camp Ninja Warrior Trapeze Arts Week 2 (June 10-14) X-Camp X-Scape Limitless Games (Escape Room) Week 3 (June 17-21) Endless Summer Alameda County Fair Week 4 (June 24-28) Blast From The Past Pier 39 & Penny Arcade Week 5 (July 1-3)* X-Plosive X-Camp No Field Trip - Special Event Week 6 (July 8-12) Spy vs. Spy Laser Tagging Week 7 (July 15-19) Urban Jungle Great America Week 8 (July 22-26) Get Your Game On Silvercreek Sportsplex Week 9 (July 29- Aug 1)* Campers vs. Counselors No Field Trip - Special Event Week 10 (Aug 5-9) Welcome Back Week Everyone Back to Home Sites * No Camp on Thursday, July 4, Friday July 5, or Friday, August 2 Field Trips subject to change 7
Camp Wigalo June 4 August 9 7:30 am 6:30 pm For Our Youngest Campers Designed for our youngest campers, Camp Wigalo is developed and delivered by caring, specially trained staff to help our youngest campers develop socially and emotionally. Our nurturing staff help campers explore through hands-on experiences in a safe, age-appropriate environment. Weekly themes are reflective of their natural curiosity and observed interests. Local field trips are also intentionally planned to support and enhance their experience! Locations Montair Week Theme Field Trip Week 1 (June 3-7) Anything Goes! Twirl Week 2 (June 10-14) Destination Imagination Fairyland Week 3 (June 17-21) Gettin Dirty Tilden Park Week 4 (June 24-28) Nature Explorers Lindsay Wildlife Museum Week 5 (July 1-3)* Stars & Stripes Special Visit w/ Tuff Tumblers Week 6 (July 8-12) Wind & Surf Crab Cove Week 7 (July 15-19) Got Science? Pixieland Week 8 (July 22-26) Edible Engineering CuriOdyssey Week 9 (July 29- Aug 1)* Hop, Slither, Crawl Special Visit w/ Jungle James Adventures Week 10 (Aug 5-9) Welcome Back Week Everyone Back to Home Sites 8 Entering TK-1st Grade $310/ week * Week 5: July 1 3 $190 Week 9: July 29 Aug. 1 $260 Week 10: Aug.5-9 $290 * No Camp on Thursday, July 4, Friday, July 5, or Friday, August 2 Field Trips subject to change
For Our Overnight Adventurers Camp Getaway June 17 June 21 5 days, 4 nights Camp Getaway offers 5 days and 4 nights of fun in which campers stay in cabins with up to eight of their peers and an experienced counselor. They explore nature by participating in exciting adventures like swimming, kayaking, archery, the climbing tower, zip lining, hiking, and much more! Campers will also participate in fun challenge courses, skits and scavenger hunts that encourage cooperation, promote self-esteem and help build close friendships! Location Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds in Occidental, CA 8 12 years old $725 For Our Summer School Campers To Register for Camp Getaway contact Site Director- Jeannette Gravelyn, (925) 925-837-0330, jgravelyn@kidscountry.org Summer School Camp June 10 July 3 12:00 pm 6:30 pm Designed for our campers enrolled in SRVUSD summer school, this is a half day camp that is sure to guarantee that exciting summer camp experience! Our campers will continue their enriching summer experience by building friendships as they attend camp with fellow summer schoolers. Due to scheduling conflicts, our summer school campers will not be able to attend field trips, but will get to be a part of all on-site summer fun such as themed activities, water play and outdoor excitement! Locations Bollinger Canyon, Country Club, Greenbrook, and Quail Run Entering K 6th Grade $260/ week * No Camp on Thursday, July 4 or Friday, July 5 July 1-3: $160 9