Summer Camp | High Meadow School

High Meadow School is excited to provide another year of high-quality summer camp programming for kids ages three through ninth grade who live in or are visiting the Hudson Valley region.

Requirements:
Children must be 3 years old by the start of their camp week to participate. All campers must be fully immunized according to state regulations. All campers need to be fully potty trained to participate in camp.

Campers requesting special accommodations should reach out to summer@highmeadowschool.org

This summer, we'll offer five one-week sessions, from July 8-August 9, with recreational camps for ages 3 through rising 2nd graders ($500/week) and specialized camps for rising 3rd-9th graders ($550/week).

The camp day runs from 8:45 AM - 3:00 PM Monday through Friday with the option of staying for aftercare until 4:15 PM on Monday through Thursday for an additional fee.

Students will be grouped by age and will have at least one lead counselor and one assistant counselor or Counselor in Training (CIT) assigned to their cohort for an entire session.

High Meadow staffs a certified nurse for every camp session to attend to campers’ medical needs while at summer camp.

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SUMMER RECREATIONAL CAMP | $500/WEEK

For Ages 3 Through Rising 2nd Graders

High Meadow provides a high-quality recreational camp program for students entering preschool through second grade. Campers engage in arts, nature, and play-based summer activities on our wooded 9-acre school campus. Our camp programming is reflective of High Meadow School’s core progressive mission of providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences that spark wonder, attend to children’s social and emotional needs, and provide campers opportunities to cultivate and exercise their unique voice.

Each session’s activities are based around a common theme and provide children with unique specialized experiences for each week they attend camp.
Children are grouped in age-level cohorts with a consistent lead counselor, assistant counselor, and counselor in training that they stay with for all 5 days of camp. With their counselors, children participate in morning circles, crafts, water activities, experiments, reading, and play.
Across the week, students participate in activities with visual arts, movement, music, and science specialists in our school’s studio spaces. We also invite special guests to present theme-based activities that coincide with each camp week.
Every Friday afternoon, campers end the session with a learning performance for their families.

Reminder: Campers must be 3 years old by the start of their camp week to participate. All campers must be fully immunized according to state regulations. All campers need to be fully potty trained to participate in camp.

Summer camp will be transformed this week by you and your creations! Campers will engage in hands-on mad science experiments and will let their imaginations run wild in the world of magic and make-believe.

SESSION 1:
July 8-12

Amazing Creations

In this week of camp, we’ll celebrate the arrival of our big circus tent on campus with circus and carnival themed activities! Get ready to play, perform, and have fun.

SESSION 4:
July 29-August 2

Under the Big Top (Take 2!)

Have you wondered what it would be like to live in the time of dinosaurs? This session will incorporate everything dinosaur into campers' projects and activities. Activity specialists, provided by Wayfinder Experience, will help us to create an exciting dinosaur adventure.

SESSION 2:
July 15-19

Dinosaur Roar

High Meadow Olympics will round out our last session of summer camp this year! We'll explore fun, exciting games and events as we put our very own twist on the Olympic games.

SESSION 5:
August 5-9

High Meadow Olympics

In this week of camp, we’ll celebrate the arrival of our big circus tent on campus with circus and carnival themed activities! Get ready to play, perform, and have fun.

SESSION 3:
July 22-26

Under the Big Top (Take 1)

SPECIALIZED CAMPS | $550/WEEK

For Rising 3rd through 9th Graders

High Meadow School is thrilled to partner again with the Wayfinder Experience to provide a magical summer experience to campers rising third through ninth grade. At Wayfinder summer camps, campers engage with a decades-tested core curriculum of theatrical skills, athletic play, and community awareness which is interwoven into an Adventure Game providing a chance for participants to explore imaginary worlds with new perspectives and new identities. Each Wayfinder Camp session includes daytime programming plus an additional Night Game session on Thursday, July 18th from 6 PM - 9 PM. Themes for Wayfinder Camp will differ between sessions one and two so children will get a unique playing experience each week.

SESSION 1: July 8-12

Live Action Role Play with the Wayfinder Experience

This session of cooking camp is designed for older cooks who want to learn more advanced cooking techniques and skills. Students will learn safe knife skills and how to use a variety of essential kitchen tools, how to transform ingredients with a variety of cooking and preservation methods, and explore diverse flavors and tastes from around the world. This session will focus on food of the Middle East, and students will come home each afternoon smelling faintly of toasted coriander recently crushed in a mortar and pestle. This session culminates with a meal for friends and families planned and catered by the campers.

SESSION 1: July 8-12

Culinary Arts (rising 3rd- rising 9th grade)

Camp with Chris Bottomley

High Meadow School is thrilled to partner again with the Wayfinder Experience to provide a magical summer experience to campers rising third through ninth grade. At Wayfinder summer camps, campers engage with a decades-tested core curriculum of theatrical skills, athletic play, and community awareness which is interwoven into an Adventure Game providing a chance for participants to explore imaginary worlds with new perspectives and new identities. Each Wayfinder Camp session includes daytime programming plus an additional Night Game session on Thursday, July 18th from 6 PM - 9 PM. Themes for Wayfinder Camp will differ between sessions one and two so children will get a unique playing experience each week.

SESSION 2: July 15-19

Live Action Role Play with the Wayfinder Experience

Campers in grades rising 3rd through rising 9th, will be introduced to essential scientific concepts in a fun and exciting way. The campers will be so entertained they might not realize they’re gaining knowledge that will enable them to more easily succeed in their future scientific studies. In addition to creating some very fun take home products of their experiments, campers will experience chemistry and lab science lessons and observe both chemical and physical changes to name a few.

SESSION 2: July 15-19

Mad Science with James Meyers (Take 1!)

This year, High Meadow welcomes back Westchester Circus Arts to provide incredible circus-based programming and performances under a real big top for campers of all skill levels who are rising third through ninth grade in fall 2024. Kids will enjoy exciting demonstrations by instructors and engage in fun and challenging workshops in: aerial arts, acrobatics, tumbl trak, juggling, tightwire, and more. Workshops are designed to ignite curiosity, build skill and confidence, and encourage new friendships. Each circus camp session will include a culminating community performance in which campers will be able to showcase their newly gained circus skills.

SESSION 3: July 22-26

Under the Big Top with Westchester Circus Arts Camp

Do your dream vacations take place in other-worldly environments? Ever wanted to travel to another dimension for your summer vacation? Now you can! Using the imaginative power of stop motion animation, campers in this hands-on art + filmmaking camp learn the ins and outs of this classic technique while inventing their own imagined vacation destinations. Participants will design and build their dream vacation spots employing a variety of art making methods and techniques and will then use stop motion animation to bring their visions to life. Working in small production teams, campers will use professional grade gear and software “DragonFrame” to film their work. They will write voice overs and record their own sound effects. Campers will even get in front of the lens themselves during a “pixilation” exercise (the animation of living subjects). Finally, the finished short films will be edited together and screened for family and friends on the last day of camp. The edited film will be shared via online link and visitors may download and share again and again.

SESSION 4: July 29-August 2

Stop Motion Animation with Little Animation Studio

This year, High Meadow welcomes back Westchester Circus Arts to provide incredible circus-based programming and performances under a real big top for campers of all skill levels who are rising third through ninth grade in fall 2024. Kids will enjoy exciting demonstrations by instructors and engage in fun and challenging workshops in: aerial arts, acrobatics, tumbl trak, juggling, tightwire, and more. Workshops are designed to ignite curiosity, build skill and confidence, and encourage new friendships. Each circus camp session will include a culminating community performance in which campers will be able to showcase their newly gained circus skills.

SESSION 4: July 29-August 2

Under the Big Top with Westchester Circus Arts Camp

This session of cooking camp is designed for younger chefs and focuses on sweet and savory baking and dishes that can be prepared without sharps or knives. Kids will come home with massive forearms from kneading dough every morning. We will use the garden to create salads, sauces, dips, and spreads, and will also make time for play and other activities.

SESSION 5: August 5-9

Culinary Arts (rising 3rd-5th grade)

Camp with with Chris Bottomley

Want to learn the concepts that drive the technology all around us? High Meadow Robotics Camp is a STEM-focused, weeklong series. Campers will participate in collaborative learning, skill-based challenges and exciting competitions with experienced mentors. Apply STEM concepts with Arduino kits, Sphero and LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime programs and connect with real high school competition teams from FIRST LEGO® League. Be inspired, experiment and hone critical thinking skills to manifest action in the technology around you!

SESSION 5: August 5-9

Robotics Camp with Chris Maddern

Campers in grades rising 3rd through rising 9th, will be introduced to essential scientific concepts in a fun and exciting way. The campers will be so entertained they might not realize they’re gaining knowledge that will enable them to more easily succeed in their future scientific studies. In addition to creating some very fun take home products of their experiments, campers will experience chemistry and lab science lessons and observe both chemical and physical changes to name a few.

SESSION 5: August 5-9

Mad Science with James Meyers (Take 2!)

The camp day will run from 8:45am-3pm, Monday through Friday. Optional aftercare will be available until 4:15pm Monday-Thursday.

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REQUIREMENTS

Campers must be three years old, fully potty trained, and have received all NYS-required immunizations by the beginning of the camp season to attend Summer Camp @ High Meadow. Families must submit a current physical form or HMS Medical Clearance Form and current immunization records for each camper.

Campers requesting special accommodations should reach out to summer@highmeadowschool.org

PAYMENT AND DISCOUNT INFORMATION

Payment can be made by credit or debit card. Financial aid is not available for camp. Payment plans are available for those who register before 6/1/24:

Registrations received before April 1st, 2024, will pay a deposit, plus 3 equal installments, for the remaining balance on 4/1, 5/1, and 6/1.
Registrations received between April 1st to April 30th, will pay a deposit, plus 2 equal installments, for the remaining balance on 5/1 and 6/1.
Registrations received between May 1st to May 31st will pay a deposit, plus 1 additional payment, for the remaining balance on 6/1.
Registrations received June 1st or later must pay in full at the time of registration.

Multiple Child Discount (no code needed): There is a multiple child discount code to families signing up more than one child for camp. For each additional child, a 10% discount will be applied to their camp fees. The discount will be automatically applied to registration for families who have already registered one child.

CANCELLATION

Cancellations can be made through the Campbrain registration link. All cancellations will be accompanied by a $50 processing fee. Cancellations received before 4/30/24 are eligible for a full refund. Cancellations received between 5/1/24-5/31/24 are eligible for a 50% refund.

Cancellations received after 6/1/24 are not eligible for a refund.

EXTENDED CARE

Extended day care is available from 3-4:15pm on Monday-Thursday for a fee of $20/day, or $60 for the week. Pre-registration is required.

JUNIOR CIT AND CIT PROGRAMS

Summer Camp at High Meadow has counselor in training roles available for local high-school aged students. These roles work directly with our rec camp and specialized camp groups under the supervision of a lead counselor. These opportunities are wonderful experiences for young people who are interested in working closely with children. The requirements for each role are as follows:

Junior Counselor in Training (CIT) Program: Students entering 8th through 10th grade
Counselor in Training (CIT) Program: High School Students entering 10th grade through 12th grade

Requirements: Must be 15 years of age and have at least 2 seasons of prior experience as a camper or junior CIT. For more information, please email Camp Director AnneMarie Taylor at summer@highmeadowschool.org.

QUESTIONS

Please reach out to Camp Director AnneMarie Taylor at summer@highmeadowschool.org

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