Camp
One of summer's secrets since 1978!
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June 10 - August 9, 2013
9am-1pm
Campers:
ages 5-9
Counselors-in-Training:
ages 11-16
Cleveland Park Camp offers a low-key, warm, and welcoming setting. The informal program combines old-fashioned, self-directed play and organized, hands-on, guided activities. Campers expand their interests, increase their skills, and make lasting friendships in this atmosphere reminiscent of the days when neighborhood children of all ages spontaneously gathered for Jump Rope and Capture the Flag.
The camp is intentionally small. Each week, about 40 campers attend and 14 Counselors-in-Training (CITs) volunteer to play, teach, and help. All activities, with a few exceptions, take place outdoors.
The morning begins at 9am when campers and CITs gather on the wrap-around porch and participate together in fun and educational projects that vary with each week’s theme. At 10am, snacks are accompanied by word games, storytelling, and reading aloud.
The remainder of the morning is structured to provide flexibility, variety, and to allow campers to go at their own paces. They may choose to master an individual skill, join a group game, play quietly, or exercise vigorously in running games. CITs supervise activities such as tag, jump rope, tumbling, roller-skating, stilt-walking, hopscotch, and colorful chalk-drawing. At 11am, free swim is offered. During pool time, campers may choose also to make crafts projects or play in the large beach-like sand area.
At noon each day, campers gather to eat their BYO lunches, visit, read, and play with legos, puzzles, board and card games, jacks, ring toss, and table soccer. Non-camp swimming lessons are available from noon to 2pm through the club. Club members have enrollment priority. Swim lesson information
Sessions & Rates
| Weekly Themes | Members | Non- Members |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Session 1 |
June 10 - 14 |
$245 | $275 |
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Session 2 |
June 17 - 21 |
$245 | $275 |
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Session 3 |
June 24 - 28 July 1-5 July 8 - 12 |
$735 | $825 |
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Session 4 |
July 15 - 19 July 22 - 26 July 29 - August 2 |
$735 | $825 |
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Session 5 |
August 5- 9
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$245 | $275 |
Payment
Please download this registration form and mail in with payment.
Camper Application (Summer 2013)
Make all checks payable to Rives Carroll. Direct all correspondence to the following address. Please do not use the Cleveland Park Club address.
- Rives Carroll
Director, Cleveland Park Camp
3405 Ashley Terrace, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202-363-6556
camp@clevelandparkclub.org
Non-refundable Deposit A non-refundable deposit of $125 is required per camper per session and must accompany the completed and signed application and medical release form. Deposits are applied to the tuition payment and are returned only if spaces are not available.
Tuition Balance Balance is due on April 15. Full payment must accompany applications received after April 15. Full payment must be received before a camper or CIT may attend camp.
Acceptance Policy Priority will be given to dues-paying club members through March 15. After that date, campers will be accepted in the order applying, and families will be notified by mail of acceptance or waiting list status. CIT acceptance is not in the order of applications received.
Refund Policy If a camper or CIT withdraws on or before April 30 from one or more sessions, the tuition payment, less the non-refundable deposit for each session, will be refunded. If he/she withdraws after April 30 from one or more sessions, the tuition, less the deposits, will be refunded only if that place is filled from the waiting list. No refunds are given for absences.
Cleveland Park Camp reserves the right to use camp photos in camp materials.
Activities
Stilt-walking · Tumbling · Roller-skating · Swimming & Diving · Table soccer · Rope jumping · Spud · Kick ball · Reading · Drawing & Painting · Chalk drawing · Woodcrafts · Sand castles · Macrame · Yarn & Fabric crafts · Clay · Lanyards · Plaster casts · Legos · Puzzles · Hop Scotch · Jacks · Board & Card games · Charades · Singing · Twister · Circle Games · Storytelling · Red/Green Light · Skits · Pogo Stick · Puppetry · Hula Hoop · Mother May I · Octopus Tag · Ring Toss · Sewing · Word Games · Four Square
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Counselors-in-Training
Cleveland Park Camp feels like home. It is small, intimate, and has a family-like atmosphere. Children, ages 5-16, enjoy playing together, teaching, and learning from one another. Many former campers return as Counselors-in-Training (CITs). CIT positions are open to qualified 11 to 16-year-olds who want to have fun, help with activities, gain experience working with younger children, and develop confidence and leadership skills. CITs are expected to be respectful and responsible while being participatory and playful. They must be enthusiastic and positive role models.
CITs apply and attend by session, not by week. They are trained in team cooperation, responsibility, group management, motivation, and safety during orientation meetings before and during camp. In order to form the strongest and most balanced CIT team, the camp does not accept CITs on a first come-first served basis.
Priority, through March 15, is given to dues-paying club members and former campers and CITs. The non-refundable deposit of $35 per week will be applied to the weekly tuition fee of $75. When space is not available, the deposit will be returned. An interview is required for new CITs. CIT hours: 8:45 am-1:15 pm. Call Rives Carroll at 202-363-6556.
CIT Application (Summer 2013)
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We’re delighted that Katie Miner, MSW, a school counselor at the National Cathedral School, will return for her eighth summer.
For more information, call Rives Carroll at 202-363-6556 or email camp@clevelandparkclub.org
- More about the pool and swimming lessons
- Join the Cleveland Park Club
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