The Virginia Academy four week summer camp program is back! Each week elementary school students can sign up for a different enrichment experience.
What is the camp experience?
Summer Camp drop off will be at Virginia Academy beginning at 8am and pick up will be 4-4:30pm. The first portion of the day will be completely devoted to the camp’s theme, whether it be basketball, art, STEM, or any of the other awesome experiences we have to offer!
Following lunch, your student will find a more traditional summer camp experience! Group games, activities, carnivals, and amazing trips are just some of the things that are coming their way! Each camp will go on at least three field trips during the week; we might visit the pool, a climbing park, a museum, or local national park.
Weekly Schedule
Students will select one camp per week. Camp eligibility is dependent on the student’s grade in the 2023-2024 school year.
| Cooking (2nd-5th) | Grab your passport and join Ms. Ruth as you travel and cook around the world. Each day you will land in another country where you will learn a little about that country, learn some cooking skills and make a dish native to that country. Traveling and cooking at VAA is always first class and safety first! |
| Outdoors Excursion (K-5th) | * NOW FULL* |
| Soccer (K-2nd) | Come KICK IT with Mrs. Lambie!! Students will develop and practice soccer skills in various fun and creative ways including relays, competitive activities, and gameplay while learning the value of friendship and sportsmanship. |
| Ukulele (1st-5th) | Learning and playing the ukulele with Ms Savage! Students will learn about the basic history of the instrument, the parts of the instrument, how to hold the instrument, strumming techniques, basic chords and by the end of the week they will be able to accompany their own voice to a song. Once we learn the first three chords we can play so many songs the students most likely already know! |
| Science (K-2nd) | Time to get outdoors and try some fun summer science experiments and STEM activities with Ms. Ruth! Come explore chemical reactions, heat, polymers, earth sciences and more! We will start each day as true scientists, writing down our hypothesis, descriptions of methods we will be using and end our science day in our indoor lab to discuss the key results. |
| Art (K-5th) |
*NOW FULL* |
| Gaming (K-5th) | Students will be able to build camaraderie and relax while playing some of their favorite video and card games in a structured environment. Come join us to teach others your favorite games and learn some new ones along the way with Mr Mullen! |
| Archery (3nd-5th) | Students will come and explore the art of archery with Coach Moore & Ms Savage! They will learn safety and rules, the structure of the compound bow, basic archery form, aiming, and put the skills and knowledge they have gained into practice with a variety of demonstrations, games, and hands-on experience. |
| Basketball (K-2nd) | Through the week, students will be able to practice and develop skills and mechanics necessary to develop as basketball players with Mr Mullen! Students will engage in shooting competitions and scrimmages to learn live game situations. |
| Lego (K-5th) | Students will learn to work collaboratively and creatively as they bring their imagination to life with LEGO. This hands-on learning experience brings fun through team competitions, free play, and guided building as they discover new skills and interests with Mrs. Fournier! |
| Literary Fun (K-5th) | Welcome to the Literary Fun Camp! This camp is perfect for young writers who love to read, and who want to explore their literary potential in a fun and supportive environment with Mrs. Tuten. Whether your child is a budding novelist or just loves to read, they will leave with new friends, new skills, and a deeper appreciation for the written word! |
| STEM (3rd-5th) | Students will have fun being scientists and engineers this week with Mrs. Stone. They will be exploring STEM through hands-on experiments and building challenges. Come get messy and reach new heights! |
| Art (K-2nd) | School is out so it is time for some creative, silly, and sometimes messy art fun with Ms Ruth! This week with Ms. Ruth you will create masterpieces to take home and learn some cool painting techniques. It can’t be summer without doing some messy but safe art projects outside too. Ms Ruth promises to pull out your inner art abilities. |
| Sports (K-2nd) | Students will be able to widen their athletic skills across a wide variety of recreational games. Students will be able to healthily compete and grow in community through rec games with Mr Mullen! |
| Outdoor Excursion (K-5th) | *NOW FULL* |
| Computers (3rd-5th) | Join Ms. Park as we dive into coding for this week of summer camp! You will learn how code is the language for computers through a variety of interactive, hands-on activities… solving puzzles through the Hour of Code, creating projects in Scratch, and bringing your code to life through commands given to a LEGO robot! |
Register Now
All camps are contingent on interest and slots are limited. Email aftercare@virginia-academy.com with questions.
I Registered for Summer Camp! Now What?
Medical Forms
When you arrive on your first day of camp, you will need to fill out the following paperwork:
- Field Trip Liability Form
- Camp Consent Form
- Allergy Form
If your child requires an inhaler, epipen, or any other medication while attending camp, please fill out the appropriate form. You must supply the medication in its original packaging with a prescription label attached to the nurse on the first day of camp. If the proper forms are not completed, your child will not be permitted to attend VAA Camps.
Virginia Academy will also need a copy of your camper’s immunization record. Please send it to nurse@virginia-academy.com.
Summer Camp Checklist
Be prepared to bring:
- Backpack
- Packed lunch and snack (No peanut butter!)
- Water bottle
- Sunscreen
- Bathing suit (one-piece/swim trunks)
- Towel
Don’t forget to label all of your camper’s belongings!
Weekly Trip Schedule:
More information on trip programming, schedule, and details for the summer of 2023 coming soon!
Your camper should bring swim attire each day as they may participate in water activities on campus as well.
Camp Shirts
Camp t-shirts are available to order through the camp registration form. If you’d like to purchase additional shirts, please email aftercare@virginia-academy.com. Pre-ordered Summer Camp T-shirts will be available on the first day of your registered camp week.