Curriculum: the organized activities don't seem to be age-appropriate or really have any true STEM component to it. Lot of "play" time in which they were restricted to a few areas outside- basketball court and some grassy areas -without any balls/equipment. They went indoors once the weather was too hot but apparently it was kind of dark and everything was covered in plastic for some reason. My kid did love the water play they had one day and that was the highlight.
Operations: kids are required to be escorted to the bathroom in groups and when they ask to go outside of those designated times, there was a bit of pushback- either in the form of requiring to find additional students to go to the bathroom with or simply saying no, and they'd have to wait. Upon inquiry, we were told because of an incident where kids were misbehaving in the bathroom in a previous week, they instituted this rule. In a camp with hundreds of kids and only so many teachers this seems ridiculous.
Teachers: teachers were sometimes on their phones and there was lots yelling at the kids (sometimes one kid would misbehave and the entire group would get yelled at). I understand it's hard to wrangle kids' attention but my kid said it was uncomfortable and she felt she was getting in trouble for things she didn't do. Some of the teachers you could tell didn't want to be there. Someone mentioned they were mostly first time instructors/staff.
My child liked most summer camps this year but really disliked this one. I did speak with the director and to be fair she was very nice and willing to listen but nothing was quite what was advertised from the website or what the director said. And it's not cheap!! Would not recommend unless things drastically change. read more