Comments on: CSD Teacher-Led “Summer Enrichment Camps”

By: CSD Mom

CSD Mom — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:56:05 +0000

Agree that there was a lack of 1-4 camps this summer, which would have nicely complemented the many wonderful 9-12 camps. I know it’s hard to cover all the bases and I’m sure they work diligently at providing a variety of camps for a variety of ages, but being able to combine these half-day camps is great when it works out!

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:44:09 +0000

Here is another place that has half day camps for middle schoolers. Don’t know where you live in Decatur but it is a couple of blocks south of
Decatur – http://www.siyehglass.com/resources/SiyehSummerCamp2010info.pdf

By: karass

karass — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:07:50 +0000

Yes! But CSD tried camps for middle schoolers a few years ago and not enough kids signed up. Doesn’t Decatur Rec have some 1/2 day camps for young teens? Check the Playbook.

By: No Decaf

No Decaf — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:04:46 +0000

Anyone else out there wishing for more camps for middle schoolers? I’d love some half-day camps my kid could walk to – get her out of the house and away from the screens for a while.

By: karass

karass — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:21:50 +0000

Understand. But if some of these great camps don’t get enough enrollment it may not be that folks don’t appreciate them but that the camps are competing with one another for the same time slots. And some families may have to skip a camp that they’d love but doesn’t come with a counterpart for the afternoon for the same age group at Clairemont.

I’m not even mentioning a couple of the camps to one of my children who would be heartbroken to know that they are missing them. But they conflict timewise with another priority choice. Meanwhile, there were other weeks in the summer where we would have loved more good choices.

Of course, if Mary Poppins would have shown up at LSOS like she promised, we probably would have worked all this out with a spoonful of sugar and she would have transported the children by umbrella whereever they needed to be this summer. Maybe next summer if the children write a good ad for a nanny….