Welcome Day Camp (Ages 3 – 14) Summer Programs (Grades 1 – 12) Summer trips summer employment opportunities. Summer is a time to enjoy outdoors, and take advantage of all the opportunities that Chicago has to offer kids. Where each day will bring exciting activities from games and field trips to swimming and sports. Campers have the chance to play and learn together, and enjoy being kids!
Preschoolers to teenagers have opportunities to develop self-confidence, make new friends and, most of all, HAVE FUN!
DAY CAMP 2013 LINE-UP
The Discovery program is designed to introduce their youngest campers to day Summer Camp in a welcoming, fun way through games, activities, special field trip days, and much more! Led by counselors and early childhood educators, days are structured into group play, activities, and outdoor games, all of which provide campers a chance to “discover” the fun of day camp!
Activities: Campers engage in art projects, cooperative learning games, singing, movement, and outdoor play. While visiting performers come weekly to provide on-site field trips. Section B campers also may take local field trips.
Supervision and Safety: A 1:4 staff to camper ratio is maintained, allowing campers to explore, learn, and grow in a group of children under the guidance of trained counselors. Three and four-year olds are placed in separate groups and a mid-morning snack is provided. Campers must be toilet-trained.
Voyagers for Grades 1-2
Take a voyage through the summer with a program designed for the active and creative camper. Sports, crafts, scavenger hunts, field trips, and swim lessons will round out this camp experience.
Activities: Mask making, soccer, kite making, group games, basketball, scavenger hunts, outdoor education, beach days, kickball, computers, drama, zoo day, and much more!
Supervision: A 1:8 counselor to camper ratio is maintained in each camp group. Campers are grouped by grade level.
Adventurers for Grades 3-4
Campers will find fun and challenges in new experiences as well as in camp favorites such as swim lessons, creative arts, and sports. Activities may be mixed-ages depending on interest.
Activities: Kayaking, nature hikes, outdoor cooking, sculpture, free choice Wednesdays, sports and games, swim lessons three-four days each week, arts and crafts, drama, sports, computers, outdoor education, beach days, and more! Weekly adventure field trips may include visits to local climbing walls and water parks.
Supervision and Safety: Campers are grouped by grade level, and activities may include children of varying ages depending on interest and ability. A maximum 1:10 counselor to camper ratio will be maintained in each group.
Explorers for Grades 5-6
Explorers will have the opportunity to learn about leadership, community, and friendship, all while enjoying new activities and camp favorites! Group and individually selected activities will give campers the chance to “explore” and challenge themselves.
Activities: Kayaking, nature hikes, sculpture, choice Wednesdays, sports and games, swim lessons three-four days each week, arts and crafts, drama, outdoor education, beach days, and more! Weekly adventure field trips may include visits to local climbing walls and water parks.
Supervision and Safety: Campers are grouped by grade level, and activities may include children of varying ages depending on interest and ability. A maximum 1:10 counselor to camper ratio will be maintained in each group.
Camp Trekker for Grades 5-8
Camp Trekker is based at the Latin School, but campers will travel off-site daily, visiting favorite Chicago attractions and hidden city treasures. Campers learn to plan and to traverse Chicago using public transportation, walking, and buses. Special field trips and visits to pools and water parks are included.
Activities: Scavenger hunts, group games, weekly water days, kayaking, outdoor cooking, water park day, arts and crafts, sports, computers, and much more!
Leaders in Training (LIT) for Grades 8-9
In this challenging program, LITs will develop organization skills, patience, and strategies for working with younger children, and will learn how to implement creative camp ideas. The schedule includes training in child development, camp health, safety, and leadership. Application is required.
Bus Services for Campers
Latin Day Summer Camp contracts with an independent bus company to provide safe, reliable door-to-door bus service to our camp families. Busing is available within the following boundaries: from 600 north (Ohio Street) to 4600 north (Wilson Avenue) and from Lake Shore Drive to 1600 west (Ashland Avenue).
There is no mid-day bus service or bus service for Extended Day. Travel times vary and may total 45 minutes, depending on your location. Notification of your pick-up and drop-off times will be mailed to you before camp starts.
Note: for more information on the Summer Camp Programs at Latin School “Welcome Day Camp” please go through the website.
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