Checklist of forms & Due Dates
Note: Medical, insurance form, transportation, and Quebec camper form are now located on your daughter's dashboard
Camper Fees Settled
You have received invoices via E-Mail
June 1
Medical form due
Health & Safety are our utmost concerns. Upload your forms on your dashboard
1st Session June 1
2nd Session July 1
Proof of Medical Insurance
In case of a medical emergency or Dr’s visit your child needs to have insurance coverage. Have you purchased medical insurance yet? Click here for information on how you can purchase medical insurance
1st Session June 1
2nd Session July 1
Quebec Camper form
Quebec campers are required to have this form filled. One form per family.
June 1
Travel Plans
How is your daughter getting to camp. Be sure to finalize her travel arrangements by the due date. More travel information here.
First Session- May 15
Second Session- June 15
Cabin Mate Requests
Camp will need at least 3 cabinmate requests to honor at least one. No requests will be honored after this time.
June 1
Sending medication to camp?
If your daughter is taking any medication, make sure to fill the prescription information on your dashboard.
More info?
Have I informed the camp of any important information that they will need in order to best care for my child.
June 1
Some Tried and True Tips
Some children are born campers. Their adjustment to camp life flows effortlessly. Many children though,may experience some anxiety as they get closer to the start of the summer season. These children will benefit from discussions of how to deal with complex situations that may arise.
If your daughter isn’t used to staying away from home, plan a sleepover – even for the entire weekend, with a friend or family member.
Teach your child how to care for herself – personal hygiene, showering etc.
Involve them in packing, so they know where everything is.
Review the camp daily schedule with your daughter so there are no surprises. click here for schedule
Do a little problem solving. Go over some “what if” situations. – what if you lose your flashlight or don’t get along with another child?
Talk with them about feeling home-sick or if they’ll miss their other family members. Stay positive, but discuss their anxieties. See: Dealing with Homesickness
Model confidence in them! Show your child that you are confident that they will get through their worried feelings. Remind them of examples of times they were brave in the past. You are their cheerleader!
Model confidence in you! Stay away from statements like “What am I going to do without you.” Even if sending your child to camp is the hardest thing you’ve ever done do not open the doors for your child to be worrying about you!
Send emails. send letters via snail mail. Keep it simple and fun, a word game and fun news and shmooze.
Keep your goodbye short and sweet! Long goodbyes draw out the anxious feelings kids have about your departure.
Discuss the camp’s policies regarding communication between camper and parents, so it is not a surprise.
Homesickness
If your child does experience homesickness while at camp, consider these recommendations:
- Acknowledge your child’s homesickness, but reaffirm to your child that they can work through it and will have a great time.
- Keep writing letters and postcards to your child
- Know that when dealing with homesickness there are stages. In the beginning your child needs support and then they need firmness. The words, “you’re staying at camp” are what your child is waiting to hear and is a vote of confidence that you know that your child can succeed.
- One big no-no is to make deals with kids that are contrary to the camp’s rules, such as agreeing to speak regularly by telephone when the camp’s policy doesn’t allow it. “This implicitly communicates that you lack confidence in their ability to work through homesick feelings,as well it undermines the camp’s efforts to manage the situation.”
