SPECIALIZED ACTIVITY SELECTION PROCESS

We ask that all parents help their child complete the Activity Selection Form. This form is the foundational information we use to create your child’s unique summer camp experience. Please allow them to make their own choices with your help. Please keep the following information in mind when completing the form. Campers attending the Mini-Camp and Grief Support Session do not need to complete the Activity Selection Form.

THE LINK TO THE ACTIVITY SELECTION FORM WILL BE SENT TO YOU IN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE.

Each camper is asked to select 6 activities. Campers should rank the activities from 1 to 6, with 1 being the one they want the most and 6 the one they want the least. If your child has no interest in an activity, please do not rank it. Your child will not be scheduled an activity not chosen!

• Our goal is to give our campers their top 3 activities. This is not always possible.

• We can guarantee that we will do our best to get your child’s top 3. Again, not always possible.

• We can guarantee that your child will get activities in their top 6. Sometimes we give our campers a generic schedule. We do this if the parents do not complete the form.

On arrival day, your child will have the opportunity to change their schedule. We will only be able to add campers to already scheduled activities if space is available. It is so important to discuss the activity selection with your child. It affects their summer camp experience if they do not get the activities they selected.

HERE’S WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER YOU SUBMIT THE FORM:

• The Executive Camp Director will schedule the camper activity classes with the objective of giving the campers their top 3 choices. If that is not possible they will try to give the campers 3 out of the top 4 choices, then 3 out of 5 and lastly 3 out of the top 6 choices, and so on.

• Each camper’s schedule is then reviewed by the Camp Director and posted on the camper’s bunk for arrival day.

• If your child is uncertain about their schedule, or does not want something listed on their card, they will let their counselor know. The counselor will then escort the camper to the Program Assistant who will help your child.

• Many times, campers change their minds regarding their activity schedule and we may be able to give your child the activity they desire but THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

• Throughout the day, campers will ask if they can change their schedule. The Program Assistant gathers this information and at the end of check-in, the Program Assistant will work on the schedule and see if they can change the schedule for your child.

• If a child is still unhappy on Monday at dinner, the directors will meet to see if there is anything that can be done. The vast majority of the time, the campers are very happy with their selections.

Form links:

BOYS: https://www.hermannsonslife.org/boys-activity-selection-form

GIRLS: https://www.hermannsonslife.org/girls-activity-selection-form

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