Day Camp
Tower Hill Day Camp is the perfect introduction to the camp experience for younger children, with daily activities that take advantage of our beautiful campus and provide opportunities to make new friends. Before and after care are available.
A DAY AT TOWER HILL DAY CAMP
7:30-8:30 a.m. Before Care
8:30 a.m. Drop Off
8:30-8:45 a.m. Morning Gathering
8:45-9 a.m. Movement - workouts, yoga, games (water play Tues. & Thurs. for Summer Tots/Green Groups)
9-10 or 11:30 a.m. Theme Activity/Trips/Special Guest
10 a.m. Snack (daily snack and drink provided)
10-11:30 a.m. Theme Activity
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch/Outdoor Play
12:30-2:45 p.m. Artistic Activity and Rest Time (Summer Tots/Green Groups)
12:30-3 p.m. Theme Activity/Movement - bowling or swimming
Fridays 12:30 p.m. Mister Softee Ice Cream Truck for full day campers
3 p.m. Pick Up
3-5:30 p.m. After Care
CAMPER CLASSROOMS
Summer Tots - Age 3 (Rising Tower Tots)
Green Group - Age 4 (Rising PreK)
Yellow Group - Ages 5-6 (Rising Kindergartners)
Blue Group - Ages 6-8 (Rising First-Second Graders)
Camper Fun! - Ages 8-11 (Rising Third-Fifth Graders)
Yellow and Blue Groups attend field trips and go swimming at Windybush Pool.
Summer Tots and Green Groups do specialized theme activities and have special guests in lieu of off campus field trips. Summer Tots and Green Group campers must be potty trained.
Lunches: Please see the back of the brochure for information.
Please contact Director of Day Camp Megan Quinlan (mquinlan@towerhill.org) with any questions.
DAY CAMP RATES
A $10 school processing fee will be added to the prices listed below at check out.
Full Day (8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.) $395
Half Day AM (8:30-11:30 a.m.) $265
Half Day PM (12-3 p.m.) $265
Extended Care
Before Care (7:30-8:30 a.m.) $70
After Care (3-5:30 p.m.) $95
Aftercare for Week 10 (No aftercare on Friday, Aug. 14 - camp closes at 3 p.m.) $75
4-Day Weeks
(Week 2: June 15-18 and Week 4: June 29-July2)
Full Day (8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.) $360
Half Day AM (8:30-11:30 a.m.) $240
Half Day PM (12-3 p.m.) $240
Extended Care
Before Care (7:30-8:30 a.m.) $50
After Care (3-5:30 p.m.) $75
WEEKLY THEMES
Week 1: June 8-12, Color Craze Carnival
The Color Craze Carnival is coming to town! This week will be full of the wonder of color and design. We will create tie-dyed t-shirts and paint a giant splatter paint mural. Face painting and a silly hat parade will be included too! The grand finale for the week will be a Mini Color Run ending with a colorful Popsicle Party.
Field Trip: Painting With a Twist
Week 2: June 15-18, Superhero Training Camp
Closed Friday, June 19 for Juneteenth Superheroes of confidence, kindness and imagination that is! The week will kick off with each camper creating superhero capes and masks. Obstacle courses or rescue missions will be set up for our heroes throughout the week. They will work on Acts of Heroism Challenges as well. The week will end with Super Showdown Games and Hero Awards!
Field Trip: Can Do Park
Week 3: June 22-26, Wild About Nature
Who is not Wild About Nature? The week will be full of opportunities to appreciate the outdoors! Mother Earth and all of its wonder will be explored and enjoyed. Scavenger hunts and bag safaris are in the queue for limitless splendor! Build a Fort Day will become the highlight of the week for our campers. The finale will be a campground cookout with nature awards!
Field Trip: Ramsey’s Farm
Week 4: June 29-July 2, Camp Out Week
Closed Friday, July 3 for Fourth of July
Camping in the summer is an excellent way to build skills, share stories and bond with special friends. Camping at Summer at Tower Hill is an even greater experience with tent building, campfire sing-alongs and storytelling. We will enjoy nature yoga, constellation crafts and create trail mix! The finale for the week will include an indoor “camp in” day with wearing our pajamas and eating picnic snacks.
Field Trip: Ashland Nature Center
Week 5: July 6-10, Splish Splash Splashdown
Who loves to splish and splash in the summer? All of our campers will delight in the fun with water as the star! Slip and Slide relays, sponge tosses, and water balloon volleyball are in the queue for the week. In addition to swimming at Windybush Pool and water play for our younger friends, we will end the week with Wet and Wild Olympics with a watermelon feast.
Field Trip: Kalmar Nyckel
Week 6: July 13-17, Mad Science Mayhem
The scientific mayhem will begin with a slime lab! Curiosity and experimentation will take over as our scientists tinker with soda geysers, bubbles and magnets. The inventor’s lab maker station will allow campers to create, design and share their creations during the Science Fair.
In-House Field Trip: Science Explorers
Week 7: July 20-24, Camp’s Got Talent!
Want to share your self-expression and your skills at the performing arts? Then this is the camp for you! The highlight of this week’s theme will be dance parties, skit writing and silly impressions. Karaoke and puppet theater workshops will also cause a stir. However, the greatest will be our finale of the week with a Tower Hill Talent Show put on by the campers with sets and props designed by all! Families are welcome to attend the show on Friday morning.
Field Trip: The Grand Theater
Week 8: July 27-31, Kids in the Kitchen
Cooking is the perfect way to practice food science and edible creativity. Our focus this year will be to practice our chopping skills, create personal pizzas and experiment with no-bake desserts. We will attend a cooking demonstration at Grotto’s Pizza to see how they fill orders throughout the day. In addition, we will learn chopping skills and essentials of eating healthy.
Field Trip: Grotto’s Pizza
Week 9: Aug. 3-7, Movie Magic
Want to discover the magic of creativity behind the scenes of famous movies? We will learn about stop-motion animation and create a short film trailer to share! Popcorn boxes will be designed and constructed to enjoy a popcorn snack for the Red Carpet Movie Reveal!
Field Trip: Movie Theater
Week 10: Aug. 10-14, Mystery Week
No aftercare on Friday, Aug. 14 - camp closes at 3p.m. Are you a kid that loves a mystery? Problem-solving, teamwork and critical thinking will be used daily during this week as our campers complete daily scavenger hunts, DIY spy kits and fingerprinting fun! Escape Room puzzles will be experienced for the ultimate mystery. The week will conclude with the Great Camp Mystery Reveal with awards!
Field Trip: Winterthur Garden
Camper Fun! Day camp for grades 3-5
Available Weeks: 1-3 and 5-8 only.
Camp Counselor: Francesca Pabon
For 3rd, 4th and 5th graders it will be an extraordinary summer, indeed! Transitioning into their own cohort, rising 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will have the opportunity to embark on new adventures daily. At our summer camp, campers will experience the best of both worlds! They will enjoy a dynamic blend of age-appropriate activities designed to match their energy and interests, all while immersing themselves in the fun and excitement of our overarching weekly themes. With a variety of engaging activities woven into the camp schedule, each day brings something new and exciting. Campers will also get to enjoy the most popular elements of our Day Camp program, including bowling, refreshing swimming sessions and select field trips that bring learning and adventure to life. It’s the perfect combination of structure, creativity and outdoor fun!
Academics
$265 per program.
Readiness courses are designed for new and returning Tower Hill students only. This year some camps have a choice of AM or PM.
Week 3: June 22-26
Ready For Middle School Math!
Cherie Martinez, Grade 5
Games, games and more games will make this program a winner with all who attend. We will focus on whole number operations, place value and the rote recall of multiplication and division facts. Get ready to have fun while strengthening your math skills!
Week 8: July 27-31
OR Kindergarten Readiness!
Ashley Gillerlain, Kindergarten
Join us for a week to get ready for kindergarten! We will practice phonemic awareness, letter formation, handwriting skills and number sense! We will also practice routines and skills needed for kindergarten.
OR Second Grade Readiness!
Taylor Brennan, Grade 2
Avoid the summer slide! Have your student ready for second grade by reviewing the previous year’s math and literacy skills while having fun all along the way!
Week
9: Aug. 3-7
OR First Grade Readiness
Bianca Santos Channell, Grade 1
Is your child preparing to enter first grade? Help them avoid the summer slide with this fun academic week. Students will play games while reviewing sight words and math concepts. Also, students will practice proper letter formation while writing about their favorite summer activity. The week would not be complete without working on their reading comprehension skills. Pack your backpack for first grade, here we come!
OR Third Grade Readiness
Francesca Pabon, Grade 3
Avoid the summer slide! Have your student ready for third grade by reviewing the previous year’s math and literacy skills while having fun all along the way!
OR Fourth Grade Readiness!
Anna Elliot, Grade 4
Avoid the summer slide! Have your student ready for fourth grade by reviewing the previous year’s math and literacy skills while having fun all along the way!
OR Explore With Friends
Marina Attix, Grades K-4
After your readiness camps, some of you can join Mrs. Attix to explore nature and create arts and crafts!
Bundle Camps
Join us for one of our expertly crafted bundles this summer, designed especially for creative kids!
Morning and afternoon themes have been specially planned to complement each other! Price: $450 per program unless noted otherwise.
Week 1: June 8-12
Cooking’s Cool | Craft Studio Grades 1-4
Week 2: June 15-18
Closed Friday, June 19 for Juneteenth | Pokemon Grades 2-5
Little Gardeners Camp | Sprouts, Petals & Stories Grades K-1
Week 3: June 22-26
Harry Potter World | Hogwarts Grades 3-5
Purposeful Play | Storybook Fun with Laura Numeroff, Grades K-1
Girls Sports Sampler | Camp Ultraviolet Girls, Grades 3-7
At this time we can hold up to 30 spots. By signing up now your spot is confirmed and payment will be needed by Sunday, March 1.
Week 5: July 6-10
Chocolate | Baker’s Delight Grades 1-4
Week 6: July 13-17
Play-doh, Clay and More! | Craft Studio Grades 1-4
Santa’s Workshop | Cookie Kitchen Grades 1-4
Week 7: July 20-24
Candyland | Classic Fun! Grades 1-4
Purposeful Play | Storybook Fun with Jon Jory Grades K-1
Week 8: July 27-31
Holiday House | The Fun Studio Grades 1-4
A $10 school processing fee will be added to the prices at check out. Extended Care available. See page 1 for information under Day Camp rates.
Enrichment
Week 1: June 8-12
Code Ninjas: 3D Modeling Basics Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Woodworking Grommets, Grades K-1, $385
Photography: John Barlett Grades 5-8
Code Ninjas: AI Coding & Machine Learning Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Medieval Adventures Grades 2-4, $385
Week 2: June 15-18
Closed Friday, June 19 for Juneteenth
Code Ninjas: HTML & CSS Web Development Grades 4-6, $215
Silver Hammer Workshop: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Grades 3-5, $350
Chess | Greg Rogers Grades K-12, $200
Code Ninjas: Digital Art & Game Design Grades 4-6, $215
Silver Hammer Workshop: Open Studio Grades 6-8, $350
Week 3: June 22-26
Code Ninjas: Stop Motion Animation Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Longboards - the ULTIMATE Ride! Grades 5-12, $385
Code Ninjas: Mobile App Design & Coding Grades 4-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Classic Board Games Grades 4-12, $385
Dungeons & Dragons Summer Camp — Where Storytelling, Strategy and Social Skills Meet Grades 5-8 | Josh Boughner $395
Week 4: June 29-July 2
Closed Friday, July 3 for Fourth of July
| America at 250 Grades 5-8, $295
Week 5: July 6-10
| Become a Restaurateur Grades 5-6 | Ashley Gillerlain $395
Code Ninjas: Retro Arcade Coding Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Open Studio Grades 3-5, $385
Code Ninjas: Scratch Game Coding Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Open Studio Grades 2-4, $385
Week 6: July 13-17
Code Ninjas: Coding Carnival Tycoon Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Model Rocketry Grades 5-12, $385
Code Ninjas: Stem Climate Engineers Grades 3-6, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Championship Nok Hockey, Grades 5-12, $385
Week 7: July 20-24
Code Ninjas: Jr Game Coding Grades K-2, $265
Silver Hammer Workshop: Society Of Small Furniture Makers, Grades 3-6, $385
Silver Hammer Workshop: Official Cornhole Set Grades 4-12, $385
Code Ninjas: Jr Coding & Electronics Grades K-2, $265
| Child Drama Workshop Journey To Oz: Dancing Down The Yellow Brick Road, Grades 1-5, $465
| Current Events & Debate Grades 5-8, $395
For Silver Hammer Workshops: please visit our website at www.silverhammerworkshop.com for complete descriptions of our 2026 Specialty and Open Studio Camps
Enrichment
Week 8: July 27-31
Code Ninjas: Jr Engineering Grades K-2, $265
Chess - Greg Rogers Grades K-12, $250
Code Ninjas: Jr Coding & Circuits Grades K-2, $265
Sports
Week 1: June 8-12
| Sports Spectacular Grades 1-4, $395
Lacrosse | Forever Fun Grades 1-4, $395
Week 2: June 15-18
Week 9: Aug. 3-7
Code Ninjas: Lego Python Coding Grades 4-8, $265
Chess - Greg Rogers Grades K-12, $250
Code Ninjas: Lego Robotics Engineering Grades 3-6, $265
| Child Drama Workshop: KPop Demon Hunters, Grade K-5, $465
Week 4: June 29-July 2
Closed Friday, July 3 for Fourth of July
Flag Football Grades 4-8, $265
| Cheerleading Grades 5-8, $395
Week 5: July 6-10
| Boys Sports Sampler Grades 3-6, $395
Closed Friday, June 19 for Juneteenth
Boys And Girls Volleyball Clinic Grades 6-9, $265
Field Hockey | Classic Fun Grades 1-4, $395
Week 3: June 22-26
Soccer Shots | Basketball by OTA Grades 1-4, $395
Week 6: July 13-17
| Girls Field Hockey And Lacrosse Grades 5-8, $395
| Pickleball by OTA | GAGA by OTA Grade 2-6, $395
Week 8: July 27-31
| Baseball Basics Grades 2-5, $395
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LUNCH
Full day campers can pack a healthy peanut free lunch each day. We will not be refrigerating lunches so be sure to include an ice pack. A snack and drink will be provided by Tower Hill each day. Please send in your camper with a water bottle full of water.
Lunch Program
We are thrilled to continue our Summer at Tower Hill School Lunch Program! The two week camp menu below was created with our pickiest of eaters in mind. Milk and non-carbonated beverages included. $62 per 5-day week. *Menu subject to change based on availability.
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS
Chicken nuggets, french fries, green beans
Macaroni & cheese, broccoli, carrots and celery with ranch dressing
Cheese quesadilla, sour cream, salsa, carrots and broccoli with ranch dressing
Italian hoagie and chips, garden salad, assorted dressings
FOR QUESTIONS CONTACT:
Cindy Sardo, Director of Summer Programs (csardo@towerhill.org), Jess Hart, Director of Enrichment and Sports Camps (jhart@towerhill. org), and Megan Quinlan, Director of Day Camp (mquinlan@towerhill.org)
Meatballs with marinara pasta, peas and carrots
Grilled cheese and baked curly fries, carrots and broccoli with ranch dressing
Grilled chicken sandwich and potato chips, garden salad, assorted dressings
All beef hot dogs and steak fries, green peas
Cheese pizza, garden salad, assorted dressings
Two-cheese calzone, garden salad, assorted dressings
REGISTRATION POLICY/ REFUNDS
By registering for any program, you are signing a release for your child to attend any off-site field trip, scheduled pool trip or bus ride, described in the brochure and/or website for that particular week of camp.
All cancellations must be made by Friday, May 15, to receive a refund less a $25 cancellation fee per camp registration. Thereafter, cancellations will only be honored with a refund if we can fill your child’s spot with one on our waiting list. If we cannot fill the spot, a cancellation fee of $200 will be applied to each camp. The circumstances for refunds will also be considered on a case-bycase basis. The Summer at Tower Hill Program reserves the right to cancel or modify individual programs due to enrollment or weather conditions. If Tower Hill decides a program change is necessary, the student will be placed in an alternative program or the program will provide a full refund.
