Are you looking for a summer camp experience that will be fun, educational, and memorable? Look no further than Wakefield Country Day School's summer camps in Rappahannock County, Virginia! Our summer camps are available for preschool students through 12th grade and offer a variety of activities and experiences that will keep your child engaged and entertained. From outdoor activities to arts and crafts, there's something for everyone!
☀️Summer Camps Begin June 19th!☀️
Camp tuition is due in full at the time of enrollment. If camp is canceled for any reason, your fee will be returned. On-campus space is extremely limited and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please complete the following:
- Registration form for each student
- Medical waiver/emergency contact form for each student (click here).
- Provide copies of immunization records and a complete physical for each child not currently enrolled at Wakefield Country Day School.
Registration, waiver forms may be completed online or mailed:
Wakefield Country Day School
2023 Summer Camp
P.O. Box 739
Flint Hill, Virginia 22627
Beginning June 19th
General Summer Camp
Monday-Friday, All Summer Long
- Teacher: WCDS Faculty
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Preschool (3 yr. old) through Fifth Grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Cost: $250 per student per week. Daily drop-in rate $60 (if space available).
- A safe and nurturing environment to encourage fun and learning. Play, recess, library time, gymnasium, in the care of trained, loving WCDS Faculty. Limited Space. Campers bring snack/lunch/water. Contact ad[email protected] to specify which weeks you'd like to attent!
July 3-7
LEGO Camp
July 3-7
- Teacher: Nikki Brady
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: 1st-5th Grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Join me for a week of projects using LEGOS! I will challenge all campers to be creative, and inventive. LEGO challenges will be presented for students to complete individually, or in pairs. After building all morning long, we will head outside for some fun in the sun!
Photography/Film Camp
July 3-7
- Teacher: Seniors Claire Mullins and Arella Nagle
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Rising 6-11th graders
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Photography, Film Making, Photoshop -- learn it all in this week-long camp. Learn techniques in story-boarding, editing, and posting your projects. Hands-on camp using top-of-the line Nikon DSLR cameras, iMovie and Final Cut Pro, and green-screen technology. Limited space available.
July 10-14
Art and Nature
July 10-14
- Teacher: Sylvie Blank
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Preschool-2nd
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- This camp will include outdoor nature exploration with an investigation into the natural world with a lot of water fun. Camp activities include but are not limited to; nature crafts, beading, weaving, baking, painting and playing in the sprinkler or a slip and slide and much, more! Students are encouraged to explore the world around them and have the option to put their observations and findings into creative and individual creations!
Graphic Novels and Animation
July 10-14
- Teacher: Lyndsey Pheister
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Rising 1st-5th Grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Calling all authors, artists, doodlers, animators and graphic novel lovers! We will spend our mornings learning the ways of popular graphic novelists, drawing our own unique characters, and dreaming up stories frame by Frame. After a break and some lunch we will focus on basic principles of animation and learning how to use animation software. For a final project, students will choose their favorite graphic novel and make it come to life using their new animation skills. To top off the fun, we will have lots of time for prizes, games and waterplay throughout the week.
July 17-21 Camps
Junior Construction Crew
July 17-21
- Teacher: Lyndsey Pheister
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Rising 1st and 2nd Grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Does your child build constantly? Do they love legos, blocks, forts and claim the title of master builder? This is a camp for them! We will use books stories, and pictures to help us gather ideas, then use the engineering process to help them come to life! We will have the classic toys available to use to make models and for free time, but then we will learn cardboard Construction techniques to help them become life size. In between Construction sessions we will stop for water and outdoor play.
July 24-28
Music, Spanish, recycled art, and outdoor play
July 24-28
- Teacher: Julia Kennedy Carney and student teacher assistant, Lynn Blank
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Preschool-Kindergarten
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Join us for a week of fun with music, Spanish, recycled art, and outdoor play! Children will explore concepts of music through rhythm instruments, singing, listening, movement, and games that draw the ear to some of the basic elements of music like rhythm, pitch, dynamics, expression, scales, major versus minor keys, and simple rounds. We will also sing and play games in Spanish. In the afternoons we will focus on art projects made from recycled and natural materials and outdoor play, including water play on warm days. We will take our games, projects and lunch outside whenever possible to enjoy the fresh air and summer weather.
STEAM-Powered Engineers
July 24-28
- Teacher: Lyndsey Pheister
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Rising K-2nd Grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- This camp is built for kids who like to tinker and explore! Each morning we will have time to create, read, gather ideas and invent. We will come together as a group to see if we can solve stem challenges, like building our own marble roller coasters, designing miniature boats, building newspaper chairs that can hold us. Campers will learn how to reinvent and shift their ideas, according to the design process, to make their projects more successful. After a morning of creating, we will take a break for water play and lunch. Then in the afternoons we will focus on art, either beautifying our projects from the morning or inventing our own magnificent things.
ART
July 24-28
- Teacher: Kerrie Mullany
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: 3rd-5th grade
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
July 31- August 4
Splash into Summer!
July 31-August 4
- Teacher: Meg Flanagan
- Location: On Campus
- Participants: Preschool - Kindergarten
- Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: $325
- Join the fun with Nature science, crafts, and water fun. In the morning we will explore nature on a nature walk and then incorporate fun crafts with what you find! In the afternoon, we will do exciting water experiments and then splash around on the slip-and-slide! Don't miss this fun filled week!