Gardner School Summer Camp Offerings 2025
Registration begins February 3rd, 2025. Priority enrollment is given to current Gardner students until March 3rd, 2025. If you are not a Gardner student and enroll between February 3rd and March 3rd, we will send invoices and confirm camp availabilities on March 3rd!
Descriptions of each camp are further down the page. Just scroll down to browse!
Summer Camps At-a-Glance
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(K-2nd) Ceramics I with Joyce
(3rd-6th) Chefs Academy with Devon
(3rd-8th) Learn to Sew with Emily
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(K-2nd) Matchbox City with Joyce
(3rd-6th) Writer’s Workshop with Millie
(K-6) Champion Camp with Devon
(P/PreK) Beach Camp with Maya
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(K-2nd) Ceramics II with Joyce
(3rd-8th) Building and Board Games with Jared
(2nd-6th) Summer Camp Crafts with Millie
(K-2) Mess Maker Camp with Devon
(P/PreK) Winter in July with Maya
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(K-2nd) Marble Mania with Joyce
(3rd-8th) Robotics with Jared*
(3rd-6th) Cardboard Crafting with Millie
(K-2nd) Mad Scientist Camp with Devon
(P/PreK) Space Camp with Maya
*$50 materials fee, so students can take home their own Edison robot!
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(K-2nd) Ceramics III with Joyce
(3rd-8th) Digital Art with Jared*
(3rd-8th) Learn to Sew with Emily
(Preschool/PreK) Safari Camp with Maya
*$50 materials fee, so students can take home their own drawing tablet!
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School Readiness Week:
(K*-6th) Scout Camp with Devon
Tumtum Fun Start
Mazama Readiness
Kalama Kickoff
The Tumtum, Mazama, and Kalama camps are limited to students enrolled in those classrooms for fall 2025.
Priority for Scout Camp will be given to siblings of those in our Readiness camps. Remaining spots will be open to the wider community.
*Incoming Kalama students should enroll in Kalama Kickoff.
Scroll down for full descriptions and details for each camp!
Week 1: July 7th - 11th
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Ceramics I
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: We will work with various clay and ceramic media and techniques to build a variety of objects, from pots and creatures to plaques and fidgets. Campers will take home all that they make.
** Kiln-fired ceramic objects have to be bone dry and then fired twice, which takes time. Objects will be available for pick up the week after camp completes. Photos of each camper’s work will be sent home with campers for ease of pick up.
** Concepts for the ‘Ceramics’ series are different for each week, and beginners are welcome to join each week. Ideas will not be repeated, so join them all!
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Chefs Academy
WITH TEACHER DEVON
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd-6th Grades
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Spend a week as a real chef, cooking real food! Create a menu and open a “restaurant” with your kitchen team. Learn about different cuisines, kitchen safety, cooking techniques, and how to write your own recipes! All recipes will be nut-free, but can also be altered for other dietary or allergy needs if requested by June 15th.
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Learn to Sew
WITH TEACHER EMILY
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd to 8th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Get familiar with the basics of sewing! Learn skills to repair clothes and other fabric items, and create your own new treasures. Students will get to make their own tote bag or pillow case to take home.
Ready to Enroll?
Week 2: July 14th - 18th
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Matchbox City
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Campers will build a miniature city with roads, buildings, and places for cars to explore! We have an entire classroom ready to be transformed into the perfect roadways for our fleet of Matchbox Cars. Kids can design their perfect houses, stores, parks, anything they desire from cardboard, paper, craft materials, and found objects. We’ll also spend tons of time outside exploring, playing, and enjoying the summer weather!
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Writers' Workshop
WITH TEACHER MILLIE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd- 8th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Do you have a story you want to tell? Does the idea of writing like Jane Yolen, Rick Riorden, Dav Pilkey, Jeff Kinney, Laura Ingalls Wilder or JK Rowling sound exciting? Are you a budding young author? Come join us as we learn to get our stories down on paper (or computer!) and organize our ideas into stories that we can tell to our friends and families.
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Champion Camp
WITH TEACHER DEVON
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 6th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Take on challenges and become the ultimate champion! Collect points in every challenge by dodging obstacles, outsmarting puzzles, building creations, and racing to the finish line! Keep active and become a champion with your team!
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Beach Camp
WITH TEACHERS MAYA & KRISTIN
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Preschool/Pre-K
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Let’s go to the beach (in our imaginations!) Through the power of play-based learning, explore all things ocean, sand, sun, and water! Our Imagination Playground has a large sand area and water toys, a speed boat, and more!
Ready to Enroll?
Week 3: July 21st - 25th
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Winter in July
WITH TEACHERS MAYA & KRISTIN
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Preschool/PreK
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: True to the name, winter in July camp is all things cold during one of the hottest months of the year. Exploring concepts through PLAY children will learn about hot and cold.
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Ceramics II
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: We will work with various clay and ceramic media and techniques to build a variety of objects, from pots and creatures to plaques and fidgets. Campers will take home everything that they make. We will also spend lots of time outside exploring and playing on our 5 acre campus.
**Kiln-fired ceramic objects have to be bone dry and then fired twice which takes time. Objects will be available for pick up the week after camp completes. Photos of each object will be sent home with each camper for ease at pick up time.
*Concepts for the ’Ceramics’ series are different for each week, and beginners are welcome in each week. Ideas will not be repeated, so join them all.
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Summer Camp Crafts
WITH TEACHER MILLIE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd - 6th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: A taste of what summer camp was like when parents were young! Spend a week doing all the classic summer camp crafts. We’ll work on tin can windsocks, tie-dyed shirts, friendship bracelets, sand candles, boondoggle, and more. We’ll also have plenty of time to play outside and engage in summer camp games.
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Mess Maker Camp
WITH TEACHER DEVON
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Let's get messy! Spend the week building, painting, exploring and experimenting in the messiest ways possible! We'll explore cause and effect, abstract art, chemical reactions, and the great outdoors. Bring your extra clothes because messy adventures are waiting for you!
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Building and Board Games
WITH TEACHER JARED
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd - 8th Grades
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Spend the mornings building with various items, then after our lunch break spend the afternoons playing board games Campers will be able to bring home the various items they have built. They are welcome to bring in their favorite board games as well, just have them marked with a name so they can come home with campers.
Ready to Enroll?
Week 4: July 28th - August 1st
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Marble Mania
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Spend a week exploring marble runs and creative building techniques to race marbles and build kinesthetic structures! Each kid will go home with a hand-built marble run and a few marbles in a marble bag. We will also spend lots of time outside exploring and playing on our 5 acre campus..
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Robotics
WITH TEACHER JARED
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd-8th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Learn how to code Edison robots. During camp we will learn how to navigate mazes, detect objects, and program decisions for our Edisons to make. This leads to us running multiple robot wresting tournaments during camp. Legos will be used during camp, but will be left at the school.
There is a $50 additional fee for this camp - take home your very own Edison robot!
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Cardboard Crafting
WITH TEACHER MILLIE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd - 6th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: For all budding structural engineers, crafters, role-players, cosplayers, and model makers! Build (almost) anything you can imagine with this versatile, cheap, easy-to-work-with, and readily available material! Campers can make masks, armor, buildings, dioramas, vehicles, forts, or whatever else they can dream up.
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Mad Scientist Camp
WITH TEACHER DEVON
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Welcome to the Mad Scientist Lab! Pick your mad scientist name and start planning your evil scheme! We'll use our skills to build our headquarters, test experiments, and even make disguises to escape capture. Are you up for the challenge?
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Space Camp
WITH TEACHER MAYA
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Preschool/Pre-K
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Become an astronaut and explore all things Outer Space through play-based learning! Explore strange new worlds, design aliens, learn about rockets, investigate planets and stars, and engage in exploratory outdoor play!
Ready to Enroll?
Week 5: August 4th - 8th
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Ceramics III
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: We will work with various clay and ceramic media and techniques to build a variety of objects, from pots and creatures to plaques and fidgets. Campers will take home everything they make. We will also spend lots of time outside exploring and playing on our 5 acre campus.
**Kiln-fired ceramic objects have to be bone dry and then fired twice which takes time. Objects will be available for pick up the week after camp completes. Photos of each object will be sent home with each camper for ease at pick up time.
*Concepts for the ’Ceramics’ series are different for each week, and beginners are welcome in each week. Ideas will not be repeated, so join them all.
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Learn to Sew
WITH TEACHER EMILY
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd-8th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Get familiar with the basics of sewing! Learn skills to repair clothes and other fabric items, and create your own new items. Students will get to make their own tote bag or pillow case to take home.
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Digital Art
WITH TEACHER JARED
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: 3rd to 8th
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365 plus $50 materials fee
Description: Learn how to create digital art and animation with tools such as a digital drawing tablet. Campers will use Blender, a free animation software package, and Krita, an open source digital drawing package. Computers will be provided for use at camp; students will take home their newfound skills and parents will receive information on where to download the free software we use!
**$50 Materials fee - take home your own Wacom drawing tablet and wireless mouse! -
Safari Camp
WITH TEACHER MAYA
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Preschool/PreK
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Learn all about the animals found in different areas, from jungles to wetlands, deserts to grasslands! Dress up as your favorite animals, explore what kinds of foods they eat, what defenses they have, how they sound, and more! Plenty of outdoor and indoor imaginative play for all preschoolers!
Ready to Enroll?
School Readiness and Bonus Camp
Week 6: August 11th- 15th
While our incoming Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students prepare for new school adventures during School Readiness Week (see below), students who have completed Kindergarten can attend a final week of Summer Camp!
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Scout Camp
WITH TEACHER DEVON
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Kindergarten - 6th
(Students should have completed Kindergarten. Incoming Kalama students should enroll in the Kalama Kickoff camp below.)
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Spend the week as a scout! Earn badges for art, cooking, scavenging, science, community and more! Become a part of the troop and collect all the badges!
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Tumtum Fun Start Camp
WITH TEACHER SARAH
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Incoming Tumtum students for Fall 2025/2026 Only.
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Designed for our youngest adventurers, this camp helps our incoming Tumtummers feel comfortable with the transition of leaving parents and entering school for the first time. Get to know your new classroom, the teacher, and the school routines, all before the first day. Practice circle time activities and get a head start on what it’s like to be at school! While exploring at their own pace, campers will get to build relationships with their future teacher and classmates.
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Mazama Readiness Camp
WITH TEACHER MAYA
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Incoming Mazama students for Fall 2025/2026 Only.
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Partly a summer camp, partly a scheduled routine to get us in the groove for the upcoming school year! This camp is for incoming Mazama students to get to know their teachers, classroom, and new friends before the school year begins. There will be lots of outdoor play, crafts, and creative activities!
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Kalama Kickoff Camp
WITH TEACHER JOYCE
Camp Currently Accepting Campers
Grades: Incoming Kalama students for Fall 2025/2026 Only.
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $365
Description: Partly a summer camp, partly a scheduled routine to get us in the groove for the upcoming school year! This camp is for incoming Kalama students to get to know their teacher, classroom, and new friends before the school year begins.
We will be making one clay object with low fire clay and non toxic glazes. Ceramics will be ready about the 3rd week of school.