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PCWS Summer Camps 2023
Is your child ready to embrace summer after a busy school year? We are thrilled to return to summer camp programming. Please see our offerings below. All camps are from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Please email us with any questions and to be put on a waitlist if you are interested in a camp that is full.
Summer Play Camp
Session 1: June 19 – 23
Led by Susannah Courand and Shelley Degges
Session 2: July 31 – August 4
Led by Inna Landowne and Sam England
Session 3: August 7 -11
Led by Inna Landowne and Sam England
Join us for a week of playful experiences that will nurture creativity and help form childhood summer memories. With plenty of outdoor time, this summer camp will offer a seasonal rhythm that includes storytelling, songs, movement games, sand and water play, crafts, preparing healthy snacks, and imaginative play.
Ages: These camp sessions are designed for 4- to 6-year-olds.
Cost: $350 per week
Adventures in Alexandria – Exploring
June 19 – 23
Led by Michael Judge
Alexandria is one of the most historic towns in all of America. Right outside the front door of Potomac Crescent Waldorf School dwells a landscape full of stories and historic locations that span the length of our history. When a child can link stories with their geographic landscape, that landscape comes alive. This PCWS camp will pioneer the many opportunities that can be searched out in Alexandria. We will explore the site of individual human tales of struggle and connect in a heartfelt way with the sites that evoke the feelings of Native Americans, colonial peoples, the American Revolution, the amazing growth of our country, the tragedy of the Civil War, and the struggle for civil rights. We will also seek out all the spaces where a child can frolic and play.
This camp is for rising 3rd – 5th graders
Cost: $350 per week
Wee Felt Folk and Story Camp
July 5 – 7 *partial week
Led by Miranda Monkhorst-Prenger and Inna Landowne
Children will hear an unfolding story across three warm, summer days and create little folk and gnomes from wool felt and other natural materials to bring home. They will make a daily grain and vegetable snack and have plenty of opportunity to play outdoors.
This camp is for rising first graders, ages 6 – 7 years old
Cost: $220
Cooking and Baking
July 10 - 14
Led by Simi Nary
Children will make delicious, healthy and wholesome foods from scratch: breads made from whole grains, jams, soups, seasonal salads, pasta from flour to form, and yummy sauces to accompany them. The children will get a window into how some of the foods they eat everyday come to life. They will create their own recipe books through painting and art to bring home and share with their families and loved ones.
This camp is for rising 2nd – 5th graders
Cost: $350
Arts Camp
July 17 – 21
Led by Adriana Gomez
Children will spend the week working with their hands, exploring a unique combination of different mediums such as clay, natural fibers, and wood. They will have the opportunity to learn about different artistic techniques: painting with acrylics, making marble paper, sewing, and weaving. With their newly acquired skills they will create unique objets d'arts to embellish and use in their homes. Children will also have time to play and tend to our school garden.
This camp is for rising 2nd – 5th graders
Cost: $350