Vermont Day School Summer Camp, Day Adventurers, Design Thinkers, Wilderness Explorers

Our camps are open to the public and are designed with our school values in mind. We strive to develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills through hands-on activities. Our faculty designs each of our camps to maximize learning, creativity and fun! In the daily schedule, structured activities are carefully balanced with free play and outdoor exploration. While students spend time playing and socializing with friends, they also learn valuable skills that last a lifetime.

This Summer, Vermont Day School will offer two week of camp for campers entering grades Kindergarten – 5th grade in Fall 2025. Session #1 will run July 7-11 and Session #2 will run July 21-25. Camp hours are 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Please see camp descriptions and offerings below:

Session #1: July 7-11

Engineering & Art (Campers entering K-2nd grade). Camp Teacher: Darcie Rankin

Calling all creative makers! Art and engineering summer camp is made for you.! Each day we will explore a different engineering and science theme and then will use art to infuse it with creativity. Shoe design. catapults, spin art, and so much more. Join Darcie Rankin, STEM educator, for a week chocked full of activities, exploratory play and building with a purpose! Register here.

Eco Art (Campers entering grades 3-5). Camp Teacher: Sam Grant

The best art materials can be found in nature! Join us for an energizing week of creating and crafting at VDS! Campers will spend their week exploring the outdoors and using plants, water, sunlight, and other organic materials to build one-of-a-kind artistic treasures. Projects may include sun prints, weaving, flower pressings, and tie dying using homemade plant dye! Learn about the secret artistic uses of Vermont plant life while playing with new and old friends! Register here.

Session #2: July 21-25

Camp Like It’s 1999! (Campers entering K-2nd grade). Camp Teacher: Kelly Bouteiller

Calling all adventurers in Kindergarten through 2nd grade! Get ready to step back in time and experience the simple joys of summer camp, just like kids did in the ’90s. At Camp Like It’s 1999, we’re trading screens for sunshine, gadgets for games, and Wi-Fi for wild imagination!

Our days will be filled with classic summer fun: building forts, creating friendship bracelets, playing capture the flag, and cooling off with epic water games. From tie-dye t-shirts to scavenger hunts and campfire singalongs (minus the fire!). Campers will experience the carefree, unplugged magic of summer’s past. Each day will include: Nature walks and old-school fun in the sun, DIY crafts like lanyard keychains, painted pet rocks, tie-dye t-shirts, and colorful bead bracelets, classic games like kickball, four square, and capture the flag, and splash-tacular fun with sprinklers, water balloons, and slip ‘n slides. Join us for a week of laughter, friendship, and unplugged fun. Register here.

Engineering & Art (Campers entering grades 3-5). Camp Teacher: Darcie Rankin

Calling all creative makers! Art and engineering summer camp is made for you! Each day we will explore a different engineering and science theme and then will use art to infuse it with creativity. Shoe design. catapults, spin art, and so much more. Join Darcie Rankin, STEM educator, for a week chocked full of activities, exploratory play and building with a purpose! Register here.

Registration & Payment for VDS Camps:

The Camp fee is $385 per student for each camp week.To register for camp, please use this registration link. Payment is non-refundable and due in full at the time of registration to reserve your child’s space in the camp. A minimum of six campers is required to run each session.

Questions? Contact Sage Bagnato, Head of School (sbagnato@vtdayschool.org) or Libby Macdonald, Director of Admissions (lmacdonald@vtdayschool.org).