We look forward to sharing information and booking for Rumsey Summer Camp 2024 in early Spring 2024.

The information currently displayed is from our 2023 Summer Camp, for reference.

In addition to our own summer camp, the Rumsey Hall campus will host four exciting programs run by partner organizations. To learn more and to register, click on the buttons below:

RUMSEY SUMMER CAMP IN WASHINGTON, CT

Our 231-acre campus in the Bantam River Valley is teeming with the curiosities of natural life ...which makes it the perfect place to spend time learning and exploring during the summer months. With the guidance of our nurturing camp counselors, campers will make discovery upon discovery at our stony river beds, serene ponds, and on our natural trails. Campers also engage in games and play-based learning in our two gymnasiums, full-size floor hockey rink, three indoor tennis courts, and indoor climbing/traverse wall. Rumsey Summer Camp provides a safe, educational, and balanced social-emotional learning environment for campers to use their minds and senses to expand in their sense of self and belonging. Each week has its own theme, with activities designed to introduce campers to new and interesting projects that will inspire the love of learning throughout the summer...and beyond!

Weekly Themes

Every week has its own theme! Explore the fun here >

Every week has its own theme! Explore the fun here >

Week 1, June 26-July 30: Team Blue Dogs!

Jump start your summer camp experience with various fun-filled and action-packed activities designed to create team spirit – and what it means to be a Rumsey Blue Dog! Campers will design a team t-shirt to wear with pride, work together to navigate a rope course and climbing wall, and sleuth out clues in a huge campus-wide scavenger hunt. The week will also include exciting field trips exploring our local area

Week 2, July 3-7 (no camp July 4): Holidays in July

Who says your favorite holidays have to be once a year? Each day this week, we will embrace the spirit of a different holiday. We’ll start off the week with some festive Hanukkah and Christmas traditions and, after a day off to celebrate the 4th of July with our families, campers will return for spirited Independence Day activities with their camp friends! We'll celebrate Earth Day with a fun and fact-finding visit to the Norwalk Aquarium, and finish our week with a bang by getting dressed up for a Halloween parade!

Week 3, July 10-14: Survivor Week

Do you have what it takes? Survivor Week will challenge campers to learn and master survival skills at their own pace – and have fun while doing it! The action kicks off with campers collaborating to design team banners, bracelets, and cheers. Then the games begin! Throughout the week, campers will participate in a whole slew of challenges including a blind taste challenge, puzzles, obstacle courses, and fire-building – just to name a few!

Week 4, July 17-21: Mighty Magicians

Do you like magic tricks and wonder how they are performed? Mighty magicians week will have campers learning the ins and outs of card tricks, the hocus pocus of magic wands and potions, and the abracadabra of all manner of experiments! The week also includes a field trip to the Connecticut Science Center to discover the magic that makes our world work – as well as a magician show where campers will be amazed and delighted to witness stage magic up-close!

Week 5, July 24-28: Game Show Mania

Campers will get a healthy dose of competition during Game Show Mania week! Camp-style versions of popular game shows such as Jeopardy, the Amazing Race, Family Feud, and The Great British Bake Off will take center stage as individuals and groups compete to entertain and win big. There’s even an escape room to figure out! Get ready to sharpen your wits and work with your team. You don’t want to miss this week of excitement and laughs!

Week 6, July 31-August 4: Circus Week

Camp ends on a high note with Circus Week! Campers will start out by getting creative with face painting and other artistic, circus-themed pursuits. They’ll then practice agility and develop their inner acrobat with tumbling and a ropes course – and be thrilled and delighted to see all their favorite animals (and then some!) on a fantastic field trip to the Beardsley Zoo. The week finishes with a campus circus, complete with a dunk tank and a clown performance!

What to bring...Daily Schedule...All the basics!

3–5 Year-Old Program

Our 3-5 year old camp program provides a warm, caring and fun environment that stimulates a child’s natural curiosity. With a seasoned understanding of how the minds of young children work on a social-emotional learning level, we help our youngest campers express themselves while promoting our core values of kindness, honesty, and respect.

3–5 Year Old Sample Program Daily Schedule

Monday-Wednesday-Friday

9 a.m.: Check In
9:15–10:15 a.m.: Theme Activities
10:15–10:30 a.m.: Morning Snack
10:30–11:45 a.m.: Outdoor Adventures
12–12:30 p.m.: Lunch in Farmen Hall
12:30–1 p.m.: Wrap up of camp day and playground fun
1 p.m.: Pick up for those not staying for extended day (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only)
1–1:30 p.m.: Stories, quiet inside play, and individual crafts
1:30-3:45 p.m.: Theme Activities, outdoors adventures, and ice cream treat
3:45-4 p.m.: Pick Up

Tuesday and Thursday

9 a.m.: Check In
9:15–10:15 a.m.: Theme Activities
10:15–10:30 a.m.: Morning Snack
10:30–11:45 a.m.: Outdoor Adventures
12–12:30 p.m.: Lunch in Farmen Hall
12:30-1 p.m.: Wrap up of camp day and playground fun
1 p.m.: Pick up for all campers

Special Activities

We hope you can join us for the weekly Friday family lunch at 12:00 noon!
Friday afternoons will be spent swimming at Mt. Tom State Park and Sandy Beach in Litchfield, Connecticut.

What to Bring

Campers! Please bring the following items to camp with you:

Backpack: This will be helpful so our campers can carry all their camp supplies and fun projects they will be taking home to share with you.
Sunscreen: Please apply sunscreen to your child everyday before camp. They should bring the sunscreen to camp each day so that they can re-apply on those sunny hot July days.
Bathing suit, towel, & water shoes/sandals: You never know when we might break out the small swimming pools, sprinklers or Slip ‘n Slide on a hot summer day!
Water bottle: We will be happy to refill all day long so our campers stay cool and hydrated.
Rumsey Summer Camp shirt: Each camper will be given a Rumsey Summer Camp shirt on their first day of camp. There will be special days throughout the week when everyone will wear these shirts.

Labels- Please try to label everything including water bottles, sunscreen, towels, bathing suits, and changes of clothes

Questions?

Please call 860-868-0535 or email camps@rumseyhall.org with any questions.

6–10 Year-Old Program

Our 6–10 year-old camp program provides a warm, caring and fun environment that stimulates a child’s natural curiosity. With a seasoned understanding of how the minds of young children work on a social-emotional learning level, we help our campers express themselves while promoting our core values of kindness, honesty, and respect.

6–10 Year Old Program Daily Schedule

Monday–Friday

9 a.m.: Check In
9:15-10:15 a.m.: Theme Activities
10:15-10:30 a.m.: Morning Snack
10:30-11:45 a.m.: Outdoor Adventures
12–12:30 p.m.: Lunch in Farmen Hall
12:30-3:45 p.m.: Theme Activities, outdoors adventures, and ice cream treat
3:45-4 p.m.: Pick Up

Special Activities

Swimming twice a week at Mt. Tom State Park and Sandy Beach

We hope you can join us for the weekly Friday family lunch at 12:00 noon!

What to Bring

Campers! Please bring the following items to camp with you:

Backpack: This will be helpful so our campers can carry all their camp supplies and fun projects they will be taking home to share with you.
Sunscreen: Please apply sunscreen to your child everyday before camp. They should bring the sunscreen to camp each day so that they can re-apply on those sunny hot July days.
Bathing suit, towel, & water shoes/sandals: You never know when we might break out the small swimming pools, sprinklers or Slip ‘n Slide on a hot summer day!
Water bottle: We will be happy to refill all day long so our campers stay cool and hydrated.
Rumsey Summer Camp shirt: Each camper will be given a Rumsey Summer Camp shirt on their first day of camp. There will be special days throughout the week when everyone will wear these shirts. When the 6 - 10 year olds leave campus on a field trip they will be required to wear their shirts.

Labels- Please try to label everything including water bottles, sunscreen, towels, bathing suits, and changes of clothes

Questions?

Please call 860-868-0535 or email camps@rumseyhall.org with any questions.

Snacks and Lunch

Join the Adventure!

TWO-WEEK SESSIONS:
- Session 1: Jun. 26–Jul. 7 (no camp Jul. 4)
- Session 2: Jul. 10–21
- Session 3: Jul. 24–Aug. 4
AGES & PRICING
- 3–5 year olds
  - $750 a session
- 6-10 year olds
  - $800 a session

Questions about the Rumsey Summer Camp program?

Email us at: camps@rumseyhall.org
Call us at: 860-868-0535

Rumsey Hall School