**If you are registering a Day Camper who is eligible for the sibling discount, please note that due to some technical difficulties the $25 discount will probably have to be applied manually by Highland staff. If the discount does not appear on your account at the time of registration, please wait until you receive your confirmation email from the registrar and check that invoice to verify that the sibling discount has been applied correctly. 

The day camp experience is designed to give younger campers the chance to experience a wide range of Highland activities, including a daily Bible lesson and worship time, a variety of outdoor activities (swimming, creek time, games, etc.), and lunch over a campfire. A morning and afternoon snack will also be provided by the camp. 

An optional Thursday night sleepover is available to campers ages 7 and up; campers who sign up for this will spend Thursday night in a cabin under the supervision of two counselors, departing after breakfast on Friday morning. There will be an additional $30 fee for campers who wish to participate in the sleepover. You can opt in to the sleepover when registering your child, or let us know no later than Tuesday of Day Camp week if your child wants to participate in the sleepover.

Camper Groups – Because Day Camp serves a wide age range, campers will be grouped by similar ages for daily activities. See sample daily schedules below. In order to avoid disappointment or confusion, please inform your child that he or she will be grouped with other campers by age, as follows:

• Day Camp Explorers, ages 5-6
• Day Camp Pioneers, ages 7-8
• Day Camp Mountaineers, ages 9-12

Please note: Our general policy is that campers may request to be cabin mates if they are within a year of each other’s ages. In the case of campers who meet that requirement but are in two different Day Camp age groups (i.e. a pair of campers who are 6 and 7, or a pair who are 8 and 9), it would require an age override to move one of the campers into the age group with their friend. This is usually possible, but does depend on where the birthdays fall for those particular campers. You will need to contact our staff to request the age override at the time you are registering in order for an age override to be applied.

Due to different camper-to-staff ratios for the various age groups, Day Camp may fill up for some ages faster than others; it’s possible that we may hit waitlists for one age group even while there are spaces still available for campers in the other age groups. 

Bus Transportation – Optional bus transportation will be available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning and afternoon, and Thursday morning. The bus will not be available on Thursday afternoon or on Friday. There is a $50 fee for each camper who signs up for bus transportation. The bus fee is a third-party fee that cannot be covered by scholarships. The bus times and locations are as follows:

• Eastern Mennonite School, 7:30am departure and 6:15pm return
• Broadway Emergency Squad, 8:15am departure and 5:30pm return

For information on what to pack, arrival and departure procedures, and more FAQs, check out the Parent Information page.

Sample Daily Schedules

General daily schedule for the Explorers (ages 5-6):

• Arrival in assigned time slot
• Morning snack
• 30-minute activity block, such as crafts or playing in the sand
• Creek time
• Swimming
• Lunch over the fire
• Horizontal/nap time
• 30-minute activity block, such as playground time or nature study
• Worship time with Bible lesson
• Afternoon snack
• Departure in assigned time slot

General daily schedule for the Pioneers (ages 7-8) AND the Mountaineers* (ages 9-12):

• Arrival in assigned time slot
• Morning snack
• Swimming
• Worship time with Bible lesson
• Lunch over the fire
• 45-minute activity block, such as gaga ball or crafts
• 45-minute activity block, such as a team-building activity or rec sports
• Afternoon snack
• Departure in assigned time slot

*Note that the Mountaineers may have a 90-minute activity block after lunch instead of two shorter blocks, so they can do some more involved activities like the low ropes challenge course.