Summer Camps
Mar 4th, 2009 by keegan
Here is what we have found for children’s summer programs in the area. Please let us know of any we have left out in a comment below. Also, please share your camp experiences with us! Thanks.
CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CAMPS: (http://www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP2/CampPrograms.cfm)
They organize their camps by two-week sessions and all offer financial aid. All of them include fields trips, sports, art and swimming. Proximity or school ties mostly determine choice.
Agassiz Neighborhood Council’s Outback Summer Program
For kids entering grades 1-6. Cost: $165-205/week.
Contact: Barbara MacEachern 617-349-6287 x11 http://www.agassiz.org/Home.asp
Cambridgeport Community School Summer Program
For grades K-5.
Cost: $320 per 2 week session. Contact: Wade Lindhorst 617-349-6307 wlindhorst@cambridgema.gov
Fitzgerald Community School Summer Program, at Peabody School
For preschool to age 12.
Cost: $130-250 per 2 week session. Contact: 617-349-6302
Haggerty Community School, Strawberry Hill Camp
For children age 5-12.
Cost: $250-320 per 2 week session Contact: 617-349-6264
Harrington Neighborhood Council, Sun! Splash! Summer Camp, at King Open
For ages 5 to 12.
Cost: $200-280 per 2-week session Contact: 617-349-6305
M.L. King Kids’ Camp
For ages 5-10.
Contact: Catherine Park, 617-349-6269
Linnaean Community School Camp Seafaring, at Graham & Parks
For 6 to 10-year-olds.
Cost: $300 for 2-week “voyage”, $150 for Week one.
Contact: Mary Ellen Breen 617-349-6267
Morse Community School Camp Big Adventure
For K through 5th graders.
Cost: $250-310 per 2-week session
Contact: Carol Copeland 617-349-6291 ccopelend@cambridgema.gov
Tobin Community School Kids Camp
For campers ages 4-12.
Cost: $125-160/week Contact: 617-349-6300

I just came across an excellent camp resource page at MIT: http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/camps_list.html
Hope it helps!
http://www.cpsd.us/AMI/summer.cfm
My kids have had a great time for three years at Cambridge Adventure Day Camp, which is a city camp run by Cambridge Camping
http://www.cambridgecamping.org/