Entering our 5th summer, this amazing new summer experience just 35 minutes from Manhattan. This new site exposes our campers to the great outdoors – swimming, hiking, boating and more, while also enjoying the arts and music. This unqiue and engaging program is designed for 5-11 year olds. The Day Camp @ Pearl River is small enough to provide an intimate camping experience for each child, and big enough to offer wonderful varied activities including: tennis, swimming, canoeing, soccer, art, dance, Jewish life and so much more.

please check back on October 1, 2010 for the summer 2011 application

Our nurturing and talented summer camp staff is dedicated to creating a rich and wonderful camp experience for your child. We have assembled a caring, sensitive, and talented group of individuals who share our vision of a creating a developmentally appropriate, socially enriching camp experience for every child. Camp staff is comprised of teachers, coaches, students, and specialists who combine extensive training with a diverse background in education and the arts to develop high-quality programming for our campers. Counselors are selected based on experience, education, and enthusiasm, and participate in extensive pre-camp leadership training.

The Day Camp @ Pearl River offers lush green fields, basketball courts, outdoor swimming pools, a beautiful lake, new rock wall and ropes course, a gaga court and nature paths that provide campers with a variety of enjoyable activities. These facilities give our campers the opportunity to spend most of their day outdoors. Our staff emphasize the relationship we have with the natural world, and our activities take full advantage of the environment around us at Pearl River. There is a variety of wildlife found at camp, including deer, blue jays, cardinals and more. Each camper also has a personal cubby space to store his/her belongings during the day.

Our campers enjoy swimming twice a day in our large outdoor pools. Water Safety Instructors use the Red Cross swim methods to group the campers into appropriate swim groups. Instructors work to develop skills in a structured environment while working with camp counselors to get to know the children and strengthen each of their abilities. In addition to instructional swim, campers enjoy free swim with their counselors everyday. Our advanced swimmers are able to use our large water slide.

The Day Camp @ Pearl River offers weekly boating activities where campers are exposed to canoes, kayaks and paddle boats.

Enthusiasm. Zeal. Eagerness. The Day Camp @ Pearl River combines these feelings with the great outdoors; the result is the formation of bonds between campers and their peers, staff and the world around them. Our camp community is one of intense love and support for each other. Counselors and campers alike share a thrill in their daily routines and in being together outdoors.

All campers are given the opportunity to choose a portion of their daily schedule. Electives include yoga, drama, photography, team sports and more.

Throughout the summer, campers will enjoy special events such as music and theater performances, game shows, Maccabiah, Carnival, crazy theme days, and lots more!

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