Staff
Tireless child advocates, who balance structure and guidance with staying out of campers’ ways. All staff members are background checked and trained in CPR & first-aid.
Here, we put kids in charge.
Preposterous? Possibly. Effective? You betcha.
When you trust kids, they trust themselves. For 42 years, we’ve put kids in charge of their own learning experience. As they try, fail, and learn on their own, they learn to trust their own judgment, and tackle the challenges of an ever changing world with creativity and confidence.
Campers choose activities minute to minute–deciding what they want to do, and for how long. Our job is to get out of their way, cheerlead creative risks, and provide just enough guidance to make sure nobody does anything totally* senseless.
*Totally senseless: By our definition, mistakes aren’t senseless. They’re how you learn.
Buy any number of days. Use them any time. Get refunds for unused days.
Buy any number of Day Passes to use any day we’re open this winter session. You don’t even need to tell us when you’re coming–just show up! And if for any reason your plans change, we’ll refund your unused Passes automatically in full at spring’s end.
Lunch, snacks, and all hours, 8am–6pm, included.
Camp Details
DATES
Dec 27 - Jan 6
NOTES
*Information for Winter 2022.
HOURS
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
AGES
4-12
ADDRESS
LaSalle II Magnet School
1148 N Honore St.
Chicago, IL 60622
DIRECTOR
Hannah
CALL/TEXT
FOOD
Activities for Every Interest
Campers will design their day in real-time by choosing from a variety of activities offered at once. In the early morning and late afternoon, campers ramp up and wind down with recreational choices. For the bulk of the day, children will choose from the activities listed below. While we can’t say exactly what the day will look like, one thing is for sure: The campers are in control.
Media Lab
Stop-Motion Animation
Tinker Lab
The Stage
Arts, Crafts, & Lounging
Sports & Recreation
Fees
Buy any number of Day Passes, and use them any day we’re open this winter camp session. There’s no need to reserve your days ahead of time, or even let us know when you plan to join–just show up! If for any reason your plans change, we’ll refund your unused Day Passes automatically in-full after the camp session comes to an end.
Fees include lunch, snacks and all hours 8:00am to 6:00pm.
Fee includes lunch, snacks, activities, and all hours 8:00am to 6:00pm.
- Buy any number of Day Passes and use them any day we’re open this camp session
- Unused Day Passes are automatically refunded at the end of the camp session
Food
We provide daily lunch options from a rotating variety of local restaurants and caterers. We’ll also offer an array of snacks for kids to nosh on throughout the day. Check out the daily menu below.
Important Info for Camp in Wicker Park
Mandatory Wellness Survey
Staff and campers will complete a wellness survey and/or other screening to identify any potential health concerns upon arrival to camp each day.
Virtual Camp Orientation
Virtual camp orientation coming soon!! We’ll email registered families before the start of camp with everything you need to know before your first day. Once we get closer to camp, we’ll email you a link to our virtual, camp orientation. This will provide important information such as camp drop-off & pick-up procedures, how to check-in and check-out of camp each day, what to bring (and not bring), and a few more camp details.
Weekly Special Activities
We have some additional awesome activities planned for Winter Break Camp. Check them out!
Contact Us
We would love to help you learn more about our program and at the same time learn more about you and your camper.
HANNAH
She/Her
This is Hannah’s 6th year with Steve & Kate’s Camp! During Hannah’s 1st summer working at S&K, she taught herself how to knit–She’d spend every night learning new techniques on YouTube just to keep up with the craftiest kids at camp!
This winter Hannah is most excited to meet her new community of camp families!
AND DOZENS MORE!