All year long, kids find themselves encased in rigid structure.
When school’s out, we give them what they desperately need — freedom to expand and evolve. At Steve & Kate’s, campers choose which activities they do, whom they do it with and for how long. For kids, this experience is pure joy. It’s also a kind of training ground for life, where they’ll need to be empowered and independent and resilient and responsible for their own decisions. Happy human-ing starts here.
Grown-ups adore freedom, too.
We’ve described the magical gift you give your kids when you empower them to make their own decisions. Now let’s talk hardcore convenience for you:
- Buy Day Passes and send your kid to camp any day you want? Check.
- Drop them off and pick them up whenever you want? Yup.
- Long camp hours, all included in your camp fee? Totally.
- Tasty meals and snacks, also included? You bet.
- Get an automatic refund for unused days at the break’s end? For sure.
- Do you desire this kind of freedom? Yes, you do.
WHAT IT COST
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Activities
The camper’s dilemma.
Coding. Sewing. Making. Sporting. Lounging. Every day, campers face the excruciating task of choosing from these and many more engrossing activities. Some select a mix of many. Others burrow deep into one or two. Every morning, they face a brand new day bristling with terrible trade-offs and tantalizing possibilities.
Stop-Motion Animation
Sewing & Stitching
Tinker Lab
The Stage
Arts, Crafts, & Lounging
Sports & Recreation
Extra action.
At Steve & Kate’s, enough is never enough. So every week we supplement our main offering of awesome activities with thrill-inducing weekly specials. Here’s what’s coming this Thanksgiving break to your location:
Food
Eat your heart out.
Life without delicious food sucks. That’s why our cuisine de camp features a mouth-watering array of tasty, nourishing grub. In partnership with fan favorite restaurants, we keep kids fired up with food they love — from piping hot pizza to salubrious Caesar salads to tangy tomato soup, and much more. Our menus include rotating specials as well as healthy snacks and sides kids can grab whenever their fuel gauge dips into the red. Chomp, chomp. Munch, munch.
Fees
What camp costs.
Perhaps you are a grown-up who loves to plan. Or maybe you’re an expert of the fine art of logistical improvisation. Miraculously, our camp fees are designed to scratch both of your respective itches. Buy any number of Day Passes, and use them whenever you want during the break camp. Don’t even bother to let us know when you’re coming — just roll up. If your plans change, don’t sweat it. We’ll automatically refund your unused Passes in full at Thanksgiving break’s end. How many other camps can offer you that level of flexibility?*
*Not one that we know of.
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently at capacity for our Thanksgiving Break Camp in Palo Alto, and have closed enrollment to unregistered campers. Please join our waitlist to be notified as space opens up.
Day Pass fees cover the entire Steve & Kate’s experience, including lunch, snacks, activities and the entire day from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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
FINANCIAL AID
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Camp details
Camp Details
DATES
Nov 25 - Nov 27
HOURS
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
AGES
4-12
ADDRESS
*Location currently at capacity. Join our waitlist!
Imagination Lab School
4050 Middlefield Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Additional info for denizens of Palo Alto
Virtual Camp Orientation
Virtual camp orientation coming soon!! Check back here closer to the start of camp for 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.
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Staff
So much more than
a job.
For our team members, giving kids the space to liberate their true potential becomes a kind of calling. Think of them as a high-energy, warm-hearted crew of child advocates who deftly balance two invaluable skills — that of providing structure and guidance, and that of staying the heck out of campers’ ways. If that’s not enough, they’re all background-checked and trained in CPR and first-aid. Say “hi” to them at camp — they’d love to meet you.
Your camp director
Meet your illustrious camp director.
Our camp directors are year-round employees. That means you are free to contact them anytime with your questions about life at Steve & Kate’s, or questions about life in general.
SHANNON
she/her
Shannon joined the director team at Steve & Kate’s Camp in 2021, but has been working with us since 2020! Shannon loves all kinds of art making, especially multi-media and recycled art, and can regularly be found exploring parks or trails near Capitola.
This summer Shannon is looking forward to incorporating some of her love of art into camp, and hopes to make some camp-wide projects!
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