Kirkland Summer Day Camp
Sponsored by Bright Horizons Back-Up Care
Families with Bright Horizons Back-Up Care benefits can reserve any number of days available in their Bright Horizons account–no weekly sessions required!
All year long, kids find themselves encased in rigid structure.
When summer comes, 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.
Grown-ups adore freedom, too.
Now let’s talk hardcore convenience for you:
- Drop the kiddos off and pick them up whenever you want? Yup.
- Upgrade to a Summer Pass for unlimited summer attendance? Check.
- Attend by the day, week, full summer, or anything inbetween? Of course.
- Long camp hours, all included in your camp fee? Totally.
- Tasty meals and snacks, also included? You bet.
HOW TO BOOK
RESERVE THROUGH BH
Activities
The camper’s dilemma.
Coding. Sewing. Baking. 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.
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:
MEDIA LAB
SEWING SALON
CODING
THE STAGE
ROBOTICS
BAKERY
TINKER LAB
S&K TRADITIONS
SPORTS & REC
WEEKLY SPECIALS
STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
LOUNGE
EVEN MORE ACTION
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
Book with Bright Horizons Back-Up Care
Please note that this camp location is sponsored by Bright Horizons, and booking is only available through back-up care. To reserve your spot, please go through your normal Bright Horizons booking channels, and select “3432 – Steve & Kate’s Camp at Totem Lake” as the requested provider.
Once reserved, we’ll send you a confirmation email with a registration link to create a Steve & Kate’s Camp account.
To find out more information about your specific booking policies, please reach out to your benefits team. If you have any questions about how to book your care, please reach out to Bright Horizons at 877-242-2737.
Families with Bright Horizons Back-Up Care benefits can reserve any number of days available in their Bright Horizons account.
Lunch & snacks included.
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Camp Details
All the camp details you were looking for.
DATES
Jun 19 - Aug 30
NOTES
Closed 7/4
HOURS
8am to 6pm
AGES
4-12
ADDRESS
*This camp is sponsored by Bright Horizons, & only available through Back-Up Care
Bright Horizons Totem Lake
11211 Slater Ave. NE
Kirkland, WA 98033
DIRECTOR
Tasia
CALL/TEXT
FOOD
Additional info for denizens of Kirkland
Virtual Camp Orientation
Virtual camp orientation: Once we get closer to camp, we’ll email registered families a link to our virtual, camp orientation. This will provide everything you need to know for your first day of camp, including: 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.
Testimonials
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.
Youngest campers fly solo, but there’s a net.
Most kids take to life at Steve & Kate’s like the naturally hardy individuals they are. For some, especially our younger campers, it can take a little longer to get their wings. That’s why each camp has staff dedicated specifically to supporting our youngest campers. Helping these campers discover their camp magic is the whole point of our Youngest Camper Support Staff, and every time it’s exhilarating to behold.
Events
Steve & Kate's Events
Join us at an upcoming virtual Information Session to learn all the camp basics. We’ll give a quick presentation and overview on our program, and then answer any questions you have. Please note that Information Sessions are open to all Steve & Kate’s Camps, and are not specific to any given location. All Information Sessions are listed in ET.
Local Events
Weekly Specials
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 summer to your location:
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.
TASIA
she/her
We are excited to welcome Tasia to the S&K team this summer! Tasia enjoys reading, playing lacrosse, meeting new people, and eating good food. Tasia is most excited about meeting the campers and their families! Giving them the best summer, and falling in love with camp.
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The year was 1980.
The place — Mill Valley, California. Even way back then, Steve and Kate Susskind saw kids’ precious independence slipping away. So they set out to do something about it. Their idea of a camp where kids rule the roost has been in a process of evolution and obsessive refinement ever since. Today, it’s spawned more than 70 glorious islands of freedom from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach.