Quality Staff

Our highly experienced and enthusiastic camp staff works with children year-round in our Before & After School Programs, which provide continuity for our campers and families.  We also have staff who are teachers in area school districts. The staff holds Education or related degrees or are college level students.  

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Cost

The weekly 5-day rate tuition fee of $306 per week is due by Wednesday of each week. Less than five days per week attendance option is also available. See pre-registration form for details.
Your tuition and registration fee of $100 includes breakfast, lunch, pm snack, all fieldtrip expenses, a camp t-shirt, a camp bag, and Glenview Park District swimming fees. Siblings receive a second child 10% per week tuition discount. Families signing up for all of the 9 full weeks of camp (June 11-Aug 10), may take 1 vacation week and pay ½ tuition for that week if your child is absent one full week. Checks, Money Orders, and Credit Cards accepted.

 

Meals

NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND PM SNACK ARE PROVIDED DAILY AND INCLUDED IN YOUR TUITION! Mondays and Tuesdays will be either catered or sack lunch. Goode & Fresh Pizza Bakery will provide us with delicious lunches on various days. Thursdays we will have lunch on our fieldtrips. Fridays we will provide the campers with lunch from a variety of area restaurants.

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Mornings

Campers are placed in small groups divided by age.  Once campers have finished third grade, boys and girls are put in separate groups. During group time, campers participate in arts & crafts, sports, cooking, and various other creative, challenging, exciting & fun activities.  Weekly lesson plans are given to families.
*If your child is enrolled in District # 34’s Summer School Program, you can arrange with the District and Wesley bus transportation to and from our camp to the summer school site. Call Wesley for more information.

Theme Days

Wednesdays are Theme Days!  Campers participate in age appropriate activities geared towards a theme. Campers are broken up into younger and older groups for theme days that are age appropriate. Carnival Day is always a big hit. Campers put on a carnival for our preschool camp. Other themes may include Science Day, Hawaiian Day, Olympic Day, and Hollywood Day. 

Swimming

Campers attend Roosevelt Pool daily for free swim on M, T, W, & F. Glenview Pool Passes are not needed for our camp. Your tuition and registration fee covers swimming fees for our camp. To ensure your child’s safety, counselors receive basic water safety training. Our counselors are strategically placed in and around Wesley’s designated swim area.  Campers are tested to evaluate their swimming ability.  Campers grades 3 and up will go to Flick Pool several times during the summer. (Check our schedule)

Swim lessons are available and optional.  The Glenview Park District Provides Wesley Campers an opportunity to register for private camp swim lessons. Campers are bussed to and from the indoor Glenview Park District Pool for swim lessons.  Swim lessons will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays. A separate registration form and fee is required for swim lessons. More information regarding swim lessons will be available in spring when camp enrollment packets are sent out.  Spaces for swim lessons are limited and fill up early.

Afternoons

All campers participate in a variety of age appropriate sports, art, and challenging theme activities through the instruction of specialists. Activities may include cooking, multi-cultural art activities, drama, pottery, story writing, paper mache’, drama activities, basketball, soccer, team building activities, science activities, and much, more!

Fieldtrips

Campers attend fun-filled fieldtrips every week. Camp Summer Dayz offers two fieldtrips for certain weeks! Some of our fieldtrips will include Bowling, Enchanted Castle, Waterparks, Jump Zone, Rainbow Falls Water Park, and Action Territory.  Campers grades 3 and up will go on several separate fieldtrips including Great America and Blast Zone.

Special Guests and Events

Special guests and entertainers visit camp throughout the summer and may include magicians, deejays, and fitness instructors for older campers; Tween’ Fitness for Girls and Fitness Training Program for Older Boys.

 

Family Night

Parents are treated to a show preformed by the campers.  Family Night will be held on Thursday, August 2, 2012, 7:00 p.m. at Wesley’s mainsite, 727 Harlem Ave., Glenview. Mark your calendars!

 

Inclement Weather

At times when the weather doesn’t allow the campers to go swimming or on certain fieldtrips, whether it is the heat or the rain, our counselors have planned a variety of fun-filled activities for the children at our campsite.

Overnighter

Wesley is offering an overnight lock-in for current (as of 1/1/12) 3rd- 6th graders. The lock-in will be held at Wesley’s mainsite. The fee for the night is $65. Campers play games, watch movies, have pizza and snacks, create crafts, enjoy fun dance music, and other surprises!  DATE: Friday, July 27, 2012

 

 

Undernighter

Wesley also offers an under-nighter for current (as of 1/1/12) Kdg-2nd graders.  The undernighter will be held at Wesley’s mainsite. The fee for the night is $25. Campers play games, watch movies, have pizza and snacks, create crafts, enjoy fun dance music, and other surprises!  DATE: Friday, July 13, 2012.

Counselors in Training and Junior Counselors

The privilege of being a C.I.T. or Junior Counselor is reserved for students who have completed 7th - 9th grade. This program is strictly reserved for previous long-time Wesley campers who posses the knowledge, skill, and maturity level of becoming a leader.  C.I.T.’s and Junior Counselors receive on the job leadership training.  This program is only offered by invitation from the Camp Director.