Located in the East Bay hills at 59 Arlington Avenue in Kensington, the Kensington Community Council (KCC) Summer Day Camp is for children entering first through sixth grades in the Fall 2008. Campers may enroll on a weekly basis. To ensure the best experience for each child, our camp has a maximum of 62 children per week on each field trip. We employ one director, a head counselor, eight counselors, and a “specialty consultant” each week to work with the campers. Drop-ins are not permitted.

The cost for the Kensington Summer Day Camp is $200.00 per week (with the exception the 4th of July week at $150). This fee covers all transportation costs, snacks, entrance fees, activities, and a KCC Summer Camp T-shirt for field trips. A limited number of partial scholarships will be available. All fees must be paid by the stated due date and before the week begins. Children whose pa rents or guardians have not paid fees in full may not attend until fees have been paid to the KCC administrator. Registration, emergency cards and release forms must be tendered prior to the start of the week. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 per child per week requested is required with the application. The $50 deposit is deducted from the balance due for camp. If a week is full and space is not available, applicants will be notified immediately. We cannot refund fees if a child drops out after a week begins.

Parents who drop off their campers before 9:00 a.m. or pick up their campers after 5:00 p.m. will be charged an early/late fee of $15.00 per fifteen minutes or portion thereof.

Disciplinary problems disrupt camp and affect the safety and enjoyment of other campers. The parent of a child who has disciplinary problems will be notified on the first offense in an attempt to enlist the parent’ s help in correcting the problem. A second offense will result in the child being permanently removed from camp. Any behavior deemed dangerous by the camp staff will result in immediate removal of the camper.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are in camp days. M onday morning starts with an all camp meeting in the big room at Building E. The camp rules and regulations as well as the boundaries of camp are explained. Following the meeting, the fun begins! Our tennis instructor divides the camp into three levels - beginning, intermediate and advanced. Everyone has the opportunity of 50 minutes of tennis every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. While a third of the camp is at tennis, the rest are playing ping pong, capture the flag, bouncing balls, drawing, making lan y ards and necklaces, or learning the KCC camp song (sung to the tune of YMCA by the Village People). At 11:45 AM tennis is over and camp moves to the Community Center for lunch. At 12:30 PM with everyone fed and rested, a third of the camp goes to our sp ecialty teacher. The rest head up the hill to put away their backpacks and play until it is their turn with the specialty teacher.

Every Wednesday the yellow Michael’s Transportation bus pulls into the community center parking lot and the bus driver sounds the horn. Each counselor is in charge of shepherding a small group of campers during the field trip. We return to Kensington by mid- to late afternoon.

For further information, please call Esther Hill at the Kensington Community Council office at (510) 525-0292. The KCC office is located at 59 Arlington Ave. in Kensington. KCC office hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.