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Camp Carmel Creek is located on the beautiful campus of the San Diego Jewish Academy. With state of the art academic facilities, sprawling fields, top of the line gymnasium and equipment. Our facility offers the best of both indoor and outdoor programming, with most of the programming taking place outdoors throughout the day.
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Camp serves all campers entering Kindergarten up to those entering 6th grade. It is our hope to expand to older age groups and offer more programming in future summers.
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You can view our dates and fees for the summer by visiting our Dates & Rates page found here.
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Drop off in the morning is between 8:45 and 9 am with programming starting as soon as the campers arrive. Pick up in the afternoon is at 4:30 pm . If you choose to pick up early, just email or call the camp office to let us know. Just know campers aren’t happy when you pick them up early.
General Camp Info
How Camp Works
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There are a number of ways that we keep campers safe and healthy. First and foremost, our staff go through an extensive training in preparation for camp which includes many hours on health and safety procedures. Most staff members are trained in CPR and First Aid as well. In addition, we have a nurse on staff throughout the day who is there to care for any child who falls ill or needs any sort of assistance. Lastly we have around the clock security at our facility with personnel at every entrance and additional security walking the campus throughout the day.
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At Camp Carmel Creek we believe in being intentional about our programming. We don’t take trips just for the sake of it, we want the trip experience to be worthwhile and meaningful to our campers. Yes we will take trips, and those trip will be intentionally crafted to fit each Adventure Track so campers have a full experience.
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The adventure tracks (Athletics, Sci-Tech, Nature & Outdoors, and The Arts) are the specialty offerings that campers get to participate in each week. You choose the tracks that your child is most passionate about each week they attend camp. Each week is somewhat different, but campers will have a fully immersive and highly specialized experience when they attend our camp.
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Campers are grouped by grade and by adventure track choice. This means that if your child is a 2nd grader and chooses Athletics, they will be grouped with all other 2nd graders who chose Athletics that week. If they choose to be in a different track the following week they will be in a different group but with the kids who chose that different track and thus with kids of similar interests and passions. Note that in some cases consecutive grades may be combined based on enrollment and choice patterns.
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Yes, as long as they select the same Adventure Tracks in the same weeks. However if they want to be in a different Adventure Track, there are still other times during the day where they will see their friends. Morning Kick Off, Lunch, Chugim (clubs), and closing circle, are all times where groups are together.
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YES! Camp Carmel Creek provides lunch through our partners at SAGE Dining Services. All campers are provided with a daily all-you-care-to-eat kosher community-inclusive lunch program. Please click here to view more information about the offerings.
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Camp Carmel Creek is founded on core values that are rooted in Jewish text. These values come out in everything that we do at camp and are the focus of each activity. Through these values we are teaching the kids to care for one another and ultimately to be mensches. We start each camp day with an all camp gathering where we highlight these values and the stories that are associated with them, and we end each week with an all camp Shabbat celebration. Our Camp Shabbat is not about prayer or religion rather, it’s about community and coming together to celebrate our achievements each week as a camp. There are songs, and spirit (ruach) and many other activities along the way where joyous judaism is felt throughout camp.
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Absolutely not, all members of the community, whether a student or not are welcome at Camp Carmel Creek. In addition, campers of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome at camp as well. We want every camper to have the best summer possible and we want them to have it here with us.
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Camp Carmel Creek is led by Travis Pelletier and Anna Pelletier, who come to us with a wealth summer camp experience.
We pride ourselves on attracting, retaining and developing the best talent in the field. A strong core leadership team made up of teachers, educators, and camp professionals, alongside an energetic, engaging, and committed team of young adults. Every staff member will care for our campers from the moment they join us in the morning till the moment they’re picked up at the end of the day.
Staff training for the summer begins in May and includes training in all areas, including curriculum design, building engaging programs, and project based learning. In addition, all staff receive training in areas such as behavior management, social emotional support and guidance, health and safety for campers, and childhood development. We are not just training our staff to be good employees this summer, we are training them to be professional child care workers, and many who work for us already are. In all we will commit to training staff for well over 50 hours before camp starts because we are committed to providing the absolute best care and support for your children.