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Middle School Day Camps

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Summer Day Camps (Grades 6-8)

$450 per week

Students entering Grades 6 – 8 have three options for exciting weeklong experiences this summer.  Each week has a unique theme for a full summer of fun for our Middle Schoolers. With a long history of offering exceptional experiential education to students, we are proud to incorporate these principles and offer students the opportunity to build new skills, try new activities, as well as having a fun camp experience. A fresh and nutritious lunch is provided daily for campers in our beautiful dining hall.  

Space is limited so please register early. Please note: we are using a new system for camp registration this year.

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Looking for camps for Kindergarten to Grade 5? Register here
For more information please email summercamps@pickeringcollege.on.ca

Student creating art

Arts Academy 

Students who enjoy the arts will love our Multimedia Arts weeks where they explore a range of hands-on mediums including sculpture, digital photography, visual arts, radio production and graphic design. Students will have the opportunity to connect to the local community and design work in support of a not-for-profit.  Each week will highlight different arts and allow students to create new pieces for exhibition.   

Arts Academy is offered:

Week 1: June 19-23, 2023
Week 2: June 26-30, 2023
Week 3: July 4-7, 2023*
Week 4: July 10-14, 2023

Student doing outdoor education

Active Experience 

For students who love being active, our Healthy Living week offers a multitude of activities. Experiences change each week, but can include hiking, yoga, decathlon, cycling, rock climbing, nature-based learning, farm-to-table cooking and horticulture.  Students will learn principles of outdoor education and wilderness survival and will have the opportunity to develop personal fitness plans. 

Active experience is offered:

Week 1: June 19-23, 2023
Week 2: June 26-30, 2023
Week 3: July 4-7, 2023*
Week 4: July 10-14, 2023

Students manipulating robotics

STEM Challenge Week  

Creative students who are interested in new ways of exploring math and science will enjoy working together through hands-on and fun-filled math and science activities designed to promote community and collaboration among peers of all levels.  This program is built around solving real life challenges through design thinking and experimentation. This program utilizes our academic buildings as well as our full outdoor campus.  To further develop their leadership skills, students will create and lead a challenge activity for younger campers. 

STEM Challenge Week is offered:

Week 7: July 31-August 4, 2023

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students participating in yoga
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baking croissants
rock painting
leaf painting

Drop off and Pick Up

The drop off window is between 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Please enter the school via the North entrance and follow around the back of the school. Please look for an email on the Friday before your child's week indicating which cohort they are in. You will drop off and pick up your child by the arena. At pick up time, please enter the school via the North entrance (by the North Athletic Field) and follow the road around the back of the school. The pick up window is between 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Our after care program runs from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for an additional cost. 

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