An overnight experience in a day camp package

 
 

Explore Camp Moon River

Camp Moon River is a full-day, traditional-style day camp with an “overnight feel” for rising K–8th graders. Our mission is to create a meaningful summer experience centered on personal growth, strong relationships, and fun.

While campers return home each day, Camp Moon River is intentionally designed to foster the excitement and community of an overnight camp. Campers are grouped into grade-based “bunks,” participate in bunk and all-camp activities, and enjoy a variety of daily and weekly activity choices. Along the way, they build friendships, practice good sportsmanship, try new things, and discover what it means to be part of a camp community.

Whether attending one week or the entire summer, campers leave with lasting memories, meaningful friendships, and personal growth.

 
 
  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am: Morning Wait

    8:30 am - 8:40 am: Carpool

    8:45 am - 9:15 am: Campers and Staff Get To Know Each Other within their bunks

    9:15 am - 9:35 am: All Camp Morning Meeting at the Riverbank.

    9:40 am - 10:40 am: 1st CMR Activity of the Day ( each Bunk goes to a different activity)

    10:45 am - 10:55 am: Snack

    11:00 am - 11:55 am: 2nd CMR Activity of the Day ( each Bunk goes to a different activity)

    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch at the Moon Canteen/Play/Rest

    1:10 pm - 2:10 pm: 3rd CMR Activity of the Day ( each Bunk goes to a different activity)

    2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: 4th CMR Activity of the Day ( each Bunk goes to a different activity)

    3:20 pm - 4:20 pm: Planned Divisional Activity (e.g., water slides, water games, wacky games, game show, team building, sports league)

    4:30 pm: Dismissal/Carpool

    4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Extended Care

  • Arts: Painting, Sketching, Mosaics, Sculpting, Jewelry Making, Tie Dye, Dance, Cooking, Drama, Campfire Songs, Lip Sync, and Talent Shows

    Adventure: Obstacles, Ecology Exploration, Nature Trails, Team Building Exercises, Camp Fires, and Waterslides

    Games: Gaga Ball, BBS, Kickball, Minute to Win It, Newcomb, Legos, Ultimate Frisbee, Spider Ball, Capture the Flag, Steal the Bacon, Dodgeball, Hula Hoops, Noodle Ball, Knock Out, Fencing, and Lacrosse

 

Weekly Themes:

Week 1, June 1st-5th: Candyland

Welcome to Candyland Camp, where every day is a sugar-coated adventure! Step into a colorful world inspired by the classic board game and embark on a journey filled with imagination, fun, and a dash of sweetness.

    • Candy Crafting: Design and create your own candy-inspired art projects, from bright candy necklaces to colorful lollipop sculptures.

    • Sweet Science: Dive into hands-on experiments like making edible slime, growing mesmerizing candy crystals, and creating fizzy soda volcanoes.

    • Life-Size Candyland Game: Participate in an interactive version of the classic Candyland game, where campers become the game pieces on a life-sized board, moving through the Peppermint Forest and the Gumdrop Mountains!

    • Baking Bonanza: Put on your apron and learn to decorate cupcakes, cookies, and other sweet treats in our delicious, supervised baking sessions.

    • Candy Olympics: Compete in fun, friendly challenges like the Marshmallow Toss, the Lollipop Relay, and the Gummy Bear Stack-Off.

    • Field Trip To River Street Sweets!

    • Sweet Stories & Games: Explore candy-themed stories and imaginative games that spark creativity and teamwork, ensuring non-stop fun.

    Campers will wrap up their week with a spectacular Candyland Carnival featuring sweet-themed games, prizes, and treats to share with friends and family.

Week 2, June 8th-12th: Superheroes

Unleash your inner hero during Superheroes week, a thrilling week where campers become the stars of their own superhero adventure!

    • Superhero Training Academy: Develop essential superhero skills like agility, problem-solving, and teamwork through fun obstacle courses, fitness challenges, and group initiatives.

    • Create Your Hero Identity: Design your own superhero costume, complete with a mask, cape, and emblem, and craft a unique backstory and set of powers for your character.

    • Epic Missions & Role-Play: Work together to solve intricate mysteries, outsmart tricky villains, and protect "Camp City" in engaging, counselor-led role-playing adventures.

    • Super Science Experiments: Explore the science behind amazing superpowers like magnetism, flight, and invisibility with hands-on experiments and exciting demonstrations.

    • Superpower Finale & Showcase: The ultimate culminating activity! Campers participate in exciting, celebratory team activities like the "Villain Capture" challenge and a hero-worthy scavenger hunt, showcasing their costumes and skills from the week.

Week 3, June 15th-18th: Buccaneers & Booty “ Treasure Hunt”

Hoist the sails and embark on an epic adventure during Booty & Buccaneers: Treasure Quest!

    • Pirate Training Academy: Learn essential seafaring and swashbuckling skills! Campers will master navigation, knot-tying, teamwork, and the art of the pirate walk through fun, imaginative challenges and drills.

    • Craft Your Pirate Identity: Design and create your own authentic pirate gear, including personalized flags (Jolly Rogers), eye patches, compasses, and even elaborate treasure maps.

    • The Sinking Ship Science: Dive into hands-on experiments exploring buoyancy, water displacement, and the science behind sailing, making things sink or float, and even creating a mini-sea squall!

    • Mapmaking & Riddle Solving: Work in crews to decipher cryptic clues, solve ancient maritime riddles, and follow intricate hand-drawn maps to locate hidden treasures around the campus.

    • Captain's Finale & Treasure Haul: The ultimate culminating activity! Teams showcase their mapmaking skills and race to find the final bounty during an exciting, large-scale treasure hunt, followed by a celebratory pirate feast (snacks) and crowning of the Week's Best Crew!

    • Field Trip!

Week 4, June 22nd-26th: Moon River Madness

Get ready for a week of non-stop action! The Moon River Madness Session is our legendary week-long event, giving campers maximum time dive headfirst into the wildest, most exciting competition Camp Moon River has to offer.

    • Instant Team Challenge: Dive straight into team building and strategic planning from Day 1! Campers are immediately assigned to their crews to begin plotting for the week's overall victory.

    • Madness Competition: Experience a full, dedicated week of legendary all-camp competition! Expect thrilling missions, secret challenges, and camp-wide games where every camper’s energy and enthusiasm contribute to winning the coveted Crown.

    • Camp Classics Remix: Enjoy next-level sports, high-energy games, inventive arts & crafts, dramatic performances, and epic dance parties—all infused with team points and competitive spirit!

    • Team Spirit & Legacy: Participate in epic activities that promote teamwork, fierce sportsmanship, and friendly competition to make your team's mark on the Camp Moon River legacy.

    • Surprises & Twists Galore: Get ready for unexpected special events, plot twists, and hilarious surprises designed to keep the adventure fresh, thrilling, and completely unpredictable!

    • Field Trip.

Week 5, July 6th-10th: Hogwarts

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! This is our most sought-after session, an electrifying week where young witches and wizards step into the enchanting world of our very own School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

    • The Sorting Ceremony: Begin your journey with the dramatic Sorting Hat Ceremony, officially assigning you to one of the four prestigious Houses to earn points for the ultimate House Cup.

    • Defense Against the Dark Arts: Master the basics of charm work and defense with interactive lessons focused on magical resilience and teamwork to neutralize the week's biggest threat!

    • Potions Mastery: Become a top student in Potions Class! Mix magical, bubbling, colorful, and completely safe "potions" in our hands-on science sessions.

    • Wand Workshop: Design and personalize your own custom wand. Learn the lore, choose your mythical "core," and create a unique instrument that matches your true magical personality.

    • Take to the field for an adapted, high-energy version of Quidditch, where strategy, teamwork, and sharp flying skills are key to scoring the elusive Golden Snitch!

    • Magical World Trials: Solve ancient riddles, complete complex scavenger hunts, and navigate thrilling escape-room style challenges with your Housemates to earn critical points toward the House Cup.

    The week culminates with a magnificent Hogwarts Feast and Awards Ceremony, where the ultimate House Cup champion is revealed!

Week 6, July 13th-17th: Endless Expedition

Endless Expedition is an adrenaline-fueled science mission where curiosity leads to epic breakthroughs and the entire coastline becomes your adventure lab. it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

    • Animal Encounters: Habitat Heroes: Get closer than ever before! Meet fascinating creatures in supervised, hands-on sessions, learning about their survival behaviors and how we become their ultimate guardians in the ecosystem.

    • Outdoor Survival & Field Mastery: Master essential field skills! Conquer nature hikes, navigate complex terrain, and solve team-building challenges to unlock your inner wilderness expert.

    • The Savannah Explorer Challenge: Become a tactical field scientist! Participate in high-stakes activities focused on environmental resourcefulness, advanced nature mapping, and wildlife tracking, culminating in a final high-energy expedition mission.

    • THE LEGENDARY TYBEE ISLAND BEACH EXTRAVAGANZA! (Full Day Trip to Tybee Island): Spend an unforgettable, action-packed day on the coast! Campers will suit up to interact with marine experts, study exotic coastal wildlife, explore the beach ecosystem up close, and participate in exclusive, hands-on educational challenges!

    • Bio-Diversity Lab: Ecology Engineers: Dive into cutting-edge environmental science! Engage in projects like building miniature sustainable habitats, conducting fun biological experiments, and becoming engineers of ecological change.

Week 7, July 22nd-24th: Enchanted Creatures Adventure

Step through the hidden portal! Enchanted Creatures Adventure is a captivating week where campers become apprentices in the care and keeping of magnificent beasts, from tiny sprites to mighty dragons.

    • Mythical Creature Dossiers & Creation: Research the world's most fascinating enchanted creatures—with a special focus on Dragons, Griffins, and Sea Beasts! Campers then apply what they learn to design and define their own original creature, complete with its own unique powers and lore.

    • Creature Habitat Construction: Dive into nature crafts and engineering! Campers design and build miniature, sustainable habitats tailored to attract (or protect) specific mythical beings, using materials found in our natural environment.

    • Magical Creature Science: Explore the science behind the magic! Through safe, hands-on activities, we'll investigate elements like bioluminescence (fairy dust), flight mechanics (pegasi), and simple chemical reactions (dragon's breath and beastly fire).

    • Wondrous Art & Crafting: Create your own magical artifacts and beasts! Campers will craft personalized fairy houses, sculpt or construct their original Dragon or Beast creature, and weave "protective" amulets using natural materials and colorful embellishments.

    • Field Trip!

    • The Guardian Quest Finale: The ultimate culminating activity! Teams follow a hidden trail of clues and riddles left by a benevolent sprite to locate and protect a vital, magical artifact (perhaps a rare Dragon Egg!), putting their creature knowledge and teamwork to the final test.

FAQs

  • Tuition Payment

    • Full tuition payment is required at the time of registration to secure enrollment in all SCDS Summer Camps.

    Refund Policy

    • Withdrawals requested at least two weeks (14 days) before the first day of the registered camp session are eligible for a full refund, minus a $50 cancellation fee per camp.

    • No refunds will be issued for withdrawals made less than two weeks before the camp start date.

    Switching Camps

    • Camp switches are permitted but are subject to a $50 transfer fee per switch.

    • All switch requests must be submitted at least one week (7 days) before the start date of the newly requested camp.

    Enrollment and Cancelation Policy

    • All camps are subject to a minimum enrollment requirement.

    • SCDS reserves the right to cancel any camp that does not meet the minimum enrollment threshold.

    • If SCDS cancels a camp, enrolled families will be notified at least two weeks (14 days) in advance, and a full, 100% refund will be issued, or we will assist with re-registration into an alternative camp.

  • Each week of Camp Moon River is $390, and this includes 8:30 am - 4:30 pm childcare, lunch each day, 2 CMR t-shirts, and TONS OF FUN!

    The weeks that include a field trip are $410.

    Discounts are available for campers attending multiple sessions of Camp Moon River. The sessions must be purchased at the same time and for the same camper.

  • Our dedicated staff is committed to providing a safe, enriching, and joyful experience for every camper, from drop-off to pick-up.

    Care Options and Pricing:

    • Morning Care (7:30 AM - 8:30 AM) | $65

    For early risers, our Before Care program offers a relaxed and supervised start to the day with quiet activities and games.

    • Afternoon Care (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM M-Th and Friday until 5:00 PM) | $65

    Extend the fun with our After Care program, providing supervised activities, creative play, and a comfortable environment until you arrive.

    • Total Care- Includes Morning and Afternoon Care | $110

    When you register for both

    • To ensure the well-being of every camper, we have a nurse and certified athletic trainer on-site during all camp sessions.

    • Our goal is for all campers to have fun! Please dress your child in clothes that can get dirty, and we recommend closed-toe shoes for all camps to keep them comfortable and safe.

    • CMR is NUT-FREE, and all campers should not bring in any snacks containing nuts.

    • Important Reminder:All campers must be fully potty-trained to participate. Country Day is not equipped to change diapers or pull-ups, so please ensure your child is prepared before attending.

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Questions?

A member of our team is happy to answer any questions you may have. Please contact Patricia Sanchez, Director of Auxiliary Programs psanchez@savcds.org