Summer Camps

Mountain Laurel offers a variety of “Summer Discovery Camps” for students ages 16 months through 8th grade. Our summer camps are open to the public and begin two weeks after the end of the school year and run until three weeks before the beginning of the next school year.

Camp hours are listed on the annual schedule. We also offer an extended day option for families who need the extra care at the end of the day, until 6:00pm.

Children of 16 months and older embrace the world in a Montessori classroom, using all of their senses in joyful learning. Language, math, geography and science all come to life through activities and materials designed to entice and delight. Arts and crafts will have a special focus in this summer program. Children will explore a wide variety of visual and textile arts and create fun, theme-based crafts to take home. Daily group time, snack and outdoor play allow plenty of time for enjoying friends old and new.

The Elementary Summer Camp starts the day meeting at our Front Royal campus at 8:30 a.m. Children spend their day engaged in a variety of activities, studying a new theme each week. They visit the local library for research, conduct investigations outdoors, play sports, do arts and crafts, and even visit local farms to pick fresh fruits and vegetables. We finish the day with an activity or a swim at the 4-H center, Shenandoah River, or Lake Arrowhead and then return to the Front Royal campus by 3:30 p.m. for dismissal.