Due to the recent tornado, Explore St. Louis Summer Camp's St. Louis City location was destroyed. This caused us to cancel our summer camp for summer 2025. Please look forward for us to have a great summer camp for the families that we serve next summer.
Explore St. Louis Summer Camp's (ESSC) mission is to allow campers to explore St. Louis through events, programs, exhibits, activities, community events, and field trips outside of their neighborhood. We are excited to provide underserved campers with tutoring/mentoring, Arts & Crafts, STEM activities, financial literacy, DIY projects, character development, conscious discipline, nutritional and health education, and painting. Breakfast and lunches are provided, so there's no need to pack a lunch. ESSC dates are Monday, June 2, 2025, Friday, July 26, 2025.
ESSP is a summer co-ed day camp that serves campers, ages 5-13. Before Care (BC) is from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM. After Care (AC) is from 4:00 pm to 6:00 PM. The weekly fee is $20 per day for each service. The camp is $250 a week.
Families that receive Childcare State Subsidy are eligible to assist families that can't afford to pay for camp. Submit our DVN number to your Case Worker for state assistance.
ESSC Enrollment Applications opens April 7, 2025. Only the first 20 applications will be accepted. We will keep the applications until we hit capacity. All parents will be notified once we receive your application. Please click here to fill out the application. Remember, one application per camper.
If you have a camper that is currently receiving Special School District services, campers can receive financial assistance with covering the entire tuition for our summer camp. Please use this link to enroll: https://sef-stl.org/what-we-do/kid-to-camp.html. Please turn in all documents needed and select Smart Kids, Inc. as your vendor. Please be mindful that our camp is not equipped to serve campers that are severely disabled. Don't forget to fill out your application to save a slot
For the 2025 summer, we are excited to bring this program to your children. For more information, please check back at a later date. We also have our camp information on BluePrint4Summer.
ESSC also partners with the Summer Youth Employment Program that employs youth. This program supports the youth in both St. Louis County and St. Louis City. For students wanting employment, please sign up early to secure your spot for employment. Click for both St. Louis County/City
I want to come back next year because it would be fun again.
I think the students learned a lot this summer and I feel like the counselors had a big part in how they are now.
What I liked the most was being able to gain experience working with kids. The kids gained confidence and prep for school.
I have seen students grow in confidence in Math as well as Reading Comprehension. At the start of camp, there were a few participants wanting to volunteer in answering questions but now everyone wants to participate. I also liked the opportunity the program provided for them to continue to learn over the summer break, which they can apply in the upcoming school year. This camp give them a boost of confidence and advancement.
Yes, I would tell people about this camp because it was good.
I found out that I am good at spelling. This camp was fun, plus I liked playing on the scooters a lot.
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