Summer Day Camp
YMCA Day Camp is a curriculum based summer program designed to keep your child active and safe throughout the summer. Character development plays a big role in our camps. Respect, responsibility, honesty and caring are values we use on a daily basis with our campers. You can rest assure that your child will be in a safe and nurturing environment that offers a different activity for him/her to participate in every hour of the day.
The Day Camp curriculum is based on weekly themes and includes arts & humanities, health, wellness & fitness, literacy, STEAM, character development, service-learning and social competence & conflict resolution.
Children will be divided into age appropriate groups and assigned a camp counselor who guides them though our daily curriculum. Some of our camper’s favorite’s activities include weekly field trips and recreational swim time.
2023 Day Camp Locations & Dates (7 AM – 6 PM):
Horn Family YMCA : May 30 – July 28 (FULL)
4901 Indian School RD NE, 87110
Mountain View Elementary: May 30 – July 28
5317 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105
St. Paul’s Methodist Church: May 30 – July 28
9500 Constitution Ave NE, 87112
Sunset View Elementary: May 30 – July 28
6121 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114
Summer Day Camp Price :
$25 registration Fee
$135/week*
Second Child Discount: $5.00 weekly
*A YMCA family or single parent family membership required. Call for non-member pricing.
Financial Assistance available through YMCA.
ECECD contracts are accepted at the Horn YMCA, Sunset View Elementary and Mountain View Locations. ECECD contracts must be submitted and in hand to Director before the registration process can begin.
2023 Weekly Themes:
| WEEK | DATE | THEME | FIELDTRIP |
| 1 | May 30 – June 2 | All About Me! | — |
| 2 | June 5 – June 9 | Camp Hogwarts | Nuclear Museum |
| 3 | June 12 – June 16 | Van Gogh Week | Albuquerque Museum |
| 4 | June 19 – June 23 | Spirit Week | Field Day @ Tiguex |
| 5 | June 26 – June 30 | Lost in Space | Natural History Museum |
| 6 | July 3 – July 7** | America the Beautiful | Field Day @ Tiguex |
| 7 | July 10 – July 14 | Into the Jungle | Rio Grande Zoo |
| 8 | July 17 – July 21 | Mad Scientist | Explora! |
| 9 | July 24 – July 28 | New Mexico Adventures | — |
The themes are the focus for the weekly program. Games, art projects, STEAM activities, literacy, outside activities and special guests are all designed to support a weekly theme.
Fieldtrips
Weekly fieldtrips are always a camp favorite. We will continue this long standing tradition provided that capacity and availability are met.
Swimming will be every other week due to capacity limits with the City of Albuquerque. Water Days will be substituted in the days that children are not swimming.
Ages:
The St. Paul’s location:
K to 5th grade in the Fall of 2023
The Horn YMCA, Sunset View, and Mountain View
1st – 5th grade in the Fall of 2023
Day Camp Hours:
Monday – Friday, 7 am to 6 pm
All Camp sites will be closed May 30th (Memorial Day) & July 4th (Independence Day)
How to Register:
Member-only registration begins on March 6th in person only at our Horn Family YMCA or McLeod Family YMCA locations! Open registration begins on March 7th in-person and online! Registration is open until the week before the start of each week.
What you need to register:
- $10 deposit for each week your child will attend.
- $25 Registration Fee per child (helps cover the cost of Camp T-shirt & Water Bottle) If you reserved your spot online you would have paid this fee already.
- Membership fee (if your family is currently not members)
- Current copy of your child’s shot records.
- Completely fill out your child’s online registration form and enrollment agreement.
Downloadable Resources:
Financial Aid Application
Parent Handbook – 2023
Summer Day Camp FAQ’s
Summer Day Camp Parent Guide
For questions or info, please contact:
Sarah Montoya
Director of School-Aged Childcare
505-595-1515 extension 3106
smontoya@ymcacnm.org
