Summer Sessions 2025
NELA Forest School will be offering three Camp sessions this summer at our Griffith Park site.
Our 100% outdoor program runs from 9am-1pm (Chickadees & Sparrows) and 8:30-1:30 (Hawks) daily for three 3 week long sessions.
All classes will have 2, 3, and 5 day/wk options available.
We will also offer the Nest afternoon class as an add on: 2, 3, or 5 days/wk, 1/1:30pm-5pm.
Camp is open to children ages 2.5-7.5 (on or before June 16th) who have previously been in a group child care setting.
Because our sessions are short we cannot use our emergent curriculum. Instead! We follow Mother Nature’s lead and investigate the changes of the flora and fauna around us. We will continue to have our usual classroom favorites like clay, mud kitchen, and the library. Summer time we start our hikes early, so be sure to be in class so your kiddo can head right out! Examples of possible observation and investigations. Melting and cooking with the sun, bugs, birds and their flight, gifts from the trees, water, indigenous flora and fauna ! The possibilities are endless!
Camp Sessions 2025
Session 1: June 16-July 3
Session 2: July 7-July 25
Session 3: July 28-August 14
*Camp offers will begin going out at the beginning of April.
Registration deadline for new families is May 1, 2025
though applications will continue to be accepted until full
Camp Tuition Rates:
Chickadees & Sparrows (age 2.5-4): 3 week session, 4 hours per day 9am-1pm, 2, 3, or 5 days per week (student/teacher ratio 4:1)
5 days/wk: $1200 per session
3 days/wk: $900 per session
2 days/wk: $600 per session
Hawks (age 4.5-7.5): 3 week session, 5 hours per day 8:30am-1:30pm, 2, 3, or 5 days per week (student/teacher ratio 5:1)
5 days/wk: $1350 per session
3 days/wk: $950 per session
2 days/wk: $650 per session
The Nest Add-on (age 2.5-7.5): 2, 3, or 5 days/wk, 1pm (or 1:30)-5pm
Chickadees/Sparrows 5 days/wk: $550 per session
Chickadees/Sparrows 3 days/wk: $400 per session
Chickadees/Sparrows 2 days/wk: $270 per session
Hawks 5 days/wk: $500 per session
Hawks 3 days/wk: $360 per session
Hawks 2 days/wk: $250 per session
To confirm and hold your child’s spot, we require a deposit of 50% per session paid upfront which will then be credited toward your tuition. Remaining tuition will be due one month prior to the start of each session and is non-refundable.
*If this payment structure is prohibitive, please reach out to admin@nelaforestschool.com to discuss the option of a payment plan.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer financial aid for Summer Camp at this time.
For more information, please contact us!