EPIC Summer Camp · Summer 2027

A Challenge to Enter. A Destination to Reach.

Four weeks of Spanish, movement, friendship, and ambitious experiences children can help bring to life—not a crowded schedule of disconnected activities.

Invent and host a game festival. Solve a mystery across York. Design a better neighborhood block. Produce a live public experience.

  • Ages 8–12
  • Monday–Friday
  • 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
  • Choose one or more weeks
Children participating in an outdoor learning experience during a previous York XL summer camp
Create. Investigate.
Design. Go live.
More Than a Schedule of Activities

Children Enter a Story They Help Complete

Campers might spend a week inventing games people actually play, following clues through York, deciding what a neighborhood block needs, or preparing a public experience for families and guests.

Spanish, creative work, movement, teamwork, and community exploration become tools for reaching that destination. Children do not simply complete an activity and move to the next table. They test ideas, revise plans, make choices, and see what they can create together.

Each week stands on its own, but every week follows the same promise: a meaningful challenge, a memorable destination, and enough recreation for camp to still feel like summer.
Children creating art together during a previous York XL summer camp
Three Protected Parts of Every Day

A Clear Structure With Room for Discovery

01

Spanish Every Day

Campers communicate through images, sound, movement, games, interaction, and practical scenarios. The emphasis is use—not worksheets or long vocabulary lists.

02

The Weekly Experience

One substantial challenge gives the week direction. Campers investigate, invent, build, rehearse, test, revise, and prepare something worth sharing.

03

Movement & Recreation

Physical activity, outdoor time, games, free choice, and friendship remain protected parts of the day. Summer should still feel like summer.

The Four Planned Experiences

Four Different Challenges. Four Real Destinations.

Families may choose one week, several weeks, or the complete four-week camp. Each experience is complete enough to stand alone.

Week One

The EPIC Game Lab

Invent an original game, build a prototype, explain the rules, watch real players use it, improve what does not work, and finish by hosting a game festival.

Week Two

Mystery Across York

Follow clues, use maps, interview people, evaluate evidence, build character and disguise profiles, and make the final case for what happened.

Week Three

Build the Block

Design a neighborhood block or public space while making choices about community needs, signs, movement, business ideas, budgets, and what belongs there.

Week Four

EPIC Live

Produce a public experience that may combine performance, media, games, tours, hosting, and event production, with different roles for different strengths.

York XL summer campers participating in a community learning experience
What Campers Carry With Them

The Destination Matters. So Does What It Takes to Reach It.

Practical SpanishUseful communication tied to people, places, actions, and experiences.
Creative ConfidenceExperience turning an idea into something that can be tested, improved, and shared.
Team PracticeMaking decisions, explaining ideas, taking responsibility, and navigating disagreement.
A Story Worth TellingSomething substantial to demonstrate, perform, display, explain, or remember with pride.
Explore the Details

What a Camp Day—and the Full Plan—Looks Like

Open the sections you need. The page keeps the deeper information close without placing every detail in the way of the main story.

What does a typical day look like?
9:00–9:20Arrival, connection, and team launch
9:20–10:10EPIC Spanish through scenarios and use
10:10–11:10Work toward the weekly experience
11:10–11:50Physical activity and outdoor movement
11:50–12:20Games, recreation, and free choice
12:20–1:00Lunch, reflection, and closing
Is this primarily a Spanish camp?

Spanish is a protected daily pillar, but it is not the entire camp. Campers also work toward the weekly experience, move, play, eat lunch, spend time with friends, and participate in recreation and free choice.

Does a camper need prior Spanish experience?

No. EPIC Spanish uses context, images, gestures, sound, repetition, and interaction so beginners can participate. Activities can expand for campers who already know some Spanish.

Does a camper have to attend all four weeks?

No. Each weekly challenge is designed as a complete experience. Families may select one week or combine several, and multiweek enrollment will be discounted.

How will the camp be staffed?

The operating plan is built around up to 36 campers, three teachers, two shared assistants, and a separate camp director. That maintains a 1:12 teacher-to-camper ratio while giving the camp dedicated day-to-day leadership.

What details are still being finalized?

The four-week framework and core daily design are established. Exact dates, location, detailed activities, participating visitors and partners, multiweek packages, and scholarship procedures will be confirmed before registration opens.

Summer 2027 Plan

Four Weeks With Flexible Enrollment

Planned Early-Bird Tuition

$250

per camper, per week. Planned regular tuition is $275 per week, with discounted multiweek packages.

LengthFour weeks in Summer 2027; exact dates to be announced.
Core HoursMonday–Friday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM.
AgesAges 8–12, with capacity for up to 36 campers.
Optional Pre-CampPaid care from 8:00–9:00 AM; price to be announced.
EnrollmentChoose one week, several weeks, or all four.
ScholarshipsSupported separately through grants and dedicated fundraising.
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Registration is planned to open January 1, 2027.