Registration

Creative Summer Registration Process

Creative Summer 2022 registration follows a three-tiered Priority Registration Schedule.
Families are eligible to register during the Priority Periods outlined below, based on their past attendance or application to Creative Summer. Eligibility requirements for registration during the priority periods may change from year to year.

UPDATE 12/31/2021: Creative Summer registration has been postponed by three weeks. The NEW dates are:

Priority Period 1	Tuesday, January 25, 2022 to 5 p.m. Friday, January 28
Priority Period 2	7 p.m. Friday, January 28, to 5 p.m. Monday, January 31
General Registration	Opens 7 p.m. Monday, January 31

During Priority Period 1 – Tuesday, January 25, through 5 p.m. Friday, January 28 – families eligible to register include:

Returning families¹ from 2021, 2020, and 2019
Wait-listed families² from 2021 and 2020
Families of current Holton-Arms students, faculty, and staff
Families of Creative Summer 2022 staff
Children of Holton-Arms Alumnae
Families of 2021-22 Holton Fine & Performing Arts Adjunct Program participants
Families of current Holton-Arms Board Members

The Priority Period 1 registration link will be emailed to Returning and Wait-listed Families in late December. Families eligible for Priority Period 1 registration who are not in our database may submit an inquiry form or email us to request the link.

During Priority Period 2 – 7 p.m. Friday, January 28, to 5 p.m. Monday, January 31 – families eligible to register include:

Current residents of Zip Code 20817
Families eligible to register during Priority Registration Period 1

The Priority Period 2 registration link will be emailed to residents of Zip Code 20817 in our database the week of January 24. Others may submit an inquiry form or email us to request the Priority Period 2 registration link.

General Registration opens at 7 p.m. Monday, January 31, at the registration link here on our web site. General Registration is open to all families, including:

Families who are new to Creative Summer
Families who were wait-listed in 2019 and earlier
Returning families from 2018 and earlier
Eligible families who missed the Priority Registration periods

Once General Registration opens, all registrations are given equal consideration and processed in the order they are received.

Registrations submitted during the Priority Periods by any family that does not meet the eligibility requirement will be cancelled.

For questions about our registration process, please email creative.summer@holton-arms.edu.

Online Registration System

Creative Summer has used CampBrain for all online camp registrations, camp merchandise purchases, bill payments, and access to Account Statements (From Summer 2018 to current).

During Registration, families will be asked to complete the following Forms:

Household Form - Contact Information for Parents/Guardian (One per Account)
Camper Form - Camper Information such as school, health information, and health waiver (One per Camper)
- Parents need to have the following handy:
  - Information for an Emergency Contact who is NOT A PARENT of the camper
  - Health Insurance Information
  - Date of Last Tetanus Shot
  - Camper T-shirt Size
Camper Registration Waiver - Camp Policies and Information

Deposit and Application Fee

At the time of registration a camp deposit is due, paid per camper and per session, and varies by program. Creative Summer accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover; we DO NOT accept American Express. The deposit cannot be paid by check. All deposits become non-refundable three calendar days after registration is submitted.

$25 of the Non-Refundable Deposit is considered an Application Fee. This covers the cost of the Application itself and any Credit Card and Processing fees incurred by your camper's application.

Tuition balances for all programs are due Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Wait-list Process

Each Creative Summer program has a limited number of spaces available in each camp session. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and follows a Priority process. If a program fills, we will begin a wait-list for that section or activity.

If space becomes available in a program with a wait-list, we will contact wait-listed families by phone and email in the order their wait-list requests were received. Once email notification has been sent, they will have two (2) calendar days to respond to the offer of available space. If the deposit and required forms are not received within two days, that space may be offered to the next family on the wait-list.

Creative Summer reserves the right to stop accepting wait-list requests for any program.

Wait-listed families who do not ultimately register for Creative Summer 2022, even if space is offered, will be eligible to register during the Priority Period for Creative Summer 2023.

Please contact the Creative Summer Office with questions about the wait-list process or to check your child's position on the wait-list.

Final Balance

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Parents must inform the Creative Summer office in writing (email is acceptable) if they are withdrawing their child from any Creative Summer program. Tuition is refunded according to the following schedule:

Withdrawal within three (3) days of registration:
- A refund of the full camp deposit will be given. Additional tuition or fees paid over and above the deposit, if any, will be refunded subject to an application fee equal to $25 or three percent (3%) of the total fees paid, whichever is greater.
Withdrawal on or before Friday, May 6, 2022:
- All tuition except the camp deposit will be refunded.
Withdrawal after Friday, May 6, 2022:
- No tuition refund will be given, regardless of circumstance. Pre-paid Bus, Extended Day, or Merchandise will be refunded.
Families who need to cancel their camp enrollment due to COVID-19 health-related reasons before the start of camp should reach out to the Camp Director directly to discuss terms of cancellation and refunds.

These refund deadlines are firm; no exceptions will be made.

Emergency Closure of Camp

Emergency Closure Notification
Camp closures will be posted on the Holton-Arms website and on a recorded message on the Creative Summer office phone line at 301-365-6003.

Weather Closure Policy
In the event the Holton-Arms School administration deems it necessary or is required to close the School’s premises because of inclement weather or other circumstances beyond its control, Creative Summer cannot guarantee the make-up of lost time. Though we may schedule make-up hours where possible, camp time lost may be void. No refunds or credits will be issued in the event of a weather or other uncontrollable event or closure.

COVID Closure Policy
Should any camp program be cancelled due to COVID-19 before the program begins, as mandated by the State, County, City, or School, families will be issued a full refund minus the $25 Application Fee for tuition paid towards 2022 summer programs.

Should any program already in-progress be cancelled due to COVID-19, as mandated by the State, County, City, or School, a prorated fee will be refunded for the unused camp days remaining in the camp session.

REGISTER

General Registration for Creative Summer 2022 opens at the link above at 7 p.m. Monday, January 31, 2022.

¹A Returning family has had at least one child attend Creative Summer within the last three summers - 2019 through 2021. This includes those who attended Creative Summer day camps (2019 & 2021), virtual camps (2020 & 2021), and sports camps (2021), as well as families who were actively registered when Creative Summer closed in May 2020 due to COVID-19.

Returning Family status extends to siblings of a returning camper even if the sibling(s) did not attend Creative Summer.

²A Wait-listed family is one who applied to Creative Summer in 2020 or 2021, was wait-listed, and ultimately did not attend camp that year, even if space was offered.