FAQs

Registration for Creative Summer:

Registration for Creative Summer 2022 occurs on a three-tiered Priority Registration Schedule.
During Priority Period 1 – Monday, January 4, through 5 p.m. Friday, January 7 – families eligible to register include:

• Returning¹ families from 2021, 2020, and 2019
• Wait-listed² families 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 current Holton-Arms Board Members

We will email the Priority Period 1 registration link to Returning and Wait-listed Families in late December. Other Priority Period 1 eligible families not in our system should email us to request the Priority Period 1 link.

During Priority Period 2 – 7 p.m. Friday, January 7, to 5 p.m. Monday, January 10 – families eligible to register include:

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

We will email the Priority Period 2 registration link to Residents of Zip Code 20817 in our system the first week of January. You may also email us to request the Priority Period 2 registration link.

General Registration opens at 7 p.m. Monday, January 10, and is open to:

• Families new to Creative Summer
• Families wait-listed in 2019 and earlier
• Returning families from 2018 and earlier
• Priority 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.

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

Health Forms

The Camper Health History Form is incorporated into the online registration form and is submitted when you register and submit your non-refundable camp deposit. You will be required to provide insurance and emergency contact information and answer questions regarding your camper's basic health, including providing the date of their most recent tetanus shot.

All Supplemental Health Forms, if necessary, are due Friday, April 29, 2022.

Balance of Tuition Due

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Last Day for Tuition Refund (All tuition becomes non-refundable)

Friday, May 6, 2022

During Priority Period 1 – Monday, January 4, through 5 p.m. Friday, January 7 – families eligible to register include:

• Returning¹ families from 2021, 2020, and 2019
• Wait-listed² families 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 current Holton-Arms Board Members

¹Returning families have had at least one child attend a Creative Summer program within the last three summers -2019 through 2021. This includes Creative Summer day camps (2019 & 2021), virtual camps (2020 & 2021), sports camps (2021), and families who were actively registered in May 2020 when Creative Summer closed due to the Pandemic. 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 defined as a family who applied to Creative Summer in 2020 or 2021, was wait-listed and did not attend camp that year, even if space was offered.

During Priority Period 2 – 7 p.m. Friday, January 7, to 5 p.m. Monday, January 10 – families eligible to register include:

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

General Registration opens at 7 p.m. Monday, January 10, and is open to:

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

 

Campers entering second grade have a choice of camps. They may attend EITHER Junior Campers, a contained program of housed in the Lower Camp, where their activity schedule is pre-set, OR the Upper Camp program, Creative Campers, where each camper selects his/her own activities, and travels as an individual from class to class five times each day. Please read the descriptions of both offerings to assist you in selecting the better program for your camper entering second grade in fall 2022.

A deposit of $150 per camper, per session, is due at registration for Day Camps. For Sports Camps, the deposit is $100. This deposit becomes non-refundable 3 days after registration is submitted.

The balance of tuition is due Wednesday, April 6, 2022. For registrations or purchases of Creative Summer add-ons (such as bus service or class fees) made after Monday, April 6, 2022, full payment is due within five (5) calendar days of purchase.

During registration, families may set up an automatic payment for their account balance to be charged to their credit card on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Although full tuition is due April 6, 2022, partial payments in advance of this date through your online account or by check are also welcome. If you would like to set up a formal installment payment plan, please contact the Creative Summer office at creative.summer@holton-arms.edu

 

Creative Summer does not pro-rate tuition for any camp session, regardless of the number of days/weeks the camper attends.

Your Account Username should be the e-mail address you used when you last applied/registered for Creative Summer or the last time you updated your account information. If your email address changed after the summer of 2019 and you did not update it with the Creative Summer office, log in using your old email address as your username. You can verify/update your account information from within your online account.

If you do not remember your Account Password, click HERE to generate a password reset email message.

We recommend that you log in to your online account to verify your password before online registration begins; high volume on our server during registration could delay password reset emails. If you need further assistance, contact the Creative Summer Office by email or call 301-365-6003.

IMPORTANT: If you cannot log in to your existing account during registration, log in as a new user and create a new account. Your old and new accounts can be merged later.

Electronic payment online is required for your deposit at registration; we accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover online. Creative Summer DOES NOT accept American Express for payment processing in our online registration system.

Your final balance may be paid online or by check, mailed to Creative Summer at Holton-Arms School, 7303 River Road, Bethesda MD 20817.

The Camper Health History Form is incorporated into the online registration form and is submitted when you register. You will be required to provide one emergency contact other than a parent and your camper's insurance information. We do not require an annual checkup record from your camper's physician.

Supplemental Health Forms, if needed, are due Friday, April 29, 2022.

Immunization Certificate/MDH Form 896 – Required by a FEW campers.
Submit camper's Immunization Records on this form ONLY IF camper resides OUTSIDE the United States,.
Submit camper's Exemption Certificate on this form if camper is exempt from any immunization for medical or religious reasons. If the exemption is on medical grounds, a physician signature is required.
Campers who require this form will be unable to attend camp until it is submitted.
Creative Summer cannot accept immunization records or exemption certificates in any format other than MDH Form 896.

Medication Administration Authorization – Needed by SOME campers.
Submit a Medication Administration Authorization (MAA) if your camper requires daily or emergency medication, including Over-the-Counter medication provided by the family. For each medication and/or EpiPen you provide for your camper, you must submit a corresponding MAA with both physician and parent signatures. Three forms are available:

• Medication Administration Authorization. Up to three medications may be authorized on a single form
• Medication Administration Authorization - Asthma Action Plan

Over-the-Counter Medication Authorization – OPTIONAL but recommended.
Submit this form if you would like our Camp Nurse to administer certain Over-the-Counter medications (listed on the form) to treat your camper for minor injuries/illnesses as needed. These medications are provided by the camp. This OPTIONAL form requires both physician and parent signatures, and your physician must specify the medications and dosage your camper may take.

Sunscreen Authorization – OPTIONAL.
Submit this form if your camper will apply sunscreen during the camp day. List acceptable brand(s) of sunscreen and indicate whether our adult counselors may assist your camper in sunscreen application. Submit one copy to the Creative Summer office and keep a copy with the sunscreen. You must provide the sunscreen in its original container with your camper’s name clearly labeled on the container. This form requires a parent signature only.
RECOMMENDED for ALL Creative Kids (age 4-7) and any Creative Campers (age 7-13) with outdoor activities on their schedule.

Visit the Registration Health Forms page for more information.

In the first week of June you will receive an information packet from Creative Summer will be mailed to your home address. This mailing includes:

• A newsletter "Creative Summer Notes"
• A camp calendar
• Your Car Line Number Placard (if car line is your dismissal option)
• Bus Rules and Schedule (if bus is your dismissal option)
• Lunch Menu
• Class Schedules - Creative Campers (ages 7-13)

Most of these documents will also be available on our Creative Summer Documents page.

Creative Summer is NOT a peanut-free camp. Families are permitted to pack peanut products in their camper’s lunch and snacks. However, we do have precautions in place to protect our campers with nut allergies.

Additionally, we have a peanut-free bin that campers can put their lunches in to be refrigerated and a Peanut-Free Zone in the Dining Room. This is a designated space where campers can sit during lunch to ensure they are not exposed to peanut or other nut products.

Creative Summer offers families the chance to pre-order lunch for their campers through the Holton-Arms food service provider, Meriwether Godsey.

Creative Summer lunches may be ordered through your online account. Lunch ordering opens in May.

Please visit our Lunch page for more information.

Creative Summer is closed Monday, July 4, 2022, in recognition of the Independence Day Holiday.

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, City, County 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, City, or School, a prorated fee will be refunded for the unused camp days remaining in the camp session.