Master School

Let me just tell you that I have been going to this camp for 13 years and have loved every second of it. Sure you may have read the bad review on this page and thought that some of the points made were valid points, but they’re also somewhat skewed points from a parent who was not happy with the camp from the very beginning. If you want a slightly less skewed version from someone who actually attends the camp, you may have to click into to the «not recommended posts» at the bottom of this page.

Let me try to be succinct: This camp poses as a gifted and talented (GT) camp; in fact it requires a school reference in the application. However, there are no GT activities; just an open-​play running around camp that focuses on «peace» and is run by a devout Buddhist and her family. Other than being something completely different than the expected interesting project-​based camp, the owner Terry is incredibly rude. When I inquired about the 10% late fee (I paid 6 days late in March for a June camp) of $ 300.00, she informed me I could «take my kids out. » Then I asked, can I pay with a credit card… «what do you think I am, a bank???», do you have a discount for a second child? «sniff, we pay the TEACHERS the same don’t we???» Very rude; then all June received «peace» lesson emails on a daily business; ironic!
Biggest cons:
Camp is run-​down and dusty; no first-​aid kit; no structured activities, no GT activities; a lot of meditation, head of camp is incredibly rude; absolutely nothing comes up on the camp via Google search [so strange]; and some weird slanted political papers float in your kids’ backpacks.
Now, to be fair and balanced, it has a lot of positive word-​of-​mouth from parents, the late fee is posted on the bill (got it several days after due date from spouse). If you don’t have high expectations for a «GT» type camp and don’t feel nervous about the chanting and meditating, or having your kid’s labels read every lunch and food taken that has any hint of sugar or fat in first 3 ingredients (oh that dreaded Cliff bar), then it’s fine. For us, it definitely did not meet our camp expectations, particularly for the high price.