Get ready for a summer filled with classic camp fun and exciting new adventures! Think campfires, fishing, kayaking, hiking, crafting, tie-dye, freeze pops, and endless sunny days—that’s what awaits your child at KKA’s “Adventure Quest.”
Our popular program for Summer Camp Seniors returns with daily trips to local parks! We’ll spend a week at a time at McKee Farms Park, Lakeview Park, and Fireman’s Park, rotating between them throughout the summer. Campers will start their day at KKA with breakfast before heading out at 9:00 AM.
At the park, campers will play with their teachers and friends before gathering for a daily “campfire chat.” This is a time for campers to share their feelings and ideas for the day, and for staff to introduce project options and the group game. We encourage independence and a “choose-your-own-adventure” approach for our oldest campers.
Each day features a group game designed to build teamwork, conflict resolution skills, cooperation, sportsmanship, self-esteem, and more. We’ll play familiar favorites like Ninja, Statue Guard, and Steal the Bacon, along with new and classic games, plus popular sports like soccer, flag football, relay races, disc golf, fishing, kayaking, and even American Ninja Warrior-inspired challenges and obstacle courses.
Project options include nostalgic camp crafts like gimp weaving, friendship bracelets, rainbow loom, God’s Eyes, and dream catchers, as well as creative projects like water balloon painting, nature prints, modeling clay, and outdoor science experiments exploring chemical reactions and natural elements. Our staff will guide activities, but our oldest campers will have a voice in daily plans through the campfire chats. We’ll return to KKA at 3:30 PM for snack and pick-up.
Each park offers open spaces, shelters for shade, and multiple play structures, splash pads, and some even have wooded areas for nature walks. KKA will also provide additional pop-up shelters. Staff will enforce sunscreen reapplication every two hours (combined with mandatory water breaks) and encourage hydration throughout the day.
We can’t wait to embark on this Adventure Quest with our school-age campers!
Weather Plan:
● In the event of a Heat Advisory, we will still plan to go to our designated park, but we will
play at the Splash Pad to cool off, have personal battery-operated fans for the children’s
use, and return to KKA early, at 1 instead of 3:30.
● In the event of a Heat Warning, we will not go to the park and set up our classroom in
the big room at KKA, the way we do for the after-school seniors during the school year.
● In the event of a Tornado Warning or Severe Storm Warning, We will follow the Heat
Warning protocol and stay at KKA, setting up the big room classroom.
● In the event of sporadic rain showers or sprinkles, we will still plan to go to our
designated park, stay under the shelter during the showers, and return to the park
when it stop.
● In the event of all-day showers or lightning, we will stay at KKA setting up the big room
classroom.
If at any time the weather predictions do not match the weather we experience, the Admin Team
is standing by to pick the children up from the park early any day that it is needed.
In addition, our School Age Director, Aurora, is available daily and will be traveling between KKA
to support our Jr K and Camp Wander Juniors’ Summer Camp Programs, and the Adventure
Quest Seniors’ Summer Camp Program at the parks. She will be delivering lunches to
Adventure Quest so we can keep meals cold/warm at KKA before lunchtime, and she
will be available at all hours for the Adventure Quest Staff to call in the event of an emergency due
to weather or other situations.
Because we will be off-site every day, being very active and will have the option for water play
every day, there are some additional needs for what we need you to send with your child for
camp. At the beginning of the summer, we will ask you to send SPF-50 sunscreen labeled with
your child’s name that we will keep with us all summer
Please send the following items with your child EVERY DAY:
- A backpack
- A swimsuit and towel
- Running shoes
- Water Bottle
- A change of clothes (including underwear and socks)
- A bag for wet clothes/swimsuit
- A cold lunch (unless you sign up for a KKA-provided cold lunch)
- Items to consider if you would like your child to have it (optional)
- Bug Spray
- Water shoes or sandals
- A light sweater or rain jacket
- A hat
Daily Schedule
7:30-8:30 Arrival at KKA
8:30 Breakfast at KKA
If your child is not here by 8:30, they need to have already had
breakfast so we can still leave for the park on time.
If you will be dropping your child off later than 9, you will need to
drop them off at the park
9:00 Depart for the park (transportation provided by KKA)
9:15-10:00 Free play at the park playground
10:00-10:30 Campfire Chat
10:30-11:30 Group Games
11:30-12:15 Adventurer choice time
● They may choose to do one of the crafts provided, work on a craft they
started the previous day, play board games, continue to play active games
or sports, or rest and read, or the group may go on a hike or other group
activity that the children have selected with teachers at the campfire chat
12:15-12:45 Lunch
● Miss Aurora will bring the cold lunches you provided check in with Adventure Quest staff
and kids
12:45-1:00 Afternoon Campfire Chat
● At this time Adventure Quest Staff will decide– with input from the kids– if
they are going to the splash pad for the afternoon, doing a science
experiment or project, play another group game, go for a hike, or
playing at the park
1:00-2:00 Shaded Mindfulness Time
● One hour a day we will require the children to take a break in the shade,
and pick a sitting activity to recover from the activity of the day. The
options during this time will include reading, puzzles, board games,
resting, art, guided yoga or meditation, or having a small group
conversations led by teachers.
2:00-2:45 Free Playtime at the Park
2:45-3:15 Get ready to head back to KKA
● Adventure Quest children will gather at the shelter to go to the bathroom,
change if needed, make sure they have collected all of their things into
their backpack, refill and drink water bottles, and get ready to head back
to KKA
3:15-3:30 Transportation back to KKA
● If you will be picking your child up before 3:30, you will need to pick
them up at the park
3:30-5:30 Play in the big room classroom until pick up