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Just South of PCH & Temescal Cyn Los Angeles California

Masks Per LA County’s guidance, masks are optional for campers to wear masks. Please send your child to camp with a cloth face covering if you wish to mask during camp.

When you arrive at camp each day, you will park your car and escort your camper/s to the registration area. We’ll ask you some questions about potential symptoms and COVID exposure and check your child’s temperature, and then we’ll bring them to their group

Each Group will have their own hand wash and sanitizing station.

Campers will be required to wash their hands before lunch.

Campers will be required to wash their hands with soap and water after each bathroom visit and before returning to camp. Bathroom areas will be sprayed with disinfectant prior to and after camper use. We will have separate bathroom runners who will escort the campers to and from the restroom area. Bathroom runners will wear gloves and masks at all times when escorting campers to and from the restrooms.

Campers will be grouped together this summer – In order to help reduce the number of campers your child comes into contact with; campers will be assigned to a co-ed group of up to 11 other campers of the same age range and two counselors. The makeup of that group will stay constant over the course of each session. As always, you can request a friend/s in your child’s same age range to be in their group. Siblings who are in the same grade or one grade apart will be grouped together, in accordance with LA County’s directives on reducing contacts.

What happens if my child gets sick? What if someone in their group does?

We expect families to monitor their campers for symptoms of and exposure to COVID-19 for 14 days prior to camp and throughout their time at Sandy Days Kids Camp. If your child gets sick, has a fever of 100.4 or higher, or exhibits any other symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please notify us immediately. If your child gets sick during camp they will be immediately isolated and sent home. Campers won’t be able to return to camp for at least 10 days after symptoms start AND three days after symptoms including fever have improved.

If your child has had close contact with someone who has COVID-19 or have been advised to quarantine, please do not send your child to camp until they’ve completed the quarantine required by Los Angeles County.

If someone at camp becomes ill with COVID-19, we will notify you. We’ll then follow LA County’s protocol for cleaning, sanitizing, and possible temporary closure of camp.

Program

We’ll be following all of California, Los Angeles County, and the American Camp Association guidelines in safely providing camp activities, cleaning supplies and equipment to avoid disease transmission. All other activities will take place, with some modifications that won’t change your camper’s experience!

Hygiene, Cleaning and More

Campers may wear masks if they choose to do so. There’s lots more information on our website regarding our plans for cleaning, screening, hygiene, communication, and lots more. We know, too, that things are always changing, and restrictions in LA County and at Sandy Days may get stricter or looser as we get closer to opening. If you have any questions, please ask!

The most important part of Sandy Days is the chance for children to unplug, play outdoors with friends new and old. While we’re making lots of changes to keep our camp family as safe as possible, nothing will change those parts of the Sandy Days experience! We can’t wait to see your camper(s) again this summer.

To reduce contact between counselors and campers make sure to send your camper with spray-on sunscreen. Also, please remember to pack a face sunscreen stick for your child.*

Extra large cabanas (open tents) are set up throughout the camp site. Arts and crafts, face painting, and games are played under the cabanas to ensure shade during the day.

*Sunscreen is re-applied to campers arms, legs and face several times during the day. If your child requires a special sunscreen, please pack it and let us know.

Sandy Days is located between two lifeguard towers. Water activities are open only during specific hours so that all counselors can be in the water with our campers. Young campers play and skim board at the shore. Older campers swim, go paddling and boogie board alongside counselors, with direct supervision. During water activities the director or assistant director will be standing at the water’s edge to provide oversight and reinforce all safety protocols. Ocean safety is our top priority at Sandy Days.

In order to ensure safety and close supervision of campers, we maintain a ration of one counselor for every five to six campers. This allows counselors to supervise activities and to monitor campers’ behaviors to encourage the development of individual skills and to introduce newcomers to the activity. Many of our counselors are teachers, coaches, and nannies in the community.

All counselors wear light blue rash guards and all campers wear bright yellow Sandy Days rash guards for quick and easy identification. Brightly colored cones are set up to designate the area of the beach where our campers can play. Each morning we review camp perimeters and make sure that all campers recognize our boundaries.

All campers will be escorted to and from the bathroom by a Sandy Days counselor who will remain in the restroom while the campers are there.

Drinking water is available all day. The large water coolers are located under the umbrellas for thirsty campers.

Guidance from the American Camp Association includes lots of information about various activities. Each group will have the appropriate supplies, sports equipment, etc. that won’t be shared with other groups, and these will be cleaned after each use. All equipment, games, tables, surf boards, and similar activities will be cleaned between groups and at the end of each day. For activities like art and crafts, we’ll space campers apart as much as possible, and for other activities, we’ll minimize contact between campers and with counselors. Most activities should be pretty normal with lots of cleaning and sanitizing!

Swimming, Boogie Boarding, Paddling, Skim Boarding, Playing Games at the Shore.

Volleyball, Flag Football, Basketball, Softball, Capture the Flag, Dodge Ball, Gymnastics, Frisbee, Paddle Ball, and Dance.

Nature walks, Marine Biology, Recycling/Conservation and Fun Ocean Facts.

Arts & Crafts, Face/Body Paint, Balloon Animals, Sand Castles, Sand Crabbing, Water Balloons, Hula-Hooping, Story Games, Uno, Jenga, Twister, Potato Sack Races, Tug-o-War…and lots more…

When you arrive at camp each day, you will park your car and escort your camper/s to the registration area. We’ll ask you some questions about potential symptoms and COVID exposure and check your child’s temperature, and then we’ll bring them to their group. We ask that you leave other family members and siblings, not coming to camp, safely in the car to reduce the number of people at the registration area. On your first day of camp, campers will receive their rash guard. After your first day Campers are required to arrive at camp wearing their Sandy Days Rash Guards.

8:30 – 9:00 Camp Opens for Early Arrivals (Advanced sign-up required)

9:00 – 9:30 Camp Opens – Welcome & Sign In

9:30 – 10:30 Cabana Games, Arts & Crafts, Sports

10:30 – 12:00 Water Activities, Sand Activities, Nature Walk

12:00 – 1:00 Sunscreen, Lunch & Clean Up

1:00 – 1:30 Camp Performances & Contests

1:30 – 2:45 Water Activities, Sports, Arts & Crafts, Cabana Games

2:45 – 2:55 Close of the camp day

3:00 – 3:30 Camp Ends – Pick Up & Sign Out

Swimming, Boogie Boarding, Paddling, Skim Boarding, Playing Games at the Shore

Volleyball, Flag Football, Basketball, Softball, Capture the Flag, Dodge Ball, Gymnastics, Frisbee, Paddle Ball

Nature walks, Marine Biology, Recycling/Conservation and Fun Ocean Facts

Arts & Crafts, Face/Body Paint, Balloon Animals, Sand Castles, Sand Crabbing, Water Balloons, Hula-Hooping, Story Games, Uno, Jenga, Twister, Potato Sack Races, Tug-o-War…and lots more…

When you arrive at camp, make sure you are wearing:
(1) BATHING SUIT

(2) SUNSCREEN – To reduce contact between counselors and campers make sure to send your camper with spray-on sunscreen. Also, please remember to pack a face sunscreen stick for your child.

(3) SAND SHOES or FLIP FLOPS

(4) SANDY DAYS RASH GUARD

(5) FACE MASK (OPTIONAL FOR CAMPERS)

Campers should pack the following:

• LUNCH & SNACKS – Here are some healthy suggestions: string cheese, apple sauce cups, yogurt tubes, fruit rolls, apples, bananas, crackers/chips, carrots and PB & J sandwiches. Also include juices or water.

• SUNSCREEN – While we have sunscreen, we advise you to send sunscreen with your camper. During the day, we will re-apply sunscreen to make sure campers have adequate sun protection.

• TOWEL – Campers will need a towel to dry themselves after coming out of the water.

• SWEATSHIRT – It’s nice to have a warm sweatshirt on those cooler beach days.

• SUNGLASSES & HAT (optional)

(Please make sure to label all of your child’s belongings.)

When you arrive at camp each day, you will park your car and escort your camper/s to the registration area. We’ll ask you some questions about potential symptoms and COVID exposure and check your child’s temperature, and then we’ll bring them to their group. We ask that you leave other family members and siblings, not coming to camp, safely in the car to reduce the number of people at the registration area. On your first day of camp, campers will receive their rash guard. After your first day Campers are required to arrive at camp wearing their Sandy Days Rash Guards.

Tower 10 at Will Rogers Beach Just south of Temescal

STARTS AT 9:00 AM

On your first day, please inform the parking attendant that you are dropping off for Sandy Days Kids Camp and you will be allowed to enter. Once in the parking lot, make a u-turn and head south to the first tower (#10), where you will see our van with the camp sign. You will be issued a parking pass which you will display on your dashboard for future drop off and pick up. Once you have parked, please sign in your child. If it’s your child’s first day at camp, he/she will be given a camp rash guard. A staff member will then escort your child down to our campsite.

Please observe posted speed limit in the parking lot and remember that there are children present!

STARTS AT 3:00 PM

Please pick up your child no later than 3:30pm. If you want to pick up your child early, please inform the camp director at drop off time.

EXTENDED CARE HOURS/OPTIONS: Must be reserved in advance

EARLY DROP OFF: Begins at 8:30am

LATE PICK UP OPTION A: 3:30pm – 4:15pm

LATE PICK UP OPTION B: 3:30pm – 5:15pm

Campers will be grouped together – Campers will be assigned to a co-ed group of up to 15 other campers of the same age range and two counselors. The makeup of that group will stay constant over the course of each session. As always, you can request a friend/s in your child’s same age range to be in their group. Siblings who are in the same grade or one grade apart will be grouped together, in accordance with LA County’s directives on reducing contacts.

DUE TO OUR LIMITED DATES AND ENROLLMENTS NO SCHEDULE CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED THIS YEAR. NO SICK DAYS OR MAKE-UP DAYS WILL BE ALLOWED.

So that we can make sure that campers have fun and that they are safe, we make appropriate arrangements for the number of campers in each age group who will be joining us every day. That said, we understand that unexpected events may, from time to time, make it necessary for you to change scheduled camp days. For this reason, we have set up the following procedures to make it easy for you to arrange for replacement days: There is no extra charge for changes in schedule that are made via e-mail or on our on-line scheduling program by noon of the day preceding the originally scheduled date. We will confirm the change in writing; schedule/date changes that are not confirmed will not be honored. Schedule changes must maintain the number of camp days in the camper’s original reservation, not fewer. Days are not transferable and there are no refunds for days missed.

Full tuition is required at the time of registration.

Because of the strange nature of 2022, your camp tuition is nonrefundable for any reason. If you need to cancel camp after you’ve registered, our normal policy applies: as long as you let us know no later than March 15, 2022 for Spring Break Camp and May 31, 2022 for Summer Camp, we’ll hold your unused tuition as a credit for the next season. Because all campers are required by Los Angeles County to attend full weeks of camp, we cannot provide credits or prorate tuition for partial weeks.

We also know that it’s possible that California’s reopening has to slow down or even go backwards. If we have to close or cancel camp at any point, any unused tuition will automatically become a registration for a future season.