WELCOME TO CAMP BLUE RIDGE
Camp Blue Ridge is Haymarket Children’s Academy’s all-inclusive, award-winning, school-age 4-Season camp program! Open from Monday to Friday from 6:30 am – 6:30 pm, campers are divided into two groups: Cubs (rising 1st grade and 2nd grade) and Bears (Rising 3rd grade- 6th grade), with up to 150 campers a day in our 10,000 sq ft building. During the summer, each group will go on multiple field trips each week, along with doing on-campus STEM activities, art projects, and cooking enrichment classes. Camp Blue Ridge is in our Outpost building, which has its own 2-acre playground and full-size gym for campers to stay active all summer long and throughout the year during holidays.
Weekly summer tuition includes the cost of all field trips, breakfast, lunch, and snacks. All your camper needs every day is a water bottle and to be ready to make new friends and great memories!
We require 4 weeks, with 5 days a week, for summer enrollment.
If you have specific questions, would like more information, or want to schedule a tour of everything Camp Blue Ridge has to offer, please call Haymarket Children’s Academy or email Giovanna McGregor at gmcgregor@haymarketca.com.
SUMMER CAMP 2025
Embark on an unforgettable summer adventure at Camp Blue Ridge, Northern Virginia’s premier destination for fun, friendship, and endless excitement! Voted the best Summer Camp in the region, Camp Blue Ridge offers an immersive experience where children can explore the great outdoors, unleash their creativity, and make memories that last a lifetime. Our experienced staff is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing environment where children can thrive, grow, and discover their full potential. Enroll your child today and let the adventure begin at Camp Blue Ridge!
ENROLL NOW!CUBS & BEARS ACTIVITIES
Our Cubs group is made up of 70 rising first and second-graders! Our camp program has in-house activities each day, along with weekly small field trips to local parks and experiences, large field trips to the best fun Northern Virginia has to offer our little learners, and our Cubs group will also alternate between using inflatable water slides at the school and visiting Atlantis Waterpark for water play each week. Our Cubs campers wear their blue shirts each day for us to easily separate them from the older campers and keep them with their groups.
Cubs’ small field trips include:
- Long Park
- Northern Fauquier Community Park
- Reptile Exhibit
- Rock Water Park
- Tae Kwon Do class
- Gymnastics class
- Catharpin Park
Cubs’ large field trips include:
- Sky Zone
- Dinosaur Land
- Gainesville Multiplex
- Bounce With Us
- Hyper Kids Indoor Playground
- Chuck E Cheese
- Zoo
- Billy Beez
- Drew Blue Shoes the Magician
BEARS
Our Bears group includes 80 rising 3rd graders through rising 6th graders! Just like the Cubs group, the Bears have on-campus activities (STEM, art, cooking) weekly, along with multiple field trips each week. Bears have a weekly water park day, alternating between visiting Splash Down Waterpark and Atlantis Waterpark. Bears have green camp shirts that they wear each day to stay together on field trips, and to easily tell them apart from the Cubs campers.
Bears’ small field trips include:
- Long Park
- Northern Fauquier Community Park
- Reptile Exhibit
- Rock Water Park
- Tae Kwon Do class
- Gymnastics class
- Catharpin Park
Bears’ large field trips include:
- Sky Zone
- NOVA Ninja warriors
- Gainesville Multiplex
- Lake Arrowhead Beach
- Bowling
- Funland of Fredericksburg
- Museum
- Monster Mini Golf
- Drew Blue Shoes the Magician
Prioritizing Safety
We believe the safety of your child is of the utmost importance. That’s why, whether we’re on campus or on a field trip, your child is closely supervised by our highly qualified staff.
Age-Appropriate Activities
Although our campus hosts programs for nursery and preschool-aged children, our summer camp caters to the interests of school-age kids.
All-Inclusive
At Camp Blue Ridge, all activities and amenities are included in the cost, so there are no surprise fees. This includes snacks and meals for your child prepared by our on-site chef.
CAMP BLUE RIDGE SUMMER TUITION
Camp Blue Ridge offers the flexibility for parents to choose which and how many weeks they would like their child to attend. We also offer the option for campers to attend on a full-time or part-time basis.
Our weekly tuition rates are as follows:
- 5 days per week: No part-time options offered
- Registration fee: Non-refundable registration includes 2 shirts, a backpack, a water bottle and is due at the time of enrollment
- Parents with two or more children attending Camp Blue Ridge receive a 5% discount on their second child.
We require 4 weeks, with 5 days a week, for summer enrollment.
Fees are subject to change in August 2025.
UNPLUG FROM TECHNOLOGY
MAKE NEW FRIENDSHIPS
WORK ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
DEVELOP RESILIENCY AND CONFIDENCE
Hello Camp Blue Ridge Families
Please read this email in it’s entirety before submitting paperwork.
We are excited and proud to share our camp schedules and calendars for Camp Blue Ridge 2026! Attached you will find the Cubs (rising 1st–2nd graders) and Bears (rising 3rd– rising 6th graders) calendars, along with the Parent Agreement and Camp Blue Ridge Code of Conduct. Enrollment is now open as of today, February 6, for both returning and new campers.
Please note these important updates for the upcoming summer: Due to the high demand for summer camp and the importance of accurate scheduling, we ask families to carefully select their weeks before submitting registration paperwork. Once paperwork is turned in, weeks may only be added, pending availability. Please wait to submit your forms until you are confident in the weeks your child will attend.
If space allows, we will do our best to accommodate a week swap; however, families will be held to the total number of weeks originally reserved. Families may withdraw completely from camp at any time prior to the May 8 deadline. Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.
This year, we are offering registration fee incentives based on the number of weeks your child will attend: 4 weeks: $1505–8 weeks: $1009–10 weeks: only $50!
To enroll, all we need is a signed Parent Agreement, Code of Conduct, and the registration fee. For families new to Camp Blue Ridge, a complete enrollment packet is required (reply to this email for more information).
Please note that we filled up last year prior to the start of camp, so once you know your summer plans, we encourage interested families to return paperwork as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about our camp program, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re happy to help!
Happy Friday, Giovanna McGregor
Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.
Giovanna McGregor Director
HCA has been such a great place for my children to grow and develop. They truly find out what your child needs, and the staff works together to implement plans to make your children successful. My kids were always excited for the several activities they would participate in during the holiday and summer camps. The kindness of the staff is genuine and you never worry while your children are in their care. I highly recommend Haymarket Children's Academy for anyone looking for exceptional childcare!
Haymarket Children's Academy is unlike any other childcare/early childhood education school. It has a home-like atmosphere, while being clean and organized, and there are so many fun opportunities for kids to play and learn. The staff are so kind and friendly. You really just need to see it for yourself.
Best early learning school in Nova. Led by a professional administration team that are lovingly involved with the day to day activities and care for the children. The teachers are happy and full of knowledge. HCA feels like a family with facilities that are immaculate and secure.