Rancho Summer Camps
Rancho Solano Preparatory School, 5656 E. Greenway Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
About
Rancho Summer Camps offers swimming, daily swim instruction, instructional and open swimming, and a dunk tank along with sports, traditional sports, and interactive play on an interactive playground. Campers take part in technology, engineering, arts, innovation, movement, digital media, coding, esports, robotics, design, programming, drone racing, flying drones, and STEM-focused, project-based, collaborative, hands-on activities. The program includes real world application, teamwork, robotics, design, coding, life skills, digital arts, programming, sports, and technology immersion, with new weekly themes including Roblox and Minecraft.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Rancho Summer Camps serves girls and boys in Pre-K to 8th grade, with a traditional day camp for Grades Pre-K to 2 and an innovative art, science, and technology-based program for Grades 3–8. All experience levels are welcome, and weekly enrollment is limited for quality and safety. Families can enroll for one week or the entire summer with flexible scheduling, and all families receive free extended care, with extended care and snack included for Day Camp ages 3–6 and for Extended Care.
Rancho Summer Camps is celebrating its 13th season and has over 23 years of camp experience, delivering creative summer camps nationwide to more than 300,000 students. The program uses an intentional camp design with a traditional camp feel that includes instructional and open swimming and a dunk tank, daily swimming, and 2–3 sports or games per day for at least one program segment. A Family Orientation is held in early June where camp directors and instructors are present and available to meet and speak with parents and campers.
Rancho Summer Camps states that its philosophy and approach to teaching is based on enrichment with a primary focus on experimentation, confidence-building, positivity, and character building, and that its overall mission is to enrich the lives of children and pre-teens by simultaneously fostering fun and building character. The program describes a positive and active environment promoting a healthy mind and healthy body, with discovery-based activities and hands-on projects, and notes that campers develop confidence, self-expression, empathy, self-esteem, and interpersonal skills.
Rancho Summer Camps has adult-led instructors and an average camper-to-counselor ratio of 6:1. The camp hires professionals already working within education or individuals who are either in college or postgraduates enrolled in programs and on track to work in education, and all counselors have graduated from high school and are currently teaching, coaching, or working towards a technology-based, academic, or education degree in college, with the only exception being counselors who have previously worked with groups such as Teach For America or the Peace Corps. All members of the Rancho Summer Camp team undergo extensive training and a full background check prior to working on location, including mandatory fingerprints filed with the state of Arizona and the FBI, and CORI (criminal offense) and SORI (sex offender) background checks, as well as State and Federal criminal background checks and a series of in-depth interviews with the Director of Talent and Hiring Department. Each instructor receives up to 20+ hours of online training, webinar training, and on-location training before the first day of camp, and the camp notes that safety is the top priority, with adult-led staff, a low ratio, and 360° background checks.
Parent testimonials describe children wanting to return week after week for new themes, being excited about a combination of traditional and STEM camp activities, and enjoying time outside and not behind a screen all day. Parents mention younger campers being engaged for the entire day, not wanting to leave aftercare, and appreciating the free extended care option. Several parents highlight daily instructional swimming as a major asset, note that their children are learning to race drones and teaching neighborhood kids, and describe day camp as the highlight of the summer. Instructor testimonials describe learning from the curriculum and using it in their own classrooms, improved ability to teach and understand technology in a classroom setting, and appreciation for training and support. One instructor notes working with Grades K–3 to teach young kids to fly drones, program robots, and learn STEM content, and praises the freedom of the curriculum compared with their school.
Last updated January 10, 2026.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Rancho Summer Camps serves girls and boys in Pre-K to 8th grade, with a traditional day camp for Grades Pre-K to 2 and an innovative art, science, and technology-based program for Grades 3–8. All experience levels are welcome, and weekly enrollment is limited for quality and safety. Families can enroll for one week or the entire summer with flexible scheduling, and all families receive free extended care, with extended care and snack included for Day Camp ages 3–6 and for Extended Care.
Rancho Summer Camps is celebrating its 13th season and has over 23 years of camp experience, delivering creative summer camps nationwide to more than 300,000 students. The program uses an intentional camp design with a traditional camp feel that includes instructional and open swimming and a dunk tank, daily swimming, and 2–3 sports or games per day for at least one program segment. A Family Orientation is held in early June where camp directors and instructors are present and available to meet and speak with parents and campers.
Rancho Summer Camps states that its philosophy and approach to teaching is based on enrichment with a primary focus on experimentation, confidence-building, positivity, and character building, and that its overall mission is to enrich the lives of children and pre-teens by simultaneously fostering fun and building character. The program describes a positive and active environment promoting a healthy mind and healthy body, with discovery-based activities and hands-on projects, and notes that campers develop confidence, self-expression, empathy, self-esteem, and interpersonal skills.
Rancho Summer Camps has adult-led instructors and an average camper-to-counselor ratio of 6:1. The camp hires professionals already working within education or individuals who are either in college or postgraduates enrolled in programs and on track to work in education, and all counselors have graduated from high school and are currently teaching, coaching, or working towards a technology-based, academic, or education degree in college, with the only exception being counselors who have previously worked with groups such as Teach For America or the Peace Corps. All members of the Rancho Summer Camp team undergo extensive training and a full background check prior to working on location, including mandatory fingerprints filed with the state of Arizona and the FBI, and CORI (criminal offense) and SORI (sex offender) background checks, as well as State and Federal criminal background checks and a series of in-depth interviews with the Director of Talent and Hiring Department. Each instructor receives up to 20+ hours of online training, webinar training, and on-location training before the first day of camp, and the camp notes that safety is the top priority, with adult-led staff, a low ratio, and 360° background checks.
Parent testimonials describe children wanting to return week after week for new themes, being excited about a combination of traditional and STEM camp activities, and enjoying time outside and not behind a screen all day. Parents mention younger campers being engaged for the entire day, not wanting to leave aftercare, and appreciating the free extended care option. Several parents highlight daily instructional swimming as a major asset, note that their children are learning to race drones and teaching neighborhood kids, and describe day camp as the highlight of the summer. Instructor testimonials describe learning from the curriculum and using it in their own classrooms, improved ability to teach and understand technology in a classroom setting, and appreciation for training and support. One instructor notes working with Grades K–3 to teach young kids to fly drones, program robots, and learn STEM content, and praises the freedom of the curriculum compared with their school.
Last updated January 10, 2026.
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