Steve & Kate’s Camp - San Francisco: Mission Dolores
Children's Day School of San Francisco, 601 Dolores St, San Francisco, CA 94110
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Steve & Kate’s Camp - San Francisco: Mission Dolores offers activities such as coding, sewing, baking, making, sports, filming, lounging, and stop-motion animation. Campers can spend time in areas like the sewing salon, Media Lab, Robotics, Bakery, Tinker Lab, Sports & Rec, and the Gameroom & Lounge. The camp also includes S&K Traditions, Weekly Specials, water play, tabletop games, building marble mazes and forts, virtual reality experiences, interactive art apps, guided activities with robots, self-directed robot games using robot landscapes and custom mazes, 3D pens, and carnival games.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 22–Aug 14, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed July 3
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $99; Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $84; Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,520; Returning Mentees: $0
Steve & Kate’s Camp states that campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long. The program describes a self-directed philosophy for both campers and mentees. All-inclusive rates are described as including all camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm, snacks and lunch, and any activities that interest the child. Families can buy any number of days and send their child to camp on any day they choose, with automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes at the end of the season and an automatic partial refund on the Summer Pass if not enough days are used to justify the cost. The camp allows drop-off and pick-up at any time within camp hours and notes that long camp hours, meals, and snacks are included.
The camp lists a Mentorship Program for ages 14–15 at this location for Summer 2026, where mentees help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and encourage camper connection and participation. The program notes that there is Youngest Camper Support Staff dedicated to supporting the youngest campers. Weekly specials may include giant inflatables, musical performances, movement workshops, and popup petting zoos, with the lineup to be announced, and the last day of camp is described as a Carnival Day with carnival games, extra treats, and chances to win prizes. As summer approaches, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with information about local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, daily check-in and check-out, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
The camp states that Steve & Kate’s has operated with this approach since 1980. The mission statement explains that during summer the camp gives kids freedom of choice in activities, companions, and time spent, and describes this experience as both pure joy for kids and a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions.
The camp director is listed as Director Preshia. Testimonials mention that “the children that attend Steve & Kate's blossom and discover a freedom of identity,” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate's,” from Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory. Apple’s Hot News states, “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that many children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend, given the camp’s philosophy. The Washington Post describes Steve & Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experiences with a modern, tech-focused approach, and the Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 22–Aug 14, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed July 3
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $99; Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $84; Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,520; Returning Mentees: $0
Steve & Kate’s Camp states that campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long. The program describes a self-directed philosophy for both campers and mentees. All-inclusive rates are described as including all camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm, snacks and lunch, and any activities that interest the child. Families can buy any number of days and send their child to camp on any day they choose, with automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes at the end of the season and an automatic partial refund on the Summer Pass if not enough days are used to justify the cost. The camp allows drop-off and pick-up at any time within camp hours and notes that long camp hours, meals, and snacks are included.
The camp lists a Mentorship Program for ages 14–15 at this location for Summer 2026, where mentees help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and encourage camper connection and participation. The program notes that there is Youngest Camper Support Staff dedicated to supporting the youngest campers. Weekly specials may include giant inflatables, musical performances, movement workshops, and popup petting zoos, with the lineup to be announced, and the last day of camp is described as a Carnival Day with carnival games, extra treats, and chances to win prizes. As summer approaches, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with information about local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, daily check-in and check-out, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
The camp states that Steve & Kate’s has operated with this approach since 1980. The mission statement explains that during summer the camp gives kids freedom of choice in activities, companions, and time spent, and describes this experience as both pure joy for kids and a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions.
The camp director is listed as Director Preshia. Testimonials mention that “the children that attend Steve & Kate's blossom and discover a freedom of identity,” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate's,” from Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory. Apple’s Hot News states, “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that many children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend, given the camp’s philosophy. The Washington Post describes Steve & Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experiences with a modern, tech-focused approach, and the Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.