Steve & Kate's Camp - San Jose - Berryessa
Cherrywood Elementary School, 2550 Greengate Dr., San Jose, CA 95132
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Steve & Kate's Camp - San Jose - Berryessa offers activities such as coding, sewing, baking, making, sports, filming, lounging, arts and crafts, and tabletop games. Campers can spend time in areas like the sewing salon, Media Lab, Robotics, Bakery, Tinker Lab, Gameroom & Lounge, and take part in stop-motion animation, virtual reality experiences, interactive art apps, and 3D pen projects. The program also includes building marble mazes and forts, water play, carnival games, S&K traditions like Find Chuckie and Friday Pie-Day, and a variety of weekly specials.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 15–Aug 7, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed June 19 and July 3
The camp offers summer day camps for children entering PreK through 7th grade, and campers must be fully toilet trained, able to speak up for their needs, and able to get through the camp day without a nap. Campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long. The program includes long camp hours, and families can buy any number of days and send their child on any camp day, with drop-off and pick-up allowed at any time within camp hours. All-inclusive rates cover all camp hours, snacks and lunch, and any activities, with food included in the camp fee and menus that feature rotating specials plus healthy snacks and sides available whenever kids want them. The program offers automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes after the camp season, and the Summer Pass refunds the difference if not enough days are used to justify the cost. Youngest Camper Support Staff are dedicated to supporting the youngest campers.
Weekly specials may include giant inflatables, musical performances, movement workshops, and a popup petting zoo, and the season ends with a Carnival Day celebration that features carnival games, extra treats, and chances to win prizes. As summer approaches, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with details about local drop-off and pick-up procedures, daily check-in and check-out, what to bring and not bring, and other camp information. The camp’s mission states that during summer, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve by letting campers make their own choices about activities, companions, and time spent, and describes this experience as both pure joy for kids and a training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The organization traces its history back to 1980 and reports that it now runs more than 70 camps from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach.
The camp director is Nicholas. The program notes that, in partnership with fan favorite restaurants, it provides food that kids enjoy. Testimonials describe the camp as a place where children blossom and discover a freedom of identity, and say that kids “find their thumbprint” there, according to Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory. Other testimonials state that if kids ruled the world it might look like Steve & Kate’s Camp, and that the camp did not specifically set out to cater to children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, but that many of those families attend. Additional media quotes describe the camp as blending a traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-focused approach and note that working parents’ worries dissipate as they consider Steve & Kate’s model.
Last updated April 30, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 15–Aug 7, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed June 19 and July 3
The camp offers summer day camps for children entering PreK through 7th grade, and campers must be fully toilet trained, able to speak up for their needs, and able to get through the camp day without a nap. Campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long. The program includes long camp hours, and families can buy any number of days and send their child on any camp day, with drop-off and pick-up allowed at any time within camp hours. All-inclusive rates cover all camp hours, snacks and lunch, and any activities, with food included in the camp fee and menus that feature rotating specials plus healthy snacks and sides available whenever kids want them. The program offers automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes after the camp season, and the Summer Pass refunds the difference if not enough days are used to justify the cost. Youngest Camper Support Staff are dedicated to supporting the youngest campers.
Weekly specials may include giant inflatables, musical performances, movement workshops, and a popup petting zoo, and the season ends with a Carnival Day celebration that features carnival games, extra treats, and chances to win prizes. As summer approaches, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with details about local drop-off and pick-up procedures, daily check-in and check-out, what to bring and not bring, and other camp information. The camp’s mission states that during summer, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve by letting campers make their own choices about activities, companions, and time spent, and describes this experience as both pure joy for kids and a training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The organization traces its history back to 1980 and reports that it now runs more than 70 camps from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach.
The camp director is Nicholas. The program notes that, in partnership with fan favorite restaurants, it provides food that kids enjoy. Testimonials describe the camp as a place where children blossom and discover a freedom of identity, and say that kids “find their thumbprint” there, according to Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory. Other testimonials state that if kids ruled the world it might look like Steve & Kate’s Camp, and that the camp did not specifically set out to cater to children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, but that many of those families attend. Additional media quotes describe the camp as blending a traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-focused approach and note that working parents’ worries dissipate as they consider Steve & Kate’s model.
Last updated April 30, 2026.