Steve & Kate's Camp - Atlanta - Sandy Springs
Springmont School, 5750 Long Island Dr, Atlanta, GA 30327
About
Steve & Kate's Camp - Atlanta - Sandy Springs offers a wide range of activities, including stop-motion animation, film, coding, robotics, and creating 3D worlds with an interactive virtual reality experience. Campers can also sew, bake, use interactive art apps and 3D pens, work on robot landscapes and custom mazes, and take part in arts and crafts, tabletop games, building marble mazes and forts, and exploring sensory objects. The program also includes Find Chuckie, Friday Pie-Day, sports & rec with classic sports and new games, a go-kart experience, giant inflatables, musical performance and movement workshop options, a popup petting zoo, water tag, inflatable slip n’ slides, a giant sprinkler, and time for reading from a thoughtfully stocked bookshelf.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 1–Jul 24, 8:00am–6:00pm, closed June 19 and July 3
Steve & Kate's Camp traces its history back to 1980, when Steve and Kate Susskind started the program. The camp’s stated mission is to give kids freedom in the summer by letting campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and to treat this experience as a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The program notes that additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day of camp, and that each camp has staff dedicated specifically to supporting the youngest campers, called Youngest Camper Support Staff.
The camp structure allows parents to buy any number of day passes, send their child to camp on any day, and receive automatic refunds for any unused days at summer’s end. Families can drop off and pick up within the long camp hours, and tasty meals and snacks are included, with cuisine that features rotating specials plus healthy snacks and sides that kids can grab whenever they want. Steve & Kate's Camp also runs summer day camps for kids aged 4–12, offers holiday camps for kids ages 4–12, and offers mentorship programs for children aged 14 and 15, with availability that may vary by location; the camp age limit is 13, and if a camper turns 14 while attending summer camp, they may finish out the summer.
The organization describes having more than 70–90 locations from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach. Community involvement includes partnering with fan favorite restaurants to provide food. As summer approaches, registered families receive an email link to a virtual camp orientation with information about local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
Testimonials about Steve & Kate's Camp include comments from Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory, who says that children at the camp “blossom and discover a freedom of identity” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate's.” 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 at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend, and The Washington Post describes the camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch and a laid-back aura with Silicon Valley-inspired approaches to programming and payment. The Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 1–Jul 24, 8:00am–6:00pm, closed June 19 and July 3
Steve & Kate's Camp traces its history back to 1980, when Steve and Kate Susskind started the program. The camp’s stated mission is to give kids freedom in the summer by letting campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and to treat this experience as a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The program notes that additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day of camp, and that each camp has staff dedicated specifically to supporting the youngest campers, called Youngest Camper Support Staff.
The camp structure allows parents to buy any number of day passes, send their child to camp on any day, and receive automatic refunds for any unused days at summer’s end. Families can drop off and pick up within the long camp hours, and tasty meals and snacks are included, with cuisine that features rotating specials plus healthy snacks and sides that kids can grab whenever they want. Steve & Kate's Camp also runs summer day camps for kids aged 4–12, offers holiday camps for kids ages 4–12, and offers mentorship programs for children aged 14 and 15, with availability that may vary by location; the camp age limit is 13, and if a camper turns 14 while attending summer camp, they may finish out the summer.
The organization describes having more than 70–90 locations from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach. Community involvement includes partnering with fan favorite restaurants to provide food. As summer approaches, registered families receive an email link to a virtual camp orientation with information about local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
Testimonials about Steve & Kate's Camp include comments from Andrew Stanton, Director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory, who says that children at the camp “blossom and discover a freedom of identity” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate's.” 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 at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend, and The Washington Post describes the camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch and a laid-back aura with Silicon Valley-inspired approaches to programming and payment. The Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.