Camp Galileo
Our Lady of the Wayside School, 432 S Mitchell Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
About
Camp Galileo includes hands-on STEAM projects, collaborative activities, outdoor play, and building projects. Campers take part in outdoor games, songs, skits, silly traditions, face painting, pie throwing, and design challenges, with a rubber chicken as the camp mascot. The program blends age-appropriate, hands-on STEAM projects with other camp activities.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Price: $25 Off 1 Week • $50 Off 2+ Weeks. Use Code: COUNTDOWN25
Camp Galileo offers an acclaimed, STEAM-focused curriculum grounded in the Galileo Innovation Approach and includes collaborative design challenges that focus on critical thinking, teamwork and iteration skills. Fun is described as the first order of business, and outdoor play, songs, skits and silly traditions are part of every day. The program operates summer camps and expanded learning programs at over 60 locations in Northern and Southern California, Chicagoland, Denver and Seattle, and has served over 570,000 campers and awarded more than 49,000 scholarships. Since its start in 2002, Galileo has served over 600,000 campers at locations across the country.
The organization states a belief that every individual has the potential to become an innovator who can envision and create a better world, and it notes a commitment to increasing access, valuing differences and welcoming all. Its mission states that summer is a time for joyful, friend-filled fun and a perfect time to learn. Camp Galileo consistently earns “Best Camp” community awards, and a Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that Galileo kids internalize the skills they learn at camp—collaboration, persistence, resilience—and apply them to other aspects of their lives.
The staff is described as passionate, nurturing and inspiring campers every day, cultivating skills like resilience and creativity and making camp “magic.” The program reports that it meticulously recruits stellar educators to join a diverse and mission-driven team, and that many staff members return year after year. Camp Galileo also works with like-minded organizations across its communities to enhance and extend opportunities for innovation education.
Parent feedback includes reports that kids love the camp, come home thinking more independently and deeply, and look forward to returning every summer. Parents describe Camp Galileo as joyful and fun, with counselors, projects, games and activities that their children enjoy. Families mention that their children have fun building things, making new friends, and staying engaged, and that kids come home singing camp songs, chanting camp cheers, and talking about building projects. Some parents describe the camp as well run and well staffed, say they plan to return for longer, and note that it builds community, includes amazing projects, fun games, and lots of silliness.
Last updated May 23, 2026.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Price: $25 Off 1 Week • $50 Off 2+ Weeks. Use Code: COUNTDOWN25
Camp Galileo offers an acclaimed, STEAM-focused curriculum grounded in the Galileo Innovation Approach and includes collaborative design challenges that focus on critical thinking, teamwork and iteration skills. Fun is described as the first order of business, and outdoor play, songs, skits and silly traditions are part of every day. The program operates summer camps and expanded learning programs at over 60 locations in Northern and Southern California, Chicagoland, Denver and Seattle, and has served over 570,000 campers and awarded more than 49,000 scholarships. Since its start in 2002, Galileo has served over 600,000 campers at locations across the country.
The organization states a belief that every individual has the potential to become an innovator who can envision and create a better world, and it notes a commitment to increasing access, valuing differences and welcoming all. Its mission states that summer is a time for joyful, friend-filled fun and a perfect time to learn. Camp Galileo consistently earns “Best Camp” community awards, and a Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that Galileo kids internalize the skills they learn at camp—collaboration, persistence, resilience—and apply them to other aspects of their lives.
The staff is described as passionate, nurturing and inspiring campers every day, cultivating skills like resilience and creativity and making camp “magic.” The program reports that it meticulously recruits stellar educators to join a diverse and mission-driven team, and that many staff members return year after year. Camp Galileo also works with like-minded organizations across its communities to enhance and extend opportunities for innovation education.
Parent feedback includes reports that kids love the camp, come home thinking more independently and deeply, and look forward to returning every summer. Parents describe Camp Galileo as joyful and fun, with counselors, projects, games and activities that their children enjoy. Families mention that their children have fun building things, making new friends, and staying engaged, and that kids come home singing camp songs, chanting camp cheers, and talking about building projects. Some parents describe the camp as well run and well staffed, say they plan to return for longer, and note that it builds community, includes amazing projects, fun games, and lots of silliness.
Last updated May 23, 2026.
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