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Camp Countryside offers half-day and all-day summer camps that include activities such as fitness camps, science camps, performance, global cultures, and Book Nook. Campers can join sessions like Wonderful China Week, Bento Bonanza & Japanese Travel, Tots Judo for Balance, Sweet Explorers Adventure (Sugar & Frosting), Mythical Creatures, Story-to-Stage, Crafting Camp, Active Bodies, Fit Minds, Put on a Musical!, Swiftie Popstar Camp, Science Academy, Gaming Guild, Footprints: A Champaign-Urbana Walkabout, HTML: Web Development, Middle School Bootcamp, Archery, Board Games, Wolfram: Computational Art, and a Theater Workshop. Campers can enroll in a morning camp and a different afternoon camp, and camps are open to all children in the area.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Camps are traditionally offered in June, with before and after care available so campers can be dropped off as early as 7:45 and stay until 5:15.
• Price: There is a 3 percent fee for paying for summer camps online.
Camp Countryside is part of Countryside School, an independent K–8 school with an enriched, projects-based curriculum strong in math and science, small class sizes, and large, combined, team-taught classrooms where all classes from kindergarten through middle school interact along one common corridor. Camp groupings include Stardust camps for K–2nd grade, Comet camps for 3rd–5th grade, and Asteroid camps for 6th–9th grade, along with a “Put on a Musical” camp category. Countryside School was founded in 1992 and is ISACS-accredited, and it is Champaign-Urbana's only nonprofit, nonsectarian, ISACS-accredited, independent K–8 school. Most of the teachers have earned advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) beyond their Bachelor's degree, and the Summer Camp Director is Eileen Guest.
The mission of Countryside School is to foster high academic achievement, develop creative and critical thinking skills, and emphasize balanced growth intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially for every student. The Information Letter for enrolled campers includes drop off and pick up procedures, the daily schedule, information on what to bring, and links to emergency and permission forms. Camp enrollment is entirely online through SignUp Genius, with enrollment first-come, first-served based on the sign-up link and submitting payment, and there is an online payment option for summer camps.
Parents have described Camp Countryside as “such an amazing camp experience” with “so much creativity from the instructors and the kids,” and one parent noted that their child was “very excited every day to show us the swag and cool things made every day” and called it their child’s “favorite camp ever.” Another parent of a 2025 camper shared that their child, who does not attend Countryside School, was “greeted with patience, warmth and welcome,” and by the second day was “excitedly bounding in and afterward telling us about the new friends she was making,” and that their family is “looking forward to next year.”
Last updated May 26, 2026.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Camps are traditionally offered in June, with before and after care available so campers can be dropped off as early as 7:45 and stay until 5:15.
• Price: There is a 3 percent fee for paying for summer camps online.
Camp Countryside is part of Countryside School, an independent K–8 school with an enriched, projects-based curriculum strong in math and science, small class sizes, and large, combined, team-taught classrooms where all classes from kindergarten through middle school interact along one common corridor. Camp groupings include Stardust camps for K–2nd grade, Comet camps for 3rd–5th grade, and Asteroid camps for 6th–9th grade, along with a “Put on a Musical” camp category. Countryside School was founded in 1992 and is ISACS-accredited, and it is Champaign-Urbana's only nonprofit, nonsectarian, ISACS-accredited, independent K–8 school. Most of the teachers have earned advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) beyond their Bachelor's degree, and the Summer Camp Director is Eileen Guest.
The mission of Countryside School is to foster high academic achievement, develop creative and critical thinking skills, and emphasize balanced growth intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially for every student. The Information Letter for enrolled campers includes drop off and pick up procedures, the daily schedule, information on what to bring, and links to emergency and permission forms. Camp enrollment is entirely online through SignUp Genius, with enrollment first-come, first-served based on the sign-up link and submitting payment, and there is an online payment option for summer camps.
Parents have described Camp Countryside as “such an amazing camp experience” with “so much creativity from the instructors and the kids,” and one parent noted that their child was “very excited every day to show us the swag and cool things made every day” and called it their child’s “favorite camp ever.” Another parent of a 2025 camper shared that their child, who does not attend Countryside School, was “greeted with patience, warmth and welcome,” and by the second day was “excitedly bounding in and afterward telling us about the new friends she was making,” and that their family is “looking forward to next year.”
Last updated May 26, 2026.
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