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Bennett Day Camp includes activities such as field trips to Sloomoo, the Color Factory, Altitude Trampoline Park, and Navy Pier. Campers can join a basketball clinic called Bennett Ballers, learn circus skills like juggling, balance, and simple acrobatics, and take part in Color & Chemistry experiments that explore color, texture, and motion. The program also offers drone piloting in Drone Explorers, movement challenges like agility mazes and balance missions in Fit Quest, group games such as kickball, tug of war, and capture the flag, and improv classes.
• Ages: 4–15 years old
• Schedule: Weekly camps over 11 weeks from June 8 to August 21, 2026, with options for early morning care, a full camp day, extended after care, and separate morning-only middle school camps
Bennett Day Camp is part of a Bennett Day School program that uses studios, labs, and flexible environments instead of rows of desks, with a 9:1 student-teacher ratio and a focus on project-based learning and competency-based assessment. The school reports that 75% of its faculty have advanced degrees and that it is the only PreK–12 school in Chicago using the Mastery Transcript and modern records of learning instead of traditional letter grades. The mission of Bennett Day School is to cultivate a culture of collaboration that nurtures children's innate sense of inquiry and curiosity in order to advance creativity, innovation, and the development of lifelong learners and leaders. Families are described as partners through regular conferences, transparent progress updates, and active parent participation, with parents invited into the life of the school to create alignment, trust, and shared investment in the child's development.
Unattributed testimonials describe children as active learners who are curious about the world and eager to make a difference, and they highlight project-based learning continuing into middle and upper school. Other testimonials state that teachers spark students' curiosity and creativity, that students feel happy and secure, and that teachers know children by name and care about them beyond a single classroom.
Last updated April 18, 2026.
• Ages: 4–15 years old
• Schedule: Weekly camps over 11 weeks from June 8 to August 21, 2026, with options for early morning care, a full camp day, extended after care, and separate morning-only middle school camps
Bennett Day Camp is part of a Bennett Day School program that uses studios, labs, and flexible environments instead of rows of desks, with a 9:1 student-teacher ratio and a focus on project-based learning and competency-based assessment. The school reports that 75% of its faculty have advanced degrees and that it is the only PreK–12 school in Chicago using the Mastery Transcript and modern records of learning instead of traditional letter grades. The mission of Bennett Day School is to cultivate a culture of collaboration that nurtures children's innate sense of inquiry and curiosity in order to advance creativity, innovation, and the development of lifelong learners and leaders. Families are described as partners through regular conferences, transparent progress updates, and active parent participation, with parents invited into the life of the school to create alignment, trust, and shared investment in the child's development.
Unattributed testimonials describe children as active learners who are curious about the world and eager to make a difference, and they highlight project-based learning continuing into middle and upper school. Other testimonials state that teachers spark students' curiosity and creativity, that students feel happy and secure, and that teachers know children by name and care about them beyond a single classroom.
Last updated April 18, 2026.
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