Steve & Kate's Camp - Montclair Summer Camp
Lacordaire Academy, 155 Lorraine Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043
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Steve & Kate's Camp - Montclair Summer Camp offers activities such as stop-motion animation, sewing, baking, coding, robotics, sports & rec, water play, and weekly specials. Campers can spend time in the Media Lab, Tinker Lab, Gameroom & Lounge, and take part in Steve & Kate’s traditions like Find Chuckie and Friday Pie-Day. Additional options include a virtual reality experience, interactive art apps, 3D pens, tabletop games, building marble mazes and forts, movement workshops, popup petting zoos, the BouncyBliss inflatable, and Kidokinetics.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Camp runs Jun 22–Aug 28, with camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm; the camp is closed July 3.
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $104. Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $89. Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,670.
Steve & Kate’s Camp has been operating since 1980. The camp’s mission states that during summer, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve, and that campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, as a way to be empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The camp includes long hours, meals and snacks, and allows parents to buy any number of days and send their child on any day within the season, with drop-off and pick-up at any time within camp hours. Unused purchased Day Passes are automatically refunded in full at the end of the season, and if a Summer Pass is underused, the difference versus the daily rate is automatically refunded.
The camp offers a Mentorship Program for ages 14–15 at this location for Summer 2026, where mentees help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and encourage camper connection and participation, using a self-directed learning model. Returning mentees pay $0 for the Mentorship Program. The camp director is Jenelle.
As it gets closer to summer, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with information such as 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. The state of New Jersey requires that all children attending camp in Montclair complete additional paperwork before attending, and after registration families receive a link to complete the required forms online.
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 with a modern, tech-focused approach. The Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Camp runs Jun 22–Aug 28, with camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm; the camp is closed July 3.
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $104. Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $89. Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,670.
Steve & Kate’s Camp has been operating since 1980. The camp’s mission states that during summer, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve, and that campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, as a way to be empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The camp includes long hours, meals and snacks, and allows parents to buy any number of days and send their child on any day within the season, with drop-off and pick-up at any time within camp hours. Unused purchased Day Passes are automatically refunded in full at the end of the season, and if a Summer Pass is underused, the difference versus the daily rate is automatically refunded.
The camp offers a Mentorship Program for ages 14–15 at this location for Summer 2026, where mentees help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and encourage camper connection and participation, using a self-directed learning model. Returning mentees pay $0 for the Mentorship Program. The camp director is Jenelle.
As it gets closer to summer, registered families receive a link to a virtual camp orientation with information such as 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. The state of New Jersey requires that all children attending camp in Montclair complete additional paperwork before attending, and after registration families receive a link to complete the required forms online.
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 with a modern, tech-focused approach. The Chicago Tribune states that “working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.