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ESF Summer Camps offers a wide range of activities, including Acting, Drama & Improv, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, volleyball, flag football, European team handball, track and field, and pickleball. Campers take part in creative and STEM-focused options such as ceramics and clay sculptures, crafts, jewelry making, fashion design, multi-media art, photography, movie making, digital music production, robotics, coding, Minecraft and Roblox, Lego engineering, Littlebits, Micro:bit technology, makerspace projects, marine biology, bubbleology, gardening, and slime. The program also includes swimming with instructional swimming, recreational swimming, swim instruction, and Free Swim Friday, along with activities like rockwall, Alpine Tower, archery, street hockey, Nerf hockey, Frisbee golf, gaga, Big Wheel Alley, parachute games, nature, and water play.
• Ages: 3–15 years old
ESF Summer Camps uses MAXJOY, a signature framework and proprietary guiding philosophy, with Drivers of ESF MAXJOY developed and reinforced daily at camp. Every program is uniquely designed to equip campers with knowledge, character, and confidence to meet life’s next challenges at school and beyond, with a character-building curriculum that explores and expands campers’ innate talents, curiosities, self-esteem, and social skills. ESF reports that an ESF summer will have a lasting impact on a camper’s growth and development.
Every ESF Camp location is supported by a full-time, onsite camp nurse, with an on-call physician available at all times. ESF Camps are run by a collaboration of educators who state that they have a deep commitment to the development of each camper and a profound sensitivity to the unique needs of each camper. ESF offers award-winning programs and reports an excellent track record of positive results. Summer programs include day, sports, tennis, and specialty STEAM camps for preschool through grade 10, with 60+ activities and time-honored traditions woven into camp life, including camp carnival, water festival, inflatable water slides, inflatable obstacle course, foam party, tropical beach bash, color fun run, camp carnival, and theme days.
The program includes morning assembly, pep rallies, spirit stick challenges, award ceremonies, the World League Championship, the Oracle Challenge, and the Movin’ Up Ceremony. Campers also experience dance parties, a neon glow dance party, karaoke, dance and cheer, Captain Respectacular, imagination playground, Lego Lobby, sleep under pajama party, late night pizza party, ice cream party, Taco Tuesday Party, camp carnival, and a tropical beach bash. Additional activities include movement, meditation and mindfulness, summer reading, tie dye, cupstacking with Speed Stacks, ultimate games, gaga, and a makerspace.
ESF notes that its programs are created in collaboration with partners described as “Best-in-class Programming Created in Collaboration With These Partners.” ESF operates at 12 premier locations on world class campuses in PA, NJ, DE, MD, NY, CT, and FL.
Parent and alumni feedback includes comments that ESF is on a safe and secure campus with facilities suited for all activities and counselors described as positive, inclusive, and fun. Parents report an excellent all-around experience, note that their children were able to swim every day, and describe the programs as diverse with a fit for every “little mind.” One parent describes the staff as mature, professional, and passionate and calls it a special summer. Alumni and parents state that ESF empowered one camper to do things they never imagined, that the camp experience was fabulous for a child’s future, and that ESF has been part of one counselor’s life for 13 years and is where they have grown up.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
• Ages: 3–15 years old
ESF Summer Camps uses MAXJOY, a signature framework and proprietary guiding philosophy, with Drivers of ESF MAXJOY developed and reinforced daily at camp. Every program is uniquely designed to equip campers with knowledge, character, and confidence to meet life’s next challenges at school and beyond, with a character-building curriculum that explores and expands campers’ innate talents, curiosities, self-esteem, and social skills. ESF reports that an ESF summer will have a lasting impact on a camper’s growth and development.
Every ESF Camp location is supported by a full-time, onsite camp nurse, with an on-call physician available at all times. ESF Camps are run by a collaboration of educators who state that they have a deep commitment to the development of each camper and a profound sensitivity to the unique needs of each camper. ESF offers award-winning programs and reports an excellent track record of positive results. Summer programs include day, sports, tennis, and specialty STEAM camps for preschool through grade 10, with 60+ activities and time-honored traditions woven into camp life, including camp carnival, water festival, inflatable water slides, inflatable obstacle course, foam party, tropical beach bash, color fun run, camp carnival, and theme days.
The program includes morning assembly, pep rallies, spirit stick challenges, award ceremonies, the World League Championship, the Oracle Challenge, and the Movin’ Up Ceremony. Campers also experience dance parties, a neon glow dance party, karaoke, dance and cheer, Captain Respectacular, imagination playground, Lego Lobby, sleep under pajama party, late night pizza party, ice cream party, Taco Tuesday Party, camp carnival, and a tropical beach bash. Additional activities include movement, meditation and mindfulness, summer reading, tie dye, cupstacking with Speed Stacks, ultimate games, gaga, and a makerspace.
ESF notes that its programs are created in collaboration with partners described as “Best-in-class Programming Created in Collaboration With These Partners.” ESF operates at 12 premier locations on world class campuses in PA, NJ, DE, MD, NY, CT, and FL.
Parent and alumni feedback includes comments that ESF is on a safe and secure campus with facilities suited for all activities and counselors described as positive, inclusive, and fun. Parents report an excellent all-around experience, note that their children were able to swim every day, and describe the programs as diverse with a fit for every “little mind.” One parent describes the staff as mature, professional, and passionate and calls it a special summer. Alumni and parents state that ESF empowered one camper to do things they never imagined, that the camp experience was fabulous for a child’s future, and that ESF has been part of one counselor’s life for 13 years and is where they have grown up.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
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