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General

Discover Day Camp is for children ages 6–12.

Campers are grouped by grade, with grades 1–2, 3–4, and 5–6 participating in activities together. Generally, there is a leader for every 14 campers.

Registrations for the next camp week need to be received by 8 a.m. on Friday to allow adequate processing time. Payments must be made online or by phone before check-in.

If an opening becomes available for your child, we’ll contact you to make sure your child still wants to attend camp. Then, we’ll charge your card and process the registration.

Doors open at 7:30 a.m. each morning. Camp starts promptly at 8 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. with Extended Care (additional cost and sign-up) running from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Because there is no supervision before 7:30 a.m., please do not drop off your camper before that time.

If your camper will be late to camp, you don’t need to notify us. However, to have lunch at camp, campers must be at Pensacola Christian Academy by 12:15 p.m. An adult should bring campers arriving late to the Pensacola Christian Academy gym entrance (past the playground) to check in.

If your camper needs to leave early and be ready for pickup when you arrive, let us know by calling us at 850-969-1689 a few hours in advance. You may meet your camper near the Pensacola Christian Academy gym lobby (past the playground).

Yes, there is a lost and found bin located by the camp office. After each week, all remaining items are packaged by week, placed in a storage room, and held for two weeks after the last week of camp. Leaders can help campers look for items left during the previous week. Parents may also look through the lost and found for missing items by asking a director.

Yes, for your camper’s security, anyone picking up your camper (including parents and legal guardians) must present a photo ID.

What to Bring

We provide both a lunch and a snack each day of camp. Campers enjoy balanced meals prepared by experienced cooks. The dining menu is on a two-week rotation, providing various meal options for campers who attend consecutive weeks. Each week’s menu is updated online on Sunday afternoons.

Campers may also bring a sack lunch if they have special dietary needs or do not prefer what is on that day’s menu. Because of potential allergy issues, campers should not bring food to share with other campers (including birthday cakes, cookies, cupcakes, candy, etc.).

No. We provide both a lunch and a snack.

Details on purchasing Discover Day Camp T-shirts will be available as we get closer to camp.

Check out the complete list of what to bring and what to leave home. Also, once your registration has been processed, you will receive a confirmation email that includes this list.

No. To prevent items from being broken, lost, or becoming a hazard to other campers, toys should not be brought to camp. This includes stuffed animals, Legos, trading cards, etc. Discover Day Camp has all the equipment needed to have a fun-filled day.

We ask that no electronic devices be brought to camp, including cell phones. If you need to reach your camper, call the camp office, and we will pass on a message to your camper. If there is an emergency and you need to speak to your camper, a camp director will help the camper call you.

Activities & Facilities

Campers participate in classroom instruction, academic games, field trips to the planetarium, guided outdoor exploration on campus, and many more exciting games in the gym, atrium, and outside playground area. Teams are grouped according to grade level.

Camp facilities are reserved exclusively for campers during camp weeks. However, if you would like to spend a little more time with your camper, you are welcome to personally drop off and pick up your camper at the Pensacola Christian Academy gym entrance (past the playground) rather than using our curbside drop-off and pickup option.

Medical

Campers use the Pensacola Christian Academy and Pensacola Christian College campus facilities, including the PCC Planetarium and the PCA gym and playground areas. They receive classroom instruction and have hands-on opportunities to join in a rotation of fun interactive science experiments, planetarium field trips, computer adventures, robotics, virtual tours, and scavenger hunts. All medications are stored and administered by the camp nurse.

Discover Day Camp is not a nut/peanut-free, gluten-free, or dye-free camp. Campers must know what foods they need to avoid. Campers may also bring a sack lunch if they have special dietary needs or do not prefer what is on that day’s menu. Check out our camp menu to see the food typically served at camp.

A camp nurse and medical security personnel are available each day at camp.

During the registration process, parents may authorize the nurse to administer some basic medication as needed (Benadryl, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Tums, and swimmer’s ear drops).

If a camper is bringing any routine or as-needed prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, vitamins/supplements, or essential oils, an Authorization for Administration of Medication form must be submitted.

These conditions include ADHD, ADD, asthma, ODD, autism/Asperger’s, diabetes, seizures, anxiety/depression, etc. However, this list is not all-inclusive.

An Authorization for Administration of Medication form is required for any camper bringing any routine or as-needed prescription or over-the-counter medications, vitamins/supplements, or essential oils.

Campers are responsible for picking up their medications before leaving camp.

Submit completed Authorization for Administration of Medication form here.

As soon as possible! The camp nurse cannot keep or administer any medication for campers without a completed Authorization for Administration of Medication form.

The Authorization for Administration of Medication form does not need to be signed by your camper’s primary physician. It can be signed by a licensed healthcare professional at a walk-in clinic or local healthcare facility.

The camp nurse has a small refrigerator specifically for storing medication that needs to remain cold.

Please have the camper’s medications in the original containers, place the containers in a clear, resealable bag with the camper’s name clearly noted, and give the medication to the camp nurse (who will be at check-in each Monday morning) or turn in the medication at the camp nurse office the rest of the week.

The Authorization for Administration of Medication form must be submitted to drop off medications at camp.

Yes, you’ll be contacted if there’s any type of medical situation involving your camper.

If a camper’s medication is left at camp, it will be held for one week and then disposed of if not claimed.

To check if your camper’s medication was left at camp, please call 850-969-1689.