By Kristen We don’t believe in remaining sedentary for too long at Camp W in Melville. Sure, we all enjoy lunch with friends or creating new things together at the Arts & Crafts tables, but part of what makes the summers so great here is that all of the kids...

By Evan One of the things that we believe makes Camp W the premiere camp of all Long Island day camps is the importance we attach to regular communication between staff and parents. Understandably, parents have a great deal of concerns – they want to know that their...

By Evan At Camp W in Melville, we genuinely believe in a lot of one-on-one attention, and that’s why we make sure that we never have more than fifteen campers in a group, and just twelve per group for our Kiddie Camp Division. This allows us to maintain a relatively...

By Kristen H The specialists at Camp W in Melville are one of the core reasons that we’ve become Long Island’s premiere day camp. We look for instructors who not only excel at what they’re teaching, but who also exhibit a genuine enthusiasm for their subject and for...

By Evan The last week of camp is a bitter-sweet time for us at Camp W in Melville: while we’re sorry to see things drawing to a close, we’re also very excited because we know that it’s “Trip Week,” which means every kid throughout the camp will be visiting a new place...

By Kristen H At different stages of development, kids can have very different needs. Younger children require a sense of security that allows them to explore the world around them and make determinations about their interests and abilities. They’re learning how things...

At Camp W in Melville, we definitely love our special events. We put a tremendous amount of time and effort into planning some truly spectacular things that kids will likely remember for many years to come. I can honestly say that we may be the most creative day camp...

The most important job I have as director of Camp W is hiring staff. After all, it’s the counselors, specialists, administrative workers, and others who will ensure all of the children’s safety and guarantee that each camper comes home pleasantly exhausted and eager...

We all want our children to be happy, confident, successful, and compassionate. Yet often we fail to realize that all of these things are linked by mastery of one underlying skill: the ability to form productive relationships with others. As Christine Carter of the UC...

Around the end of January each year when I was a kid, a letter would arrive from Brook lake Day Camp updating campers and parents about the oncoming summer. In deep, dark winter, this was a moment of light for me, serving as a reminder that camp and my friends there...