ARROWHEAD will give a $200 credit to any enrolled family who refers a new family to enroll for the upcoming season. New family must enroll for a minimum of 4 weeks to receive referral credit.
ARROWHEAD offers two Parent Visitation days: Tuesday, July 18th and Thursday, July 27TH. If unable to attend one of the scheduled dates, you are welcome to visit your camper anytime. Specific information will be e-mailed during the camp season. To check out our entire calendar of Special Events please click here.
ARROWHEAD will hold a Meet Your Counselor Day on Saturday, June 10th, time to be determined, to meet your child’s director and counselor as well as bunk mates.
Your child’s safety is our #1 concern here at ARROWHEAD. All of our staff members are required to wear an official ARROWHEAD staff shirt while on camp grounds. All visitors must check into the camp office, show id, and wear a visitor badge. No child will be released without written permission signed by a parent of legal guardian. All directors are equipped with walkie talkies as they continuously circulate around the camp grounds.
During the camp season phones will be answered Monday thru Friday from 7 am to 6 pm. Feel free to e-mail anytime to chiefarrowhead@comcast.net. If you need to speak specifically to your child’s counselor please note that all calls will be returned during camp hours (9:30 am to 3:00). If an issue arises during the day, your child’s camp director will contact you. To learn more about our directors, please click here.
ARROWHEAD’S directors will make a judgment call daily regarding the need to go on a Hot Weather Schedule. If the need arises, our schedule will include extra pool time, indoor activities, and shaded athletics only.
For your child’s safety, please make sure your child arrives to camp everyday wearing sneakers (no flip flops or sandals). Parents should also apply sunscreen every morning to their child, ARROWHEAD staff will reapply after each swim. Each camper will be provided with an ARROWHEAD laundry bag to bring their clothes home every Friday. More information and our official camp clothing list can be found by clicking here.
ARROWHEAD will give each camper an individualized swim test during their first day of swim instruction. Campers are placed based on their swim abilities and comfort in the water. Our lifeguards will instruct in groups ranging from 4 – 8 campers spaced out in our 4 heated pools. Your child’s progress will be communicated to you via an ARROWHEAD Swim Card when they graduate to the next swim level. Campers will also participate in Free Swim daily. Campers that are unable to swim due to swimmers ear, injury, etc. will spend that period supervised by their Junior Counselor and engaged in various alternate activities. To read more details about our swim policy and swim groups please click here.
ARROWHEAD is a “Peanut-Free” camp. We require an individualized camper health form to be completed and submitted by the parent prior to camps start date. Health forms will be reviewed by our registered camp nurse. All food allergies and dietary concerns will then be communicated with our Mess Hall director, Division Director and Individual Counselor to ensure the safety of your child. To see our full menu please click here. If you would like to see our Nutrition Food Labels please click here
We will provide house to house transportation utilizing both school buses, driven by CDL licensed drivers and supervised by ARROWHEAD staff members, and private passenger vans driven by ARROWHEAD staff members. For those parents not electing to use our house to house transportation, ARROWHEAD offers an extended day program from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, with transportation provided by parents. Parents electing not to use Arrowhead’s transportation or Extended Day hours can receive a $100 week tuition discount, however drop off must be no earlier than 9:30 am and pickup no later than 3 pm. We also offer a $50 week discount to meet at a bus stop close to you. To read our full transportation policy please click here.
All head counselors and specialists must be at least 21 years of age and complete an extensive interview process. ARROWHEAD requires that all staff members have both criminal checks and child abuse clearances up to date and on file. Staff members are required to attend a pre-camp training.
Factors such as age, grade, gender and parent input are all included when placing your child. ARROWHEAD will honor bunkmate requests when reciprocated by both campers. Generally a bunk is made up of 14-20 campers based on age and gender and supervised by a Head Counselor, 1-2 Junior Counselors and also a Counselor in Training.
ARROWHEAD offers a unique “all inclusive” tuition. This includes transportation, lunch, and snacks daily along with an “official” ARROWHEAD camp t-shirt, laundry bag and water bottle . The only “optional” costs would be horseback riding & our overnight weekend experiences.