Important Notes

• A non-refundable deposit of $100/child is required with registration to hold a space for your child. Deposit applies to your camp fees. Use this link to pay deposit online.

• Early bird registration and deposit by February 14, 2025 for 5% discount.

• Registration for camp CLOSES on June 1 or when full.

• Fill out and sign the required combined Digital PARENT CONSENT and MEDICAL FORMS. Fill out and send in any other additional medical forms if necessary (see form section below).

• Submit all forms with final payment by June 11.

• All fee balances must be paid in full by June 11.

Camp Forms

In order for your child to attend camp, we need to have Both PARENT CONSENT and MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY RELEASE FORMs on file for each camper.

****Required ALL Camp Forms
Please fill out a form for EACH camper. This form is required to be on file by the the state of Maryland DHMH before a camper may be admitted to camp.

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Authorization for Medication Form Download 
(only if child carries an EPI-PEN, inhalers, or medicine that is to be administered during camp day)

Immunization Form Download (only if not in MD registered school)

All forms must be submitted with final payment by June 11 to be admitted to camp.
Uru Adventure
c/o Daniel Moses
605 Hyde Road
Silver Spring, MD 20902

2025 Weekly Themes

2025 Calendar will be updated and available for download in the spring.

FULL SUMMER Adventure (June 30-August 1, No Camp July 4, Overnight Camping trip July 23-24)

Week 1 (June 30- July 3, No Camp July 4) 
Growing, Growing, Gone: Discover the many powers, functions, and uses of plants including a variety of fun ways to eat them and craft with them. Learn about decomposition and plant life cycles.

Week 2 (July 7-11)
Carving and Carrying: Discover the power of water and wind to build up and tear down elements of the environment around us. Explore how people have harnessed and worked with these powers, culminating with a trip to the Chesapeake Bay.

Week 3 (July 14-18)
Give Me Shelter: Survival in the wild depends upon understanding the resources you have in your immediate environment. Learn to build shelters and practice building fires. Explore how to navigate with maps and compasses. We will also learn basic first aid practices. 

Week 4 (July 21-25, Camping Trip July 23-24)
”The Mountains are Calling”: Overnight camping trip to Shenandoah National Park. Explore the allure of mountains and challenge yourself to longer, harder hikes. Learn about how to prepare for spending a night out in the forest and the fascinating geological story behind the formation and continuously changing Appalachian Mountain Range.

Week 5 (July 28-August 1)
Rocking and Rolling: Dive into the world of geology as we learn how to read the story of the rocks we find in our local environment and beyond, climb on rocks, and reenact the powerful forces that shape the earth’s surface. We will also explore uses of wood for practical needs in our local environment. Culminating in an exploration of the unique rock formations in Catoctin Mountain Park.

DAILY SCHEDULE AND HIGHLIGHTS

8:30 AM - DAVENING AND LEARNING 

Our day begins with tefillah and continues with learning groups. Learning subjects and materials integrate with our experiences of nature. Campers think creatively about Torah sources connected to the experiences they have in nature and make new connections between and interpretations of Torah sources.

Older campers cover significant amount of Mishnah in small groups with staff and LITs. In recent years we have learned all of Masseches Shabbos and Sanhedrin and had a siyum at the end of the summer. Small group learning allows for campers to have focused attention and time to maintain textual skills while learning new areas of Torah over the summer.

9:30 AM - MORNING ACTIVITY

Each regular day has an outdoor morning activity. Our morning activities are more active, so we can capitalize on the cooler morning weather. We go on a variety of local hikes and explorations. We use playful challenges to open children up to new ways of seeing the environment. Each activity has an educational goal to help children experience an aspect of nature more acutely and is flexible and open-ended enough to give the children time for personal explorations and adventures as well. On Fridays we will leave to go off-site for a full day trip.

12:00 PM - RECAP AND LUNCH

We return to our facility and have a quick summary and debriefing of the morning learning and activity. We will then eat lunch indoors. An important piece of outdoor education requires people to see and think about the impacts of their actions on others. Part of our experience of using a host space will include responsible etiquette and clean up at meal time.

1:00-3:30 PM - AFTERNOON ACTIVITY

Afternoon time is generally more flexible with the ability to choose areas of personal interest. Activities follow-up on themes and lessons from earlier in the day. We work on building with found natural materials, learning orienteering skills, map drawing, nature journaling, etc. We also use this time for working on art. Our day ends with a clean up and debriefing summary to encourage reflection and reinforce which questions need further exploration in the future.

3:30-5:00 PM AFTERCARE OPTION

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