Camp Tamias

Camp Tamias is a residential, project-based summer program where students work intensively on science, programming, and creative projects. Sessions are structured, academically focused, and built around small classes.

Courses

Our campers are students ages 10–15 who are curious, motivated, and ready to engage seriously with challenging material.

Beginning at age 12, students may attend independently. Younger campers attend with a parent. For families who travel together, we provide private accommodations.

Biology

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Programming

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Physics

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Filmmaking

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STEM

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Band

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Campers

Our campers are students ages 10–15 who are curious, motivated, and ready to engage seriously with challenging material.

Beginning at age 12, students may attend independently. Younger campers attend with a parent. For families who travel together, we provide private accommodations.

Counselors

Counselors oversee residential life, support daily routines, and help maintain a safe, organized environment outside the classroom.

Applicants must be 18 or older. Counselors attend the camp at no cost and receive a stipend for their work.

Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistants are high school seniors and college students who support instruction, mentor younger students, and gain structured teaching experience.

The instructional fee is waived for TAs. They are responsible only for the cost of accommodation during the session.

Accommodations

Camp Tamias is held at the Nature’s Classroom campus in Charlton, Massachusetts, about one hour west of Boston.

Campers stay in dormitory-style housing with individual rooms that can accommodate up to eight people. Campers attending with family members share a room with their family.

Campers attending independently are housed with students of similar age. Rooms include bunk beds, bathrooms, and showers. Campers must bring their own pillows and bed linens. Meals are served three times daily in the communal dining hall.

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Cost

Tuition reflects instructional time, housing, meals, materials, and program operations. Full details are listed here.

Registration Fee

$150 per family (or for a child attending independently)

• Applies toward tuition

• Holds your spot in the program

• Non-refundable only if you decide not to attend

• The same fee applies whether you attend one or both sessions

Camp Tamias

Early Bird Registration

(Deadline Jan. 31)

Regular Registration

(After Jan. 31)

Late Registration

(After April 1)

Cost per person

$950.00

$1,050.00

$1,150.00

Cost for students 13+ attending without parents

$1,450.00

$1,550.00

$1,650.00

Teaching Assistants

$650.00

$650.00

$650.00

Camp Tamias

Early Bird Registration

(Deadline Jan. 31)

Cost per person

$950.00

Cost for students 13+ attending without parents

$1,450.00

Teaching Assistants

$650.00

Regular Registration

(After Jan. 31)

Cost per person

$1,050.00

Cost for students 13+ attending without parents

$1,550.00

Teaching Assistants

$650.00

Late Registration

(After April 1)

Cost per person

$1,150.00

Cost for students 13+ attending without parents

$1,650.00

Teaching Assistants

$650.00

Apply

Admission is selective. Applicants submit basic information and a short statement of interest.

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Financial Aid

Need-based financial assistance is available. We aim to make the program accessible to qualified students.

Gallery

Classes, experiments, code, art — camp as it actually looks.

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