Steve & Kate's Camp - Austin

Posting this for parents considering sending their kids to this camp for summer. Please don’t believe everything their website claims. Their lunches were just so-so...I wish they had offered different options that were less processed/carbohydrate-heavy (cheese pizza, bagel, mac-n-cheese, or turkey sandwich every day). Essentially the same menu every day. Where are the veggies?? Of course, my kids were obsessed with their delivery cheese pizza, which makes it hard for a home lunch to compete. At the end of the 2022 summer, there was an incident where my son was singing a common song at camp one day and a child nearby took exception to it. The child was offended and my son was suspended for 1.5 days from camp. I have correspondence from the lead counselor that said they should have gathered more context about the situation as they didn't believe my son was doing harm, but the suspension needed to happen anyway. My son doesn't have a biased bone in his body, but the camp (at its corporate level) felt compelled to send a camper-wide email to explain that bias and racism would not be tolerated at their camp. The escalation that resulted from the common song my son sang that day is bewildering to me to this day. Lastly, my oldest made her way out of the camp without the counselors knowing. This is a HUGE red flag for me. She walked out of camp and surprised me in my car in the parking lot where I was wrapping up a work call. The counselors had no idea and all I got in return was "sorry about that". This is not ok. This over-priced day camp IS NOT worth sending your child to...especially with their trigger-happy suspension policy and the risk of losing +$100/day camp fee as a result.

What a wonderful program! We will definitely be sending our 5 year old back next summer... And for many more! The staff is so sweet, the organization and communication is exactly what you want as a parent. Our kiddo comes home every day with a new story about a new activity. He has total freedom to do whatever he wants each day and he loves it! The payment program is NOT too good to be true. Attend one of their info sessions or reach out to the fantastic director to connect.

This place was great! My son was there the whole summer. He did many things made friends, sewed many items pillows ect he did 3d printing, baked cookies everyday. (He did have to sign himself up everday for activitys) He did dancing, games ect. He does have ADHD and I was very worried about an unstructured camp but it was great. He came home everyday and said"mom I was not bored at all!" Juliet was very responsive to needs as they came up. She truely cares for the saftey and wellbeing off the kids. Thanks see you next year!

This place should be ashamed of themselves. My child had ZERO access to ANYTHING listed on the website. ZERO nutritious snacks - as mentioned on the camp website. My daughter had popsicles and icecream as snacks instead. Zero ability to sew; zero ability to bake; zero performing arts (dancing or singing); zero sports/games; zero creation; zero water games. Oh, and the computer programming? A joke. They gave my kid a tablet, unmonitored, and that's where she stayed most of her day. She played in an unsafe bouncy house the rest of the time and came home FILTHY. Not like a kid playing outside all day... like a kid playing in a dirt pit all day. Everything she had was covered in dirt, and she told me there was dirt swirling in the air. The location should be addressed since their preferred Austin location is clearly not a safe outdoor environment. All in all, this place is bad news.

Our 7 year old attended Steve & Kate's this past summer and loved the variety of activities and had a great time every day. We would enroll her again in the future and recommend it to others who have kiddos who enjoy baking, sewing, crafting, being active, etc.