XPLORE Summer at TVS

Camps and programs will be held from May 27 to August 1, 2025, Monday through Friday.

• Half-day XPAND Camps will run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM.
• Full-day XPAND Camps will run from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

Please note the following scheduling irregularities, as detailed in the Catalog: XPLORE: Summer at TVS will observe three national holidays: Memorial Day on May 26, Juneteenth on June 19 and 20, and Independence Day from June 30 to July 4. No XPLORE: Summer at TVS camps or programs will operate on these dates.

LAUNCH TIMELINE

• Wednesday, January 8, 2025: The Catalog will be published on our website!
• Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (12:00 PM): Currently registered TVS families can register during our Priority Registration period using a privately sent link!
• Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (12:00 PM): Community Registration will open via a public link on our website!

The online registration process includes collecting general participant information, completing waivers and medical information, selecting camps, and making payment via credit card. Please ensure all forms and waivers are completed fully to help keep our campers healthy and safe!

After completing online registration, you will receive an immediate email confirmation from the registration platform. Starting February 1, monthly newsletters with additional information will be sent by the Director of Auxiliary Programs to registered families. On May 1, the XPLORE 2025 Family Guide will be released via email.

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Summer fees are paid online by credit card. There are two options:

1. Pay in full at the time of registration.
2. Pay in four equal installments, charged on February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1, 2025.

Please note that we cannot prorate camp fees, except in the case of a medical or family emergency affecting the camper.

Thank you for ensuring that an updated credit card is on file through our registration platform!

There is no charge to add a participant to the waitlist for any XPLORE: Summer at TVS camp. If you are waitlisted for one or more camps, you will receive an automated message upon completing the registration process, stating:

"Please rest assured that a member of the Auxiliary Programs Team will reach out to you as soon as possible if a seat opens in one of your waitlisted programs."

Our team genuinely reaches out to families of waitlisted campers as soon as seats become available. If we are unable to accommodate a waitlisted camper by the time registration closes, please remember that no financial transaction was involved in adding a participant to the waitlist.

XTEND Before will be offered from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. Fees are $6.00 per morning, available for pre-registration as a weeklong package. Please note that billing will occur the following Monday.

XTEND After will be offered from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Fees are $15.00 per afternoon, available for pre-registration as a weeklong package. Please note that billing will occur the following Monday.

Both childcare options take place in the TVS Dining Hall. Detailed information—including carpool start and end times—will be sent to all registered families in the XPLORE 2025 Family Guide, released via email on May 1, 2025. 

All participants enrolled in non-field-trip-based full-day camps, or those spending the full day on campus (morning and afternoon camps on the same day), will have a supervised lunch break from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM. This supervision is complimentary.

The "Lunch Bunch" will take place in the TVS Dining Hall. Participants will be supervised and escorted to and from locations. Please have your child bring their own lunch and drink, as refrigeration is not available.

Additionally, a daily non-perishable snack (e.g., Cheez-Its, Goldfish, pretzels, fruit snacks, etc.) will be provided in each camp. All snacks are nut-free. If you prefer your child to have a specific snack, feel free to send it with them!

required waivers at time of registration

During the registration process, families will be required to agree with the 2025 XPLORE waivers and releases.  A copy of these waivers and releases may be found here.

One of these waivers is the current XPLORE: Summer at TVS Cancellation + Transfer Policy.  A copy of this policy may be found here.

medical

Medical information is confidentially shared with our team during the camp registration process.

Please do not send your child to camps if he / she is ill. 

• If your child has a temperature of 100 degrees or higher, please keep your child home from school until he/she is fever free for a 24-hour period.
• If he/she has fever the night before camp or the morning of, please do not medicate him/her with Tylenol, Advil, etc. and send him/her to camp. 
• If your child is vomiting or has diarrhea, please keep him/her home from camp until he/she is symptom-free 12 hours prior to the start of camp.
• If your child has a surgical procedure and requires pain medication that is stronger than over-the-counter medications, he/she should not be at camp. 

safety + security

XPLORE: Summer at TVS requires that all children be supervised while on campus.  All students must be enrolled in a supervised program or in consecutive camps / classes throughout the day.  XPLORE staff, instructors, interns, and counselors will help guide your children from one program / activity to the next.

English is the primary language of instruction, including in our foreign language- / culture-based programs.  For their safety, we require that all participants understand verbal communication from instructors and staff; additionally, some instructors incorporate age-appropriate, literacy-based activities into their programs.

It is essential that all participants know their first and last name.  Participants in grades PreK-8 will receive identification at the beginning of each day, and our team uses participant names frequently, e.g. roster reconciliation during carpool times, identification of Lunch Bunch and XTEND After groups (as applicable), and any medical needs.

participant conduct

XPLORE participants are expected to be kind, considerate, and respectful of others.  Families will be contacted in the case of negative or inappropriate behavior.  Multiple calls to families may result in dismissal from summer programs.

Some of our programs will use technology to enrich the camper experience.  All instructors, interns, counselors, and campers are bound by the current XPLORE Technology Responsible Use Policy, which may be found here.