Welcome to Camp Uncommon!

At Camp Uncommon, we believe that just like a high-quality education, an amazing summer camp experience should be available to all children. Camp Uncommon is a sleepaway summer camp that offers campers entering grades 4–9 the opportunity to expand their horizons through athletics, the arts, STEM, outdoor adventure, swimming, Discovery (social-emotional learning), and other fun activities. Camp Uncommon gives campers the chance to challenge themselves in a safe space, and make new, long-lasting friendships.

 
 
 
 

At Camp Uncommon, we provide an opportunity for Uncommon elementary- and middle-school-aged campers to build a tight-knit community in a safe setting that allows for exploration, learning, and fun. Our ultimate goal is to provide an enjoyable, exciting summer experience that motivates our campers to approach the future with confidence, curiosity, independence, and responsibility, which are essential to college and life success.

Uncommon Schools’ mission is to close the opportunity gap and prepare students from low-income communities to graduate from college. In order to accomplish that mission, they believe it is critical that their students have the necessary social, emotional, and non-cognitive skills to get to and through college. That very belief was the main impetus for founding Camp Uncommon.

 
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94% of families feel the Camp Uncommon experience will benefit their camper.

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90% of campers feel that Camp Uncommon programs and activities are fun and engaging.

 
 

Camp Uncommon is one of several camps within the Change Summer family. Change Summer partners with high-functioning schools to create high-quality, customized summer opportunities for their students.

Enriching summer experiences can profoundly influence young adults’ development across many domains. Change Summer recognizes that unequal access to high-quality summer programming is a solvable problem. Change Summer provides students from under-resourced communities with a summer experience that increases independence, curiosity, confidence, and responsibility – all critical skills for a successful future.