Hogwarts is coming to Wilmington Friends School! Harry Potter fans are invited to a week at Hogwarts to participate in an intensive magical educational experience. We’ll begin the week by going to Diagon Alley to get our magic supplies. Then the campers get sorted into houses, followed by lessons in charms, potions, transfiguration, defense against the dark arts, and divination. Along the way we’ll play quidditch, duel with spells, enter the Triwizard Tournament, Sorcerer’s Stone Challenge, and Horcrux Hunt. At the end of the week, campers will take their O.W.L.s and celebrate with an end of term feast. Campers who previously participated in Camp Hogwarts will engage in several second year lessons, as well as take their N.E.W.T.s. 

Service Camp is geared to present campers with a diversity of opportunities for service and outreach in the broader community. To this end, directors and counselors will guide students through projects that will give back to the community in many ways. The program will include visits to the WFS community garden, Delaware Food Bank, Lutheran Community Services and Brandywine Creek State Park. Other projects will be added depending on community needs at the time of the program.

Week of August 10
Camp Grit is a leadership summer camp designed to develop mental, physical and emotional resilience in young people. This hands on camp is to teach through example; practice, structured play, growth vs fixed mindset, character strengths, daily movie/ video instruction and guest speakers including college, professional athletes, coaches and business entrepreneurs. 

Grit has been proven to be the most important factor in determining future success and every adolescent has the ability to develop it. Developing and maintaining grit is a daily practice based on implementing the right habits, skills, and attitude. Camp Grit will strive to take your child from where they are now and help them build on that foundation.