Mountain Camp Woodside

My son attended Mountain Camp for day session only. For the price we were expecting more. The grounds were fair,nice field for soccer however the activities were basic recess type aside for the archery. Extra activity such as horseback was an extra charge and set off campus. As a former camp counselor myself back in the day it was evident to see that lower staff was not well trained. Counselor was nice but cavalier when my son got injured. We went to JCC following year and had better experience in terms of value and trained staff.

Let me explain my 5 stars review. If I could give a 10 of 5 - I would give 10. The camp is amazing in so many ways. My 9 y.o. daughter is a happy camper of Woodside Camp for the past two summers and I think I'm familiar with the place enough to share my thought and feelings about it.
Counselors: The camp does really good job to bring counselors from all over the world. It amazing when my little one starts to talk about different countries because her favorite counselors came from there. She wasn't very interested in anything outside of US, but after last summer she took books from library about Scotland, Ireland and Australia. All counselors are kind, smart and funny and they love kids!
Schedule: My kid never get bored. She tried fencing, drama, art, mountain biking, Volleyball, etc, etc, etc. The idea of creating personal schedule for a week on Monday and have an option to switch activity if you do not like you is super convenient. Every time she comes back with new stories and ideas what she wants to do as an after school activities during school year.
Facilities: Woodside Summer Camp is in a boarding school in Woodside. Priory School has huge campus with everything on site. It's great location.
Food: As I said before the camp located on a boarding school campus. They provide hot lunch with at list 3 options for salads, main dishes and sides. Moreover, staff carefully looking what exactly on a plate of your child and will softly suggest to add some meat and fruits to pasta. It's huge relief do not pack lunch every day.
Happiness of my child: She wakes up by herself without alarm, gets ready to go in minutes and comes back from the camp singing in a car. She wants go to this camp for a whole summer.
Price: Few people mentioned that it's not cheap camp and it's true, but considering that it probably $10-12 per day more than other camps in Bay Area your kid gets hot healthy lunch, excess to swimming pool, all these activities and staff that really care.
Convenient: Camp goes until 5 pm. I work, so time is important for me. I also don't like after care programs because kids usually do nothing during this time.
So making long story short It's great camp and my little one loves and me too.

My 7-year old boy spent one week at mountain camp Woodside last summer. He enjoyed the activities like fencing, archery, nature walk, swimming (in Olympic sized pool), etc. He also loved the yummy lunch.