January 2024
Dear Parent,
Welcome to the SM&NC Summer Camp! Thank you for choosing the Stamford Museum & Nature Center for your child’s summer camp experience. We are excited about another fun summer and know that you and your child will be too! As you may know, we are a summer camp licensed and inspected by the State of Connecticut and thus, must follow any protocols set in place by the CT Department of Health. For COVID, this means that all of our staff are required to be vaccinated except in cases of a medical exception. It will also mean that we will be required to follow any new mandates about vaccines in regard to potential campers and will do our best to communicate any changes to parents as quickly as possible.
It has been, and will continue to be this year, our policy that ALL campers must have their complete paperwork on file a week before their first day of camp. This allows us to prepare Individual Care Plans for campers that need them, to be sure that staff are well-prepared for campers, and allow for adequate time for roster creation. Campers that do not meet this requirement will not be allowed to attend camp and refunds or credits will not be offered for any missed time. Please note that we also are no longer able to accept forms via fax, as they are often challenging to read. To ensure your child’s full time at camp, please plan ahead with your forms.
For medical forms, it is important to note that we can accept a valid medical record dating back three years from the date of your child’s last day of camp. If your child attended our summer camp or our Art, Nature & Me Preschool we can also use last year’s medical form, if you wish, provided it is still valid.
For each camper you will need the following required documents to read, complete, and return a minimum of
ONE WEEK BEFORE YOUR CHILD’S FIRST DAY OF CAMP:
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Online Summer Camp Forms (this online form which includes: Participant Contact Information Form, Medical History, Liability Release Form, and optional Photo Release Form)
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Physician’s Examination Form (dated within the last three years & signed by doctor)
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Allergy Forms (ONLY if your child has a life-threatening allergy)
If your child has any documented life-threatening allergies, medication forms are required and must be filled out by your child’s physician. Links to all camps forms are available on our website
here. Camper information forms can be filled out online and e-mailed to our camp e-mail:
summercamp@stamfordmuseum.org. Medical and allergy forms can be scanned and e-mailed or can be mailed to or dropped off at the museum.
Please note that forms are not necessary for Junior Curator or Junior WILD! Keepers unless your child has an allergy that requires medication to be on-hand during the program. Forms are also not necessary for our Wonder Art classes.
Also, since most camp communication is done through e-mail, a valid e-mail address is required both for registration and on camp forms. Please check the e-mail in our system when registering to make sure it is valid and still in use!
Please contact us with any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing your child at camp!
Sincerely,
Lisa Monachelli
Director of Education & Summer Camp Director