Your first week at camp

1. Find your camper’s program

Our one-week overnight camp at Sequoia Lake serves campers entering grades 3–12. Youth Camp is for grades 3–7, Intermediate Camp for grades 8–9, Leaders in Training for grades 10–11, and Counselors in Training for grade 12.

Cabin groups are organized by age or grade and bring together new and returning campers. Campers can attend without bringing a friend. If requesting a cabin group with a friend, make sure the request is mutual and discuss it with the camp team.

2. Talk with us about your camper’s needs

Contact the camp team before registration about food allergies, dietary restrictions, mobility, or support needs. Camp has hilly terrain and dirt paths. Discussing your camper’s circumstances helps the team work with you on an appropriate plan.

Complete the health information requested through registration and follow the camp’s instructions for medications. Keep health details in the family registration system rather than posting them publicly. Read the medical and safety pages to understand the services camp provides and how the team communicates with families.

3. Pack together and get to know the setting

Use the current packing list with your camper so they know what they brought and where to find it. Label luggage and belongings. Check the published theme information before choosing outfits; simple items from home are welcome.

Please leave cell phones at home. Camp encourages time with peers, and mountain cell service is limited. Looking at camp photos and the maps together can make the setting more familiar before departure day.

4. Prepare for departure day

Charter transportation connects Thousand Oaks with camp. Keep your camper’s labeled sack lunch accessible instead of packing it in luggage, and have medications ready for the check-in team. Read the transportation guide and the camp’s session messages for the meeting point, check-in details, and return day information.

5. Make space for questions and new experiences

Talk together about what your camper is looking forward to and what feels unfamiliar. At camp, campers can ask their counselor for help with homesickness or another concern. Staff support participation, community, and trying new skills; every camper’s adjustment is different.

Families can send letters and postcards. Include your camper’s name and address mail to Camp Sequoia Lake c/o Conejo Valley, 49716 Highway 180, Miramonte, CA 93641. Postcards and stamps also give campers a way to write home. For a concern during the session, contact the camp team directly at (805) 914-0245.

6. Plan for return day

At the designated return-day bus stop, the signed Return Day Bus Stop Release applies: staff supervise campers off the bus and release them to waiting families without individual sign-out or photo-ID checks. Arrange for yourself or another adult to be there, and make sure your camper knows who is collecting them. A camper who tells staff no one has arrived, or is still waiting when the stop clears, stays with staff while the camp contacts the family.

If your camper must leave only with a named adult, tell the camp in writing at questions@campsequoialake.info before departure day; that adult must show photo ID for individual sign-out. Follow the camp’s return day updates for the estimated arrival time. Discuss early departure or late arrival with the Director in advance; those arrangements follow their own authorized-pickup procedures.