Our Mission
TIC summer camp believes in having an inclusive, encouraging environment that provides a healthy mind-body balance through collaboration, creativity, and growth.
Our campers, ages 7 to 15, can expect:
Mind-Body Balance: Our program structure evenly splits the day between in-depth Technology instruction and active, confidence-building athletic activities.
Collaboration: Campers work with both staff and their peers to problem solve, think critically, and shape our camp culture.
Creativity: Our emphasis on choice and pushing boundaries allows campers to deeply explore their interests and capabilities.
Growth: Beyond learning Technology and Athletic skills, we're about personal and social growth that promotes empathy, activism, and kindness.
What does Inclusion mean to us?
Being "inclusive" means fostering a camp environment and culture that works to actively remove barriers for participation, systems of inequity, and the reinforcement of stereotypes. This is an on-going process that we continually evaluate and change.
Our current inclusion practices include but are not limited to:
Neurodiversity: Multiple methods of communicating schedules and information to campers and families, extensive staff training on learning styles, an attempt to accommodate all of our camper’s learning needs.
Gender Equity: GROW, all-gender restroom options, regular use of pronouns, extensive staff training on gender equity.
Racial Equity: TIC DEI Task Force, valued community partnerships with organizations, extensive staff training on racial equity.
Over 40 years of making camp memories!
TIC was originally based in DC but has moved throughout the DC, Maryland and Virginia areas throughout its history, sometimes having up to 4 locations at one time. TIC Summer Camp is accredited by ACA, American Camp Association, since its first summer of operation in 1983 until Present.
Locations Timeline:
1983-1988 Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC
1989-1993 American University, Washington, DC
1993-1996 Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
1993-2002 Georgetown Visitation, Washington, DC
2003-2005 Woods Academy, Bethesda, MD
2006-2014, 2019 French International School, Bethesda, MD
2006-2008 Saint Luke’s School, McLean, VA
2009-2012 Oakcrest School, McLean, VA
2010 George Washington University, Mount Vernon, Washington, DC
2015-2018 Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, MD
2016-2017 Georgetown Day Middle School, Washington, DC
2011-Present Georgetown Day High School, Washington, DC
2013-2019, 2021 St. John Academy, McLean, VA
2019 and 2022 New School of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA
2020 Camp OptimisTIC (COVID-19, Online only)
2022 Charles E Smith Jewish Day Lower School, Rockville, MD
2023-Present The Langley School, McClean, VA
2023-Present Sidwell Friends Lower School, Bethesda, MD
