This list was derived from the 500 camp evaluations returned at the end of each camp week and letters received. This is a small sampling, selected because the parent chose to write comments in addition to checking the boxes. Los Angeles County"This camp helped her thought-process, it made science fun! She came home very excited about all the things she did & learned! All in all, a very positive experience & we will sign up for all sessions next year!" Age7, Newbridge School, 7/10, S&R, Pilgrim Lutheran School, Venice "The teacher was able to connect well with my child; he was so happy and comfortable at this camp! I will definitely enroll my son again, the first chance I get!" Newbridge School "She was very excited about everything they did! She had fun and learned a lot!" Age 7, St. Michaels, 7/31, S&R, CCSchool, LA My daughter loves camp; she looks forward to it and talks about her fun teachers. They are very professional and friendly! Age 5 (Hannah), St. Michael’s, 6/26, SSS, Carpenter School, Studio City The best thing about camp is that it is fun, interesting and has great teachers. My children really like Mana & Laura (teachers); they explain things well and made sure the kids understood the projects, Bravo! Age 7 & 9 (Daniel & Sophie), St. Michael’s, 6/26, SSS, Oakwood School, Studio City My daughter was very impressed with the teachers, I loved the enthusiasm for learning. I would enroll my kids again. Age 7, St. Michael’s, ZL, S&R, SSS, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, Children’s Community School, Van Nuys I liked how excited my son was to go every day, he was having a blast and I was thrilled to see how much scientific theory he was learning! Age 6, St. Michael’s, SSS, 8/17, Carpenter Ave School, Studio City We’ve tried other camps i.e. sports, arts & crafts – this is the only one that he hasn’t wanted to stay home or miss. The teachers are always friendly and makes the kids feel that they are important. My son enjoyed all of it! Age 7, Pierce College, S&R, ZL, SSS, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, Woodlake School, Woodland Hills Excellent teachers, enthusiastic and well trained in science! Age 7, Pierce College, 6/26, S&R, Our Lady of the Valley School, Canoga Park My son had a great time. I couldn’t peel him away at the end of the day. Heather & Kara (teachers) were a lot of fun. The kids loved them both! Age 7, Pierce College, 6/26, S&R, Emelita School, Encino My son shared & talked about what he did that day with great enthusiasm. He learned something new every day. The sessions were well organized, he always looked forward to successfully completeing even the most difficult projects. The teachers were great – my son always felt a part of what was going on and would be excited and confident in his experiment. We look forward to next year!! Age 7, Pierce College, SSS, S&R, ZL, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, Woodlake School, Woodland Hills Orange County Aaron had such a great time making all the different projects! John & Ben seemed to be the right connection for our son. He had a great time and couldn’t wait for launch day! Age 6, Tri-City Park, S&R, 7/24, Rolling Hills School, La Habra The teachers kept my kids busy! There was so much to learn and most important of all they really enjoyed all the projects they did! Excellent program! Excellent teachers! Age7 & 9, Tri-City, S&R, 7/24, Brea Schools, Brea We loved all of the hands-on experiments and learning. Traci and the other staff were all wonderful! You can tell they like children & teaching and were always cheerful! Everyday my son came home telling me new and exciting facts and science he learned. I would highly recommend this program! Age 8 (Vincent), Arroyo Park, St. Francis of Assisi School, Yorba Linda My son couldn’t wait to get to camp in the morning! Science was made fun and exciting! I would enroll him again! Age 7, Toyon Park, 7/10, ZL, Bryant Ranch School, Anaheim Hills The teachers were professional, friendly, organized, knowledgeable and fun! Age 9, Lutheran HS, 7/24, SSS, Nohl Canyon School, Anaheim Parent, a 2nd grade teacher My son enjoyed every day! He awoke early just to go to camp, a first for him! Age 9, Lutheran HS, 7/10, S&R, Fletcher School, Orange This was my daughter’s first experience at Destination Science and she thoroughly enjoyed it! We liked the experiments & making things. Traci is a great teacher! Age 11, Lutheran HS, ZL, 7/17, Salem Lutheran School, Orange Christopher was energized to go each day and he looked forward to coming home and sharing! Age 8, Lutheran HS, ZL, 7/17, Villa Park School, Villa Park I liked the knowledgeable teachers and the before and after care. The location was great. My child enjoyed the camp, learned a lot, and felt special there! Age 7, Lutheran HS, ZL, 7/17, Nohl Canyon School, Anaheim The material was interesting. The instructors were friendly and made it enjoyable; my child learned a lot and was interested! Age 8, Santiago Canyon College, S&R, 7/17 The aspect of camp that I liked best was friendly, helpful staff; applied science; fun; enrichment. Each day when I picked up my son, he talked enthusiastically and in great depth about what he did and learned. The teacher was FABULOUS! Age 9, Santiago Canyon College, 7/17, S&R, Zion Lutheran School, Anaheim I like that the camp is both fun & educational. The children felt very good about making their own robot, it built their confidence! Ages 6 & 8, Cedar Grove Park, SSS, St. John’s Lutheran School, Santa Ana I was surprised that the boys were able to enjoy themselves in a structured environment from 9 to 4. Every morning the boys were eager to go and each evening they talked excitedly about the day’s activities. They even liked this better than the "Adventure Camp" they went to. The boys really liked the teachers also. I would recommend this camp to everyone! Age 7 & 8, CDM HS, 7/17, SSS, Newport Elementary School, Newport Beach My child enjoyed all of it, good staff and good projects! I will recommend this camp to friends although he will be too old for it next year. Age 11, CDM HS, SSS, 7/17, Andersen School, Newport Beach The kids liked it! Excellent teachers; mature, responsible, organized, fun! Ages 7 &10, Crown Valley CC, 7/10, S&R, George White School, Laguna Niguel. I liked that actual scientific theories were applied & children were able to apply it to what they were working on.Age 6, Crown Valley CC, ZL. 7/17, Laguna Niguel The teacher did a great job at getting the kids excited about science. GREAT JOB! Age 7 & 5, Crown Valley CC, ZL, 7/17, Viejo School, Mission Viejo We liked all the projects the kids did each day. We especially liked the teamwork and problem solving! Age 8, Crown Valley CC, S&R, 7/10, St. George’s Academy, Laguna Hills My child actually looks forward to his day and he was never interested in science before, but loves it now! We cancelled all other camp plans so he can continue in this program! Thanks for a great program! Age 9, Crown Valley CC, S&R, 7/10, Moulton School, Laguna Niguel My son loved it! He loved making the robot! The teachers were professional, organized, knowledgeable & fun! Age 8, Crown Valley CC, SSS, 7/24, St. Anne School, Laguna Niguel Excellent experience! Great shady location, very interesting to students, excellent sign-in, sign-out procedures! Age 11, Crown Valley CC, SSS, 7/24, McDowell School, Laguna Niguel My child liked making the Kinex robot and performing all the experiments. Good introduction to protons, neutrons, and electricity. Thank you! Age 9, Crown Valley CC, SSS, 7/24, Carden Academy, Laguna Niguel Thank you for an extremely wonderful experience! We will be back next year! Age 6, Las Flores MS, 7/31, SSS, Duxbury, MA (grandmother in Mission Viejo) The teachers were excellent; they obviously enjoy the material and pass that enthusiasm on to the kids! I liked that all aspects of science were covered, variety and that the instructors were women! My daughter learned a great deal! Age 10, Las Flores MS, 7/31, SSS, Las Flores School, RSM San Diego CountyI wanted to thank you for awarding my son a full scholarship to your science camp. Cindy and Joe (teachers) made a great impression on him and were encouraging and enthusiastic about the program. He has a great fascination for science and he begged me to sign him up. If it wasn’t for the scholarship we couldn’t otherwise afford any camp. He had a great time this week and I wanted to personally thank you for this opportunity that you gave my son. Age 10, UCSD, 7/31, S&R, San Diego My kids came home excited about what they did and how excited they were to go back the next day! Age 8 & 7, UCSD, San Diego City Schools, San Diego Dylan really looked forward to the camp each day! I loved the amount of talking we did as a family about the camp – Dylan’s excitement!! Age 7, St. James, SSS, 7/17, St. James Academy, Solana Beach Terrific topics and "hands-on" activities. Alex is having so much fun he asked to attend a third week of camp! Excellent teachers! Age 7, St. James, SSS, 7/17, St. James Academy, San Diego My son was learning which keeps him motivated and happy! Age 8, St. James, SSS, 7/17, Ashley Falls School, Del Mar My son has done many science camps and really enjoyed this one. He liked the group work, teachers, activities and friends! Age 8, St. James, SSS, 7/17, Del Mar Hills School, Del Mar The camps were great! I forfeited my money at YMCA Camp to send Micah to Destination Science camp for an extra week! Send me info for next summer! Age 6, St. James, ZL, SSS, 7/10, 7/17, Mission Estancia School, La Costa We loved the great variety of subject matter. My son will be out of the age range next summer, otherwise we would have returned. I rate the experience EXCELLENT! Age 11, St. James, SSS, 7/17, Santa Fe Montessori School, Solana Beach Ventura CountyMy niece felt it was the best camp she has ever been involved with. Thank you!Age 9, CLU, SSS, 7/3, Afton, Virginia He loved camp and can’t wait to go back again! I love that he came home every day loving what he did that day! Age 6, CLU, S&R, 7/10, Brookside School, Oak Park I would first like to tell you how much my 4 children and nephew LOVED the Science Camp, which they attended at the California Lutheran University campus! The location was wonderful – having both a large grassy area and an air-conditioned room made all activities fun – from experiments to playtime! As for the staff chosen to conduct the Science Camp, you couldn’t have done better! Both Jade and Annette were excellent with the children and made all activities a tremendous amount of fun! None of them realized how much they were learning! They all look forward to attending Destination Science Camp again next summer! Ages 6,8,8,9,10, CLU, 6/26, ZL, Wites School (gifted program), Woodland Hills Santa Barbara County My children were stimulated, challenged and happy. Ages 6 & 7, Cold Spring, 7/10, SSS, Cold Spring School, Santa Barbara My son was engaged and wanted more. I liked that they checked the bathrooms and took the kids in groups. Age 6, Cold Spring, 7/10, SSS, Cold Spring School, Santa Barbara Santa Clara County My son loved it – he came home talking about camp and greatly anticipated the next day. Excellent teachers! Thank you! Age 6, Ohlone School, ZL, Juan Briones School, Palo Alto The instructors were qualified, competent, calm & collected, genuinely interested in kids learning and having fun. Overall, I was very pleased with this camp and my son enjoyed it. (signed Jamie) Age 7, Ohlone School, ZL & SSS, 6/26, 7/3, Walter Hayes School, Palo Alto Excellent science projects, really nice counselor (Mike) and fun, "toys" to make/take home! Great camps (we did all 3). He really enjoyed all the projects. I’m sure he could have done as many science projects as you could come up with. He loves science, so this was great! The teachers were very considerate and easygoing. I was a bit nervous because we had no experience with your camp, but after the 1st day of the 1st week I was very relieved and pleased (so was my son)! It was a good group all 3 weeks. Thanks! Age 8, Ohlone School, 6/26, 7/24, 7/31, ZL, S&R, SSS, Ohlone School, Palo Alto |