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early registration discounts

Early Registration runs through October 31. Early Registration discounts are: 

  • $150 for Mini Session, Weeks 3-4, and Two Weeks Second Session
  • $200 for First Session, Second Session and Five Weeks
  • $300 for Full Season

2025 dates & tuition

Traditional Sessions

Full Season, 7 weeks 
Sunday, June 22 – Saturday August 9
$12,600

First Session, 26 nights
Sunday June 22 – Friday, July 18
$7,650

Second Session, 20 nights
Sunday, July 20 – Saturday, August 9
$6,100

Two-Week Sessions

For rising 2nd – 6th graders only
Mini Session, 13 nights
Sunday, June 22 – Saturday, July 5
$4550
 
Two-Weeks Second Session, 13 nights
Sunday, July 20 – Saturday, August 2
$4550

Special Sessions

Mini Mini Session, 1st-3rd graders (Registration opens in late fall)
Saturday, August 2 – Tuesday, August 5
$850
 
LIT-Leader-in-Training Program
For rising 11th graders, returning campers only

Details

  • The deposit is $1500. There is an additional non-refundable $250 registration fee.
  • Upon enrollment, we will debit your payment method a total of $1750.
  • Families who register by October 15 (“early registration”) will be entered into a random drawing for 25, $500 discounts.
  • Walden provides a sibling discount of $125 for each additional camper living in the same household.


CANCELLATION POLICY

Walden will strictly enforce our cancellation policy this year.  In past seasons, we have had the flexibility to apply our policy leniently. However, in fairness to families on our waitlist, and due to staffing considerations, this policy will be stringently enforced with no exceptions. Therefore…

PLEASE PURCHASE PROGRAM PROTECTOR THROUGH TRIPMATE. A Cancel for Any Reason option is available when you fill out the camper application. The price of this insurance is 7.5 percent of tuition cost. For example, for a First Session camper, the cost of Cancel for Any Reason coverage is $573.75.

If you do not purchase Program Protector during the application process, YOU HAVE 21 DAYS FROM THE TIME YOUR CAMPER IS ENROLLED to do so. The 21-day clock begins ticking the day we enroll your child (i.e. the day we charge the deposit and registration fee to your preferred payment method). You will receive an automated email confirming enrollment. To obtain Cancel for Any Reason insurance after you have submitted the camper application, please contact TripMate directly, 833-297-2258

Cancellations prior to November 15 will warrant a full refund of the $1500 deposit.

Cancellations between November 15 to  January 15 will incur a cancellation fee of $1,000.

Cancellations between January 15 and March 15 will incur cancellation fees of half the FULL cost of tuition for the session(s) enrolled. (For instance, a First Session cancellation on February 26, would require a payment of half of $7,650 or $3,825.)

WALDEN WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY REFUNDS FOR CANCELLATIONS AFTER MARCH 15. Families who cancel after March 15  are responsible for the entirety of the tuition for the session(s) enrolled and any associated late fees.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

Pay-in-Full: Tuitions that are paid-in-full before October 15 will avoid the regular 3 percent fees on credit-card transactions. This can be a significant savings. ECheck payments do not incur fees.

Half of your base tuition cost is due by January 15.

The balance of your base tuition is due by March 15.

After March 15, a late fee of $150 will be added to unpaid balances. Enrolled campers with outstanding balances after April 1 are subject to forfeiture of their spot for summer 2025, and those families continue to be liable for the entirety of the tuition balance due.

cancellation policy

  • No cancellation penalties through January 15. 
  • Cancellations between January 15-March 15 will incur a $700 cancellation fee
  • Cancellations between March 15-May 15 will forfeit the entire $1,400 deposit
  • Families that cancel enrollments after May 15 are obligated for the entirety of the tuition(s) for the session(s) registered.
  • Walden offers program insurance through CampMinder’s partnership with Tripmate. Please protect your investment by purchasing either the Standard Plan, which costs 5% of your tuition fees, or the Enhanced Plan, which costs 7.5% of tuition costs and includes a “Cancel For Any Reason” stipulation. We cannot make exceptions to our cancellation policy!

diversity, equity, inclusion

Walden understands that a relevant camp community requires the harmonies of many voices—not only those that inspire, but also those that instruct and challenge. We strive to be a camp where diversity is celebrated and supported, and where each camper and staff member is provided the resources and opportunities to succeed. Our mission of teaching empathy and respect is incomplete if it only serves those who think and look like we do. We believe that our camp can be anyone’s camp, and that our greatest strength lies therein.

Walden is an Equal Opportunity Employer that hires qualified staff regardless of their race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.