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Ruffing Montessori Camps:

Winter Break Camp: Two weeks with option to enroll one week at a time, from December 19-23 and 26-30. Open to Ruffing students and to friends and relatives of attending students.

Spring Break Camp: March 19-30. Open to Ruffing students and to friends and relatives of enrolled students.

Summer Break Camp: 6 weeks, from June 18-July 27, open to all children ages 3- 14 (or 8th grade).

Summer Ruffing It is in its 34th year of fun, educational, inspiring and creative programming enjoyed by children from throughout the greater Cleveland community. Waste-free lunches, energy efficiency and care of the environment and each other inspire our work with children.  Campers may participate in the following program tracks:

• A Summer to Grow On is for children ages 3 to 6 years old. Six weeks only. A typical day offers time for stories, songs, movement activities, food preparation, art projects, sharing lunch together, and occasional guest presentations and performances. Outdoor activities include weekly nature walks, gardening, and playing on our new pre-school playground equipment. Content and specific activities are based on the interest of the child and follow Montessori theory in regard to the child’s developmental needs.

• Creative Arts & Sciences, for children in grades 1 through 5, offers the opportunity to create personalized schedules based on individual interests from a menu of classes. Three or six week options to select classes in art, athletics, dance, media, music, science, writing and other skills. Campers enjoy working with anything from clay, pens, paints, cameras, and soccer balls. Come climb our rock wall, dance, rehearse skits, play in a jug band, interview, act, write a script, look through microscopes and send rockets soaring! 

• Extreme SRI, for grades 6-8. Two hour in depth morning classes focus on increasing independence as citizens of the world. Extra morning and afternoon classes each day. “Outta’ Site” Fridays take older students off-site to campsites and areas of interest. Three or six week options. Take classes of your own choosing when on-site.

What Parents Are Saying
“I should have been thanking you- my kids had an absolutely wonderful time at Ruffing. They’ve been talking about it and planning their class schedule for next year already. It could not have been any better for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Please tell everyone how wonderful they are and how impressed we were.” Julia B.

"I never have any doubts as to the level of care or supervision my children are getting with your program. Thank you so much and keep up the good work." Meg S.

"Wonderful variety of creative and pure fun hands-on activities combined with really fun classes that are more science or technology-based learning experiences. What camp offers so many choices?" Rosemary T.
"This is a very caring and accepting environment.” Jim G.

"The instructors were terrific - skilled and warm and nurturing; he felt very comfortable right from the start.” Joan N.

Learn More Today

To learn more about Ruffing’s summer camp, download our camp flier. . Call the Summer Ruffing It camp office at 216-932-7866 or the school office at 216-321-7571.