Bonjour Language Camps – Spanish and French day camp (UWS)

Key Highlights

• ✓Professional and caring staff, described as 'very warm team' and 'fun and caring counselors' (Reviews 1, 4, 5)
• ✓Outstanding communication for *enrolled* families, with a director sensitive to parental concerns (Review 1)
• ✓Wide variety of fun, interesting, and well-organized classic camp activities, keeping kids entertained (Reviews 1, 3, 5)
• ✓Weekly field trips are a significant highlight for children (Review 3)
• ✓Children spend most of their time outside (Review 3)
• ✓Effective for early language introduction; 4-year-olds with little prior knowledge learned words through songs (Review 3)
• ✓Offers highly flexible scheduling options: choose specific weeks, daily hours, and add-on classes (Review 1)
• ✓Organizes camp performances for families, offering children (like those in Glee classes) a chance to be on stage, resulting in kids singing and dancing daily (Review 4)
• ✓Easy drop-off and pick-up procedures, even with COVID restrictions (Review 5)

Standout Features

• ⭐Exceptional flexibility in enrollment: parents can sign up for as many or few weeks as needed, choose desired hours, and opt for add-on classes (Review 1)
• ⭐Responsive and sensitive director who addresses parental concerns proactively (Review 1)
• ⭐Engaging weekly field trips that are a major highlight for children (Review 3)
• ⭐Significant outdoor time incorporated into the daily schedule (Review 3)
• ⭐Opportunities for children to participate in a camp performance and Glee classes, fostering a love for singing and dancing (Review 4)
• ⭐Caring and organized counselors who manage a wide variety of activities (Review 5)

Perfect For

Ideal For

🍎Food Policy

• • Campers must bring their own cold lunch daily.
• • Snacks are provided by the camp: typically fruit (apple slices, bananas, applesauce), cheese, crackers, yogurt, pretzels, goldfish, bagel crisps, popcorn.
• • Snack items are individually packaged; children are not permitted to share food during lunch or snack time.
• • Events shall not include shared / buffet-style food.
• • Children and staff must maintain social distancing at all times when eating.

🛡️Safety Policy

• • Campers ages 4–11 served.
• • All staff members are fluent French, Spanish, or Mandarin speakers; many are native speakers.
• • Staff ratio: 1 adult for every 5 children (general), or 1 counselor to every 5 campers.
• • Staff trained in immersive methods, using nonverbal communication to support meaning.
• • Full immersion camps, speaking target language 95% of the time, English used only for essential safety or distress/conflict situations.
• • Campers are regularly hydrated: staff ensure plenty of water, refill water bottles, use water fountains and coolers on trips.
• • Parents cannot be chaperones on trips; adequate staff provided for safety and supervision.
• • Students remain cohorted throughout the day, staying with preassigned, fixed classroom groups; no intermingling with other groups, including field trips, auxiliary programming, lunch, and park time.
• • COVID-19 protocols monitored and comply with NYS DOH and NYSED guidelines.
• • Social distancing: Staff maintain 6 feet apart when possible, lesson plans designed for child social distancing, measures to reduce bi-directional foot traffic, tape/stickers designate 6 feet apart in communal spaces/classrooms.
• • Face coverings: Required when social distancing cannot be maintained (e.g., hallways, lobbies, shared restrooms). Acceptable types include cloth-based and surgical masks. Students with medical inability are exempt. Families must provide face coverings. Mask breaks provided at a safe distance. Staff coordinate with families for child comfort.
• • Specific activities (singing, wind instruments, aerobic activity) require students to remain masked and maintain 6 feet apart.
• • Field trip safety: Children and staff must wear face coverings during entirety of trips (including transportation). Walking ropes used to reduce physical contact; no hand-holding buddy system. Parent/guardian volunteers discouraged as chaperones.
• • Illness protocol: If a child tests positive for COVID-19, the class may temporarily move to virtual learning until contacts are identified, tested, and cleared, and the facility is cleaned/disinfected.
• • Ventilation: HVAC units meet/exceed DOHMH guidelines. Staff open windows/doors when weather permits for maximal ventilation.
• • Hygiene: Hand sanitizer stations near shared amenities. Only one student at adjacent water fountains. Bathroom occupation designations (passes/signs).

📅Booking Policy

• • Medical forms due by May 31 (sooner is better).
• • Schedule changes allowed if space is available, but not guaranteed.
• • After School program: Sign up and join at any time; child will be seamlessly integrated.

🚗Parking Information

• • Not mentioned in the provided content.