March Break Camps
Appleby’s March Break Camps are designed for campers ages 4-13. Join us for a week of fun-filled programming including Early Discovery, Arts & Media, Sports & Adventure, and Science & Success!
Our quality facilities, expert instruction and small group sizes ensure a dynamic and fun experience for every camper. Register early to ensure your spot!
March Break Camps Overview
Appleby's March Break Camps are organized into four major programs, offering something for everyone ages 4-13. We have Early Discovery Camp designed for younger campers ages 4-7, while older campers will enjoy Sports & Adventure, Arts & Media, or our Science & Success camp programming. Appleby’s outstanding campus boasts state-of-the-art athletics facilities including 4 full-size gymnasiums, a 3-storey climbing wall and 4 squash courts, numerous visual and performing arts spaces and dance studios, indoor pool, Willis Hall (performance theatre), multi-media labs and high-tech classrooms. These features, combined with expert instruction and small group sizes, ensure a dynamic and fun experience for every camper!
Appleby March Break Camps feature highly qualified instructors, low camper to instructor ratios, nutritious lunches, and swim times. Our standard hours are from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. each day with drop-off and pick-up between 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. All camps run on our beautiful 60-acre lakeside campus in southwest Oakville.
Appleby Camps is a fully accredited member of the Ontario Camps Association (OCA). The OCA has and continues to be recognized as a worldwide leader in organized camping for children and youth. Member camps must adhere to the highest standards of safety, supervision and quality programming.
Instructors are recently certified in First Aid and CPR-C, have passed a police check and participate in Appleby’s pre-camp safety and skills training course. Camper to instructor ratios are low with a target of 5:1 in Early Discovery programs and 8:1 in all other programs. All instructors deliver engaging activities and programs and have experience caring for children in their specific camp program. Many are qualified teachers, coaches, recreational specialists or early childcare educators.
We are partnering once again with Loveable Labels and Mabel's Labels to try and make sure every camper's clothing follows them home after a great week at camp. Please visit their site to place your order before camp begins, and select Appleby Camps as the fundraiser.
Jenny Wyatt
Director of Camp Programs, Appleby College
Meet The Camps Team
Contact Information
Inquiries for March Break & Summer Camps:
Phone: 905-845-4681, ext. 113
Email: camps@appleby.on.ca
Jenny Wyatt
Camps Director
FUN FACT: Jenny can walk on stilts and has been scuba diving with sharks! Jenny enjoys exploring the world and learning about other cultures.
Jenny Wyatt
Camps Director
Angela Dudych
Assistant Camps Director
FUN FACT: Angela lives on a farm with over 60,000 chickens and has a new baby boy named Tanner!
Angela Dudych
Assistant Camps Director
Explore March Break Camps
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All March Break Camps run from March 10-14, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for a fee of $595. Before and after care is available for an additional fee. All programs include a daily hot lunch and recreational pool time.
| EARLY DISCOVERY CAMP (4-7 YRS.) |
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Laugh, play and discover with Appleby's March Break Early Discovery Camp, specifically designed to engage active and creative kids ages 4-7 and with all Covid-19 safety precautions in place. Whether it’s working on arts & crafts projects, practicing fun sports or laughing while playing traditional camp games, there is plenty of fun to be had! Led by experienced teachers and qualified instructors, the Early Discovery Camp operates in small groups ensuring close monitoring, encouragement and attention. All campers are provided with a nutritious hot lunch in our dining hall. Join us for a fun week of age-appropriate activities including:
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| ARTS & MEDIA CAMP (7-13 YRS.) |
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Appleby’s March Break Arts & Media Camp offers an opportunity for campers to explore and develop their artistic talents in painting, theatre, music & movement and digital photography. Taught by experienced artist-instructors, this dynamic camp is designed to provide a variety of Arts & Media programming and is designed as a sampler for participants to enjoy a little bit of all the arts! Each day campers will be involved in fun activities such as experimental painting, improvisation games, music, sculpting, movement & dance, skits, pastels, photography, scavenger hunts and more! Campers create their own amazing art projects with a wide variety of media and techniques, build confidence and are encouraged to express their creative imaginations! Hosted in Appleby’s music, dance, drama and art studios provide a stimulating environment for campers in small group environments.
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| SCIENCE & SUCCESS CAMP (7-13 YRS.) |
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Appleby’s March Break Science & Success Camp is experiment- based camp, igniting campers' interest in science and is designed as a sampler camp of all our science camps! This camp promotes the love of science, engineering and technology to campers. Daily programming involves designing, building and experimenting with innovative projects in a fun atmosphere. In this highly interactive camp, budding scientists are taught to develop their intuitive nature, collect data, study nature, and will learn just how fun engineering & science can be. From robotics, to volcanoes, slime, an intro to game design, and the exploration of nature, campers will use Appleby’s extensive science facilities and equipment every day. Groups will be created to match level of tech ability and scientific knowledge. Our aim is to create interest through participation, and every day campers will enjoy science experiments, and tackle creative challenges and projects.
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| SPORTS & ADVENTURE CAMP (7-13 YRS.) |
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Appleby’s popular Sports & Adventure Camp gives campers an opportunity to try their hand at a wide variety of sports, games, and team challenges and is designed as a "sampler" camp for our summer programs. Blending instruction, competition and fun challenges creates a great experience for all participants. Our staff is an exceptional collection of certified teachers, instructors, assistants and volunteers who entertain/educate daily. Work on a variety of athletic skills and drills as we navigate through different sports each day at camp. Co-operative tasks while physically distant and challenges help these developing athletes to gain an appreciation of teamwork, adaptability, and respect for instruction and rules of play. Our aim for this camp is to nurture an appreciation of sport and provide an environment where all campers achieve success regardless of their athletic ability. Appleby campers get a chance to enjoy the use of amazing facilities including our many gymnasiums, squash courts, indoor pool and the oustanding A.W.B. Alumni Centre for Athletics and Student Life! Grouped by age and ability, campers will realize measureable gains in coordination, confidence and appreciation for various sports and games!
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What Is The Waitlist Policy?
To help place as many campers into programs (and off of waitlists) as possible, we thank families for their cooperation regarding our wait list policy. When families are contacted by the Camp Office with news of an available spot in one of their waitlisted camps, they will have the choice to either accept or decline the offer, at which time all other spaces their camper is waitlisted for in that week will be released. Families will not have the option to decline one waitlisted spot, in the hope of getting into another camp. So please select your camps (and waitlists) carefully! Thank you for your cooperation in helping us get as many campers in their top choice of programs.
Camps Cancellation/Refund Policy
Full refunds will be issued for cancellations of 2025 March Break Camp programs received up to and including January 31, 2025. Please note that this and is a change from our previous policy of refunding up to 30 days prior to any given week of camp. Cancellations for March Break programs received after January 31, 2025 will not receive a refund. Exceptions to this policy are only given in the event of a medical emergency supported by certification from a legally qualified medical practitioner not related to the camper. Refunds will not be provided for inclement weather or for days of camp not attended. Changes to camp programs and/or camp weeks must be requested a minimum of 30 days prior to the first day of camp and are accommodated pending availability.
Appleby College Camps will do everything possible to avoid program cancellations, however we reserve the right to cancel a session of camp due to unforeseen circumstances or if the minimum enrollment is not met. In either of these instances, we will accommodate campers in an alternate program or alternate week or provide families with a full refund. If payment was originally made via credit card, refunds will be processed back to the card on file.
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Our Camps Calendar can be found here, and our Enrichment Program Calendar can be found here. Applications open at 7:00 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, December 10!
