The Registration Process
For new campers, we accept camp applications year-round through our online application. There is a fully refundable $1,000 deposit required at the time of the application. For returning campers, you will have a chance to re-enroll through your Early Bird application in September.
Apply Early
Once campers come to Greystone, they almost always return! For this reason it is not unusual for new campers to start their Greystone career on a Wait List. Typically for our shorter sessions, this wait doesn’t last very long, and we try to make it easy. The earlier you apply, the better your chances are for attending; for our shorter sessions, the winter or early spring two years before you want to attend camp is a good time to apply (for example, early spring 2026 for summer 2028). Greystone typically has Wait Lists for all sessions, but the Wait List is fluid (spaces open throughout the year, and we admit on a first come basis). Your deposit is fully refundable until you enroll, so don’t let the Wait List deter you from applying!
How young is too young to put my daughter on the Wait List? If you would like for your daughter to attend Greystone after 1st grade, you can add her to the Wait List in mid-May before her Kindergarten year of school (for example, if your daughter will finish 1st grade in 2028 and you’d like her to attend that 2028 summer, you can apply in late spring of 2026 before she starts Kindergarten that following fall of 2026. When you apply, you will be added to the Wait List. You will apply in mid-May of 2026 when our 2027 application opens).
How the Wait List Works
Camp applications are processed in the order they are received. If there is a Wait List for your daughter’s grade, her position will be based on the camp application received date. If at any point you choose to withdraw from the Wait List, you may call or email to let us know. Please note that in withdrawing from the Wait List, you lose your spot; therefore, if you are considering Greystone for a future year, you will want to stay on the Wait List. You can also put your name on multiple Wait Lists. We encourage this for June and Main Camps especially, which both have our slowest moving Wait Lists.
While You Wait
During the Wait List process, we will keep you up to date with emails throughout the year, letting you know details about Wait List movement in all sessions. When there is a cancellation in your child’s grade, we will take the first name on the Wait List for that grade. The office will call or email asking if you still want the open space. There is no obligation, and your deposit is fully refundable until you accept your spot and enroll into a session. Please keep in mind that you can only attend one session per summer. Once a spot opens and you accept that spot, we will take your name off all other Wait Lists.
If a spot doesn’t open up
If a space does not become available for a particular summer, you will automatically stay on the Wait List and will be rolled over to the Wait List for the next summer, unless we hear from you otherwise.
Cancellation
Your $1,000 deposit is fully refundable while you are on the Wait List. If you would like to be removed from the Wait List, just let us know, and we’ll process your deposit refund. Once you have moved from our Wait List and have been accepted into a camp session, your $1,000 deposit rolls over to become part of your tuition payment and is no longer refundable. If you cancel after February 1st, you forfeit half of your tuition, and if you cancel after April 1st, you forfeit all money paid.
Early Birds
At the end of the summer our current campers re-enroll for the next summer; these are our “Early Bird” campers, and they tend to fill most of the available spaces. Over the fall and winter months, if any of these Early Bird campers give up their place, we will then fill the spots with campers from the Wait List as space allows (we do this by grade groups).
Is My Daughter Ready for Camp?
Many parents wonder if their daughter is ready for a summer away at camp. Before sending your daugther to camp, we encourage you to check out our readiness assessment to see whether your daugther meets our readiness indicators. And, watch our video below to see why camp is so good for young campers.
