Summer Programs
Staff and Employment
About Our Staff
We are excited to announce that we are planning to provide our traditional summer camp experience for summer 2021!
Camp Season: June 28 - August 20
The foundation of the camp's success is the quality of our staff. We pride ourselves on our ability to find amazing staff that we successfully train and support. The staff is composed of approximately 100 teaching professionals and college students, who serve as strong leaders and positive role models. All staff are at least 18 years of age, and most staff have completed one year of college or more. To be offered a position at camp, a candidate has to participate in an extensive application and screening process, on-site interview, Criminal Background and Sexual Offender checks (CORI and SORI) as well as a SAFIS fingerprint-based background check, and attend staff trainings. A high rate of staff return each year.
We hire experienced staff who love being with kids and are well trained. Our staff are led by our year-round camp director, Libby Fitzgerald. Her enthusiasm, dedication, leadership, and more than 18 years of camp experience bring a well-run, respected, nurturing, and safe camp program to the children and staff at Tenacre.
In our FULL DAY program for children entering K - 6th, Tenacre staff members are at least 18-years-old and most have completed one or more years of college. In THE THREES and THE FOURS program, we hire a Head/Lead Counselor that must be a college graduate with preschool teaching experience or an Early Child hood background. We hire 1 to 3 group counselors that are high school graduates, and most of them are in college. Activity/Specialty Heads must be college graduates. Swim staff members are a minimum of 18 years old. All swim instructors are lifeguard certified. In addition, a registered nurse is on-site during the summer. Our staff are the main reason campers return to Tenacre each summer!
Camp Season: June 28 - August 20
The foundation of the camp's success is the quality of our staff. We pride ourselves on our ability to find amazing staff that we successfully train and support. The staff is composed of approximately 100 teaching professionals and college students, who serve as strong leaders and positive role models. All staff are at least 18 years of age, and most staff have completed one year of college or more. To be offered a position at camp, a candidate has to participate in an extensive application and screening process, on-site interview, Criminal Background and Sexual Offender checks (CORI and SORI) as well as a SAFIS fingerprint-based background check, and attend staff trainings. A high rate of staff return each year.
We hire experienced staff who love being with kids and are well trained. Our staff are led by our year-round camp director, Libby Fitzgerald. Her enthusiasm, dedication, leadership, and more than 18 years of camp experience bring a well-run, respected, nurturing, and safe camp program to the children and staff at Tenacre.
In our FULL DAY program for children entering K - 6th, Tenacre staff members are at least 18-years-old and most have completed one or more years of college. In THE THREES and THE FOURS program, we hire a Head/Lead Counselor that must be a college graduate with preschool teaching experience or an Early Child hood background. We hire 1 to 3 group counselors that are high school graduates, and most of them are in college. Activity/Specialty Heads must be college graduates. Swim staff members are a minimum of 18 years old. All swim instructors are lifeguard certified. In addition, a registered nurse is on-site during the summer. Our staff are the main reason campers return to Tenacre each summer!
Camper Profile
We typically have 250 - 300 campers a day. Our campers are 3 - 12 years old, and most come from Wellesley and neighboring towns. In any given season, approximately 500 children will participate in our camp and specialty weeks. Tenacre Day Camp has a highly regarded swim program with outdoor heated pools. For many campers, Tenacre is the first place they learn to swim.
The Tenacre Country Day School and Tenacre Day Camp considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
Tenacre Day Camp complies with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and is licensed by the local board of health (105 CMR 430.190,C).
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What Parents Say About Our Staff
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Tenacre Country Day School
Phone: 781-235-2282 | Fax: 781-237-7057
Summer Programs Phone: 781-235-3238
A private, coed school for pre-kindergarten to grade 6.
