So Many Activities!
Instructional Classes and Cabin Activities.
See the Typical Daily Schedule for details about when these activities are held and how they fit into each day of camp.
Instructional Activity Options
With over 25 different instructional activities to choose from, campers can truly customize their Sandy Hill experience. Campers have three instructional activities each week chosen from the extensive list below. These classes meet daily for an hour and fifteen minutes, allowing campers to improve their skills under the guidance of experienced and well-trained instructors. Campers attending for multiple weeks have a different set of activities each week. Classes are assigned based on the date of registration, so be sure to register as early as possible, as spaces are limited in some activities (especially waterskiing and horseback riding).
Improve your audition! Do you enjoy acting or have plans to try out for a play? Campers select and memorize a short monologue, work on cold reading from a script, and hone their improvisation skills. Break a leg!
Enjoy our Beginning Guitar and Ukulele class! Learn basic chords and strumming techniques on both the acoustic guitar and ukulele, giving you a great foundation to play and enjoy two fun and popular instruments.
Stay active and build healthy habits with our Health & Fitness Cross Training class! Perfect for athletes or anyone looking to get in shape, this class offers varied daily workouts, including running, swimming, strength training, and flexibility exercises. Learn about nutrition, injury prevention, and fitness strategies to support a lifetime of health and well-being.
English-style equitation lessons for beginning and intermediate riders - walk, trot, canter, and basic jumps (additional $140 fee)
Note that this activity is TENTATIVE for summer 2025
Join some of our international staff in playing games that are wildly popular in their home countries, such as rugby, cricket, netball, "football"(a.k.a. soccer), and more
Outdoor cooking, fire- and shelter-building, orienteering and a special evening campfire in the woods
Experience paddleboarding, canoeing, and kayaking to interesting destinations on the water near camp.
Can’t get enough of horses? Learn more about them while helping with grooming, feeding, and barn chores. For kids who are comfortable around horses. There is no riding in this activity.
Try out our new Racket Sports activity! Learn tennis, pickleball, and badminton while building skills in strokes, strategy, and technique on our outdoor courts.
Keep up your training by working out in the camp pool. Not swim lessons - campers must be able to swim 50m freestyle and backstroke. Perfect if you are missing a week of swim team while you are at camp!
Play your favorite "All-American" games like kickball, flag football, capture the flag, ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, and more
Beginning to advanced skiiers are welcome in this popular activity (additional $75 fee)
Cabin Activities
Experience many of the most popular activities at camp with your cabin. Each day your cabin is assigned to one of the following activities. So one-week campers will get to do five. Two-week campers will get to do ten including two on their weekend.
One-Week Camper Cabin Activities
Banana Boat
Zipline
Tubing
Giant Swing
Pontoon Boat Trip
Two-Week Campers will do the five one-week activities above plus:
Archery
Banana boat (a 2nd time)
Crafts
Campfire Building with S’mores
Sweet Tooth