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"Our daughter had an amazing experience at Skylark, she did not want to come home! She made wonderful friends, had a great program with lots of opportunities to experience everything camp has to offer (from ropes courses to archery to riding). The staff was amazing, great with the girls and extremely well trained."
-Skylark Ranch parent, 2009
Girl Scouts of Northern California is committed to providing exciting and enriching outdoor experiences for all girls. Join us in this commitment and give your daughter the gift of a lifetime- SUMMER CAMP!
Registration for 2010 will open on February 1st! All program listings are current, so you don't need to wait for the brochure to check out everything happening in 2010!
| Session | Days | Dates |
| Session 1 | 10 | Jun 21 to Jun 30 | ||||
| Session 1A | 7 | Jun 21 to Jun 27 | ||||
| Session 1B | 4 | Jun 27 to Jun 30 | ||||
| Session 2 | 11 | Jul 6 to Jul 16 | ||||
| Session 2A | 6 | Jul 6 to Jul 11 | ||||
| Session 2B | 6 | Jul 11 to Jul 16 | ||||
| Session 3 | 7 | Jul 19 to Jul 25 | ||||
| Session 4 | 11 | Jul 30 to Aug 9 | ||||
| Session 4A | 6 | Jul 30 to Aug 4 | ||||
| Session 4B | 6 | Aug 4 to Aug 9 | ||||
| Session 5 | 7 | Aug 13 to Aug 19 | ||||
| Session 5A | 4 | Aug 13 to Aug 16 | ||||
| Session 5B | 4 | Aug 16 to Aug 19 | ||||
| Advanced C.I.T.* | 21 | Session 1 to Session 2 | ||||
| Advanced W.I.T.* | 21 | Session 1 to Session 2 | ||||
| Apprentice C.I.T.* | 28 | Session 1 to Session 3 | ||||
| Apprentice W.I.T.* | 28 | Session 1 to Session 3 | ||||
| C.I.T.* | 18 | Session 4 to Session 5 | ||||
* Program spans multiple sessions. Participants return home between each session.
Mermaid’s Lagoon
| Grades 2-4 | Sessions 1B, 5A, 5B | Fee $280 |
Spend a long summer day at Skylark’s very own beach lagoon. While at the beach, enjoy splashing, playing games and building sandcastles for mermaids near the shimmering waves. Explore the tidepools where other sea creatures spend their days. Visit Fern Grove to build a fairy house, take a twilight hike, have fun with arts and crafts, outdoor cooking, meadow games, and more.
Sea Stars
| Grades 4-6 | Session 1A | Fee $450 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 1B | Fee $280 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 2A | Fee $425 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 3 | Fee $450 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 4B | Fee $425 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 5 | Fee $450 |
Explore all that Skylark Ranch has to offer in this cool summer fun program! Discover new sea critters at the tidepools while hanging out with friends on the beach. Take the llamas on a nature hike to Inspiration Point or spend the afternoon shooting archery and swinging from the low or high ropes course. Work together with your friends to perform a skit at campfire. Enjoy outdoor cooking, stargazing, and get ready to choose your own adventure! *(due to the length of session 1B, activities may vary.)
Special Instructions: *(due to the length of session 1B, activities may vary.)
Summer Magic
| Grades 7-12 | Session 1B | Fee $280 |
It’s a quick getaway to experience the outdoors, activities and magic of Skylark Ranch. Create a unique work of art, hang out at the beach, cook gourmet goodies over a campfire, try your hand at archery or experience the thrill of the high ropes course. It’s four days of fun and new friends just waiting for you!
Moonshadows
| Grades 8-12 | Session 4A | Fee $485 |
Just for older girls. Enjoy your favorite camp activities by day and discover Skylark Ranch by night. Share late night talks sitting around the campfire under the stars and sleep late if you choose. Go on an overnight to Point Montara Lighthouse in Half Moon Bay, have fun sea kayaking and watch the sunset surrounded by new friends.
Star Trekkers
| Grades 4-6 | Session 2B | Fee $445 |
Hiking in daytime can be fun, but hiking at twilight is fantastic! Join your friends for night time games in the meadow like flashlight tag, take a moonlight llama hike, or shoot a round of “glow in the dark” archery. Plan a stargazing sleepover at Chapel Hill and take a tour of the summer night sky. By day, visit the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences.
Archers Adventure
| Grades 5-8 | Session 4B | Fee $450 |
Become an archery legend! Ready your arrows, take aim, and shoot. Join Maid Marian’s Quest for the best archer in the land and learn or enhance your skills in the sport of archery. Make your own arrows, targets, arm guards and more. Play creative shooting games and take an exciting trip to a local field archery range to experience a whole new world of archery.
Llama Mamas
| Grades 4-6 | Sessions 2A, 4A | Fee $425 |
Are you ready for a llama expedition?!? Learn just how wonderful these unique and intelligent creatures are. Spend your days feeding, grooming, and training our very own llamas for amazing treks through camp. Have a “packnic party” and let the llamas pack your lunch to Inspiration Point. Create a one of a kind piece of art from llama wool and learn to handle and care for llamas during a special visit from our veterinarian too.
Beach Boogie
| Grades 5-7 | Sessions 2B, 4B | Fee $455 |
Sand, surf and sun are waiting for you. Spend a day cruisin’ the waves in Santa Cruz on your very own boogie board. Back on land explore the tidepools at Skylark’s beach, play games in the sand at Bean Hollow beach and participate in our Fourth Annual Sandcastle Contest! Plan a dance party for other campers and boogie the night away.
Summer Sleuths
| Grades 5-7 | Session 3 | Fee $445 |
It’s an outrageous session-long “who-dunit” mystery. With your fellow sleuths, you’ll find clues to solve a case… if you can. Enjoy riddles, minute mysteries and a trip to the Mystery Spot. It’s an open and shut case of summer fun.
Gilligan’s Island
| Grades 5-7 | Session 1 | Fee $595 | ||
| Grades 8-12 | Session 2 | Fee $595 | ||
| Grades 5-7 | Session 3 | Fee $450 | ||
| Grades 8-12 | Session 3 | Fee $450 | ||
| Grades 5-7 | Session 4 | Fee $595 | ||
| Grades 5-7 | Session 5 | Fee $450 |
You’re stranded on an imaginary island with only your wits and camp friends to depend on. What would you do?! Practice lashing and build a tree bed? Cook your own meals? Learn outdoor skills and wilderness techniques then use your imagination to make this primitive camp “island” your home away from home!
Castaways
| Grades 8-12 | Session 2B | Fee $425 |
Everyday is a new challenge! Test your outdoor skills and instincts as you and your teammates are given tasks to complete and problems to solve in order to find out where you’ll be making camp for the night. Learn the basics of backpacking, map reading, shelter building and even belaying. Experience the unexplored paradise of Skylark Ranch.
Beach Girls
| Grades 7-10 | Sessions 1A, 5 | Fee $495 |
Ready for some EXTREME summer fun? Have a summer BBQ with friends. Spend the day at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, go on an overnight at Point Montara Lighthouse, and enjoy swimming at Santa Cruz beaches. Don’t miss out- be a Beach Girl!
MyStudio
| Grades 7-10 | Session 4 | Fee $595 |
Express yourself through different forms of media. Learn techniques in ceramics, mosaics, painting, and more. Spend a portion of your day taking a lesson on these new techniques and then create a studio space to explore your creative side further. Visit the deYoung Museum in San Francisco to see an Artist Studio set up and meet the Artist in Residence.
Guitars & Gourmet
| Grades 6-9 | Session 2A | Fee $450 |
Whether you’re cooking something delicious to eat or singing your favorite camp songs… this program has it all! Create gourmet meals- outdoor style and sit around the campfire learning to play or just enjoy your favorite camp songs on the guitar. Plan a campfire party with another group and serenade others under the stars. No previous guitar or music experience necessary. Guitars are provided.
Surf's Up
| Grades 8-12 | Session 3 | Fee $665 |
Hang ten and ride the waves as you surf the waters in Santa Cruz. Under he direction of a world-renowned surfing instructor, spend eight hours over four days learning the basics of this exciting sport. You’ll be on your board in no time! Visit the surfing museum in Santa Cruz and check out the famous Steamers Lane. Surf’s Up! All equipment is provided. Must be able to swim face down in deep water.
Seafari
| Grades 5-7 | Sessions 2A, 4A | Fee $485 |
Explore the wealth of wildlife roaming the endless Pacific! Your Seafari begins by visiting the Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo State Beach. Then head to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and check out the dolphins, otters and other marine mammals before exploring the expansive tide pools at Natural Bridges. Your adventure continues when you take a catamaran sail through a kelp forest where you may catch a glimpse of sea lions and sea otters.
Pacific Edge
| Grades 6-9 | Sessions 1A, 5 | Fee $580 |
Where the land meets the sea, there’s so much to see! Spend a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and get a fish’s eye view on an underwater adventure as you surface scuba dive in the Great Tide Pool! Explore Pt Lobos State Reserve and check out the hanging cliffside gardens off Bird Island Trail. Venture the waters of the Santa Cruz harbor for a day of sea kayaking too. All equipment is provided. Must be able to swim face down in deep water.
Special Instructions: All equipment is provided. Must be able to swim face down in deep water.
Climb On
| Grades 5-8 | Session 2B | Fee $425 |
Come swing through the air with the greatest of ease… and experience the challenge on our low and high ropes courses. Work together as a team to set and accomplish goals every day on the courses. Experience a one of a kind adventure with your teammates!
Ropes & Rocks
| Grades 8-12 | Session 3 | Fee $620 |
With your teammates to support you, challenge yourself on the elements of our high ropes course. Take an exciting trip to zip line at another local ropes course. Then travel to Castle Rock State Park for an exciting trip two day outdoor rock climbing experience.
Hip, Hip, Belay!
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4A | Fee $485 |
Do you love the thrill of the high ropes course? Learn the skills you need to belay your teammates and develop the true meaning of trust. Climb and experience the ultimate challenge of these elements among the majestic redwoods. Develop team camaraderie and take your adventure to the next level by visiting another local ropes course too!
Treasure Island
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4B | Fee $485 |
Ahoy matey… make camp at “pirates cove” where you’ll sleep in tree beds and search for a missing treasure. Learn the trade of a true pirate by sharpening your knot tying, and orienteering skills with your fellow shipmates. Become a swashbuckler for a day while setting sail around the Santa Cruz harbor!
For information on how to choose the level, riding style and program that is right for you, check out the horse page!
Take the Reins (Level 3: Western)
| Grades 4-6 | Session 1A | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 2A | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 2B | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 3 | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 3 | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 4A | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4B | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 5 | Fee $650 |
Improve your Western riding skills in daily lesson and learn to groom, saddle, and care for horses. Learn how to pick up stirrups without looking, walk your horse over ground poles, and practice steering while jogging figure eights and serpentines!
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 3 Requirements.
The “Mane” Event (Level 3: English)
| Grades 4-6 | Session 1A | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 2A | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 2B | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 3 | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 3 | Fee $650 | ||
| Grades 4-6 | Session 4A | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4B | Fee $625 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 5 | Fee $650 |
Improve your English riding skills in daily lessons and learn to groom, saddle and care for horses. Learn the rising trot and half seat jumping position. Practice your trot over ground poles, changing diagonals, and more!
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 3 Requirements.
Saddle Sampler (Level 1: English & Western)
| Grades 2-4 | Sessions 1B, 5A, 5B | Fee $380 |
Take part in two riding lessons, a vaulting lesson, and learn about how to take care of your horse! Campers will get to try Western OR English styles.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 1 Requirements
Pony Tails (Level 2: English)
| Grades 6-9 | Session 1A | Fee $630 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 2A | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 2B | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 3 | Fee $630 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 4A | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4B | Fee $605 |
During daily riding lessons, you will learn to ride in an arena without a lead line, demonstrate the basic balanced position at the halt and walk, and demonstrate control at the walk and the trot according to your riding style.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 2 Requirements.
Silver Spurs (Level 2: Western)
| Grades 6-9 | Session 1A | Fee $630 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 2A | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 2B | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 3 | Fee $630 | ||
| Grades 3-5 | Session 4A | Fee $605 | ||
| Grades 6-9 | Session 4B | Fee $605 |
During daily riding lessons, you will learn to ride in an arena without a lead line, demonstrate the basic balanced position at the halt and walk, and demonstrate control at the walk and the trot according to your riding style.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 2 Requirements.
Happy Trails (Level 4: English OR Western)
| Grades 8-12 | Session 3 | Fee $685 |
Ride outdoors on natural trails and explore the majestic redwoods and rolling coastal meadows on horseback! Enjoy daily trail rides with spectacular views. Ride your horse to a cookout, take part in a mounted flag ceremony, try orienteering by horseback and more.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 4 Requirements.
Saddle Up (Level 4: Western)
| Grades 7-10 | Session 2 | Fee $785 | ||
| Grades 5-8 | Session 5 | Fee $685 |
Spend 2 hours each day, refining your riding style and participating in lessons on theory and horsemanship. Perfect your upward and downward transition at the walk and trot, take your horse through a fan of poles, practice your lope, and take your horse over the bridge.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 4 Requirements.
Mount Up (Level 4: English)
| Grades 7-10 | Session 4 | Fee $785 | ||
| Grades 5-8 | Session 5 | Fee $685 |
Spend 2 hours each day, refining your riding style and participating in lessons on theory and horsemanship. Learn how to jump a cross rail at the trot, practice your canter, and go on a trail ride to jump a fence in the open.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 4 Requirements.
Le Trec
| Grades 6-9 | Session 1 | Fee $785 |
Discover the world of Trec, one of the fastest growing equestrian sports that every horse and rider can enjoy. The emphasis is on having fun with your horse! The sport is made up of three phases: orienteering, control of gaits, and a cross country obstacle course. Participate in daily lessons that will teach you how to overcome various challenges in the natural environment.
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 4 Requirements.
Tally Ho! (Level 5: English)
| Grades 8-12 | Session 2 | Fee $840 |
Explore the world of hunter seat competitions and take both under-saddle and over fences classes, improve your equitation, and create a drill routine to perform. In addition to flatwork, take lessons on dressage, jumping, cross country and more! A horse show will be held at the end of the session- parents are welcome to attend!
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 5 Requirements.
Wild West Adventure (Level 5: Western)
| Grades 8-12 | Session 4 | Fee $840 |
Focus on Western Pleasure, reining and trail work. Sharpen your skills in gymkhana and O-Mok-See and practice timed events like barrel racing, pole bending, keyhole and a flag race! Develop your reining techniques from circles to flying change. A horse show will be held at the end of the session- parents are welcome to attend!
Special Instructions: Please click here for Level 5 Requirements.
Counselor-In-Training (C.I.T.)
| Be at least 15 years old and entering the 10th Grade | C.I.T. | Fee $595 |
Improve your leadership skills and learn about the needs of children in the camp setting. Explore the basics of developing and delivering camp program and camp operations. Spend some time working with younger children.
Advanced Counselor-In-Training (C.I.T.)
| Be at least 16 years old and entering the 11th Grade | Advanced C.I.T. | Fee $650 |
Focus on camp management and gain practical experience in various areas of the camp operation. Practice your leadership and program skills while working with younger campers. Must have completed C.I.T. or its equivalent.
Special Instructions: This program is by application only. Please visit the registration page to complete the online application and references for this program.
Apprentice Counselor-In-Training (C.I.T.)
| Be at least 17 years old and entering the 12th Grade | Apprentice C.I.T. | Fee $550 |
Find your place in camp. Use your leadership and program skills as you work under the supervision of camp staff, in units, or at your favorite specialty area. Carry out an individual project and learn more about camp management. Must have completed C.I.T. or its equivalent.
Special Instructions: This program is by application only. Please visit the registration page to complete the online application and references for this program.
Advanced Wrangler-In-Training (W.I.T)
| Be at least 16 years old and entering the 11th Grade | Advanced W.I.T. | Fee $650 |
Improve your leadership skills and learn the basics of horse care and teaching ground lessons. Explore the essentials of delivering a riding program, assist with lessons, theory, and program operations.
Special Instructions: This program is by application only. Please visit the registration page to complete the online application and references for this program.
Apprentice Wrangler-In-Training (W.I.T)
| Be at least 17 years old and entering the 12th Grade | Apprentice W.I.T. | Fee $550 |
Under the supervision of the Riding Staff, assist with beginning riding lessons and learn more about horseback riding program operations and management. At Skylark Ranch, help plan and present the advanced horse shows.
Special Instructions: This program is by application only. Please visit the registration page to complete the online application and references for this program.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
