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What should I do if I accidentally registered for the wrong camp or wrong session?

Please contact the camp director a safetytown@newalbanypolice.org and request to have the registration moved.

Please Do Not register for another session as we will not offer refunds for multiple registrations.

What are the dates for Graduate Camp and where will camp be held?

Graduate Camp Dates

June 17-21 (8:30-12:30

No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Camp is held at the New Albany-Plain Local School Early Learning Center at 5101 Swickard Woods Boulevard New Albany OH 43054.

What are the requirements to attend Graduate Camp?

Graduate Camp will be available to all children who completed Safety Town the previous year and who are entering 1st or 2nd grade in the fall of the year attending camp.

Children must be able to sit still and quietly for up to 30 minutes while the teachers provide instruction in a classroom and while community partners do their presentations. Children not able to do both should not attend camp.

Camp registration will open for New Albany residents and New Albany Plain Local School District (NAPLS) families on March 2nd, 2024 and for non-residents on March 16th.

We will then open registration to all residents in neighboring cities on Saturday March 12, 2022.

Registration will remain open to everyone until Saturday April 2nd, 2022.

How do I register my child for Graduate Camp and how much will it cost to participate?

Once registration opens you can visit our website at www.newalbanysafetytown.org and click on Register Now in the top right of the site navigation bar. You will be asked to create an account and create a profile for each of your children before you select the camp session or, you can login if you already have an account and either select the child you want to register for camp or add another child who is new to camp.

Please be sure to choose the Gradate Camp not one of the the Safety Town Camp sessions.

Cost of the camp is $105 for New Albany residents and NAPLS District families and $120 for all families not residing in New Albany or who do not attend a New Albany School. The cost includes all instruction, classroom materials, camp shirt, bike helmet, tote bag, water bottle, bike light and 2 filed trips.

Who is eligible to attend Graduate Camp this year?

Camp will be offered to any child who meets the grade requirements (entering 1st or 2nd grade in the fall of the year they are attending camp) and who have completed Safety Town Camp the previous year.

Camp registration will open for New Albany residents and New Albany Plain Local School District (NAPLS) families on March 2nd, 2024.

We will then open registration to all residents in neighboring cities on Saturday March 16, 2024.

Registration will remain open to everyone until April 1, 2024.

Do I need to live in New Albany to attend?

No, however New Albany residents and New Albany Plain Local School District families will have the first opportunity to register. Camp registration will open for those families on March 2, 2024.

We will then open registration to all residents in neighboring cities on Saturday March 16, 2024.

Registration will remain open to everyone until April 1, 2024.

Sessions fill up fast so please do not hesitate to register. We will close registration this year as planned and will not be able to accept registrations after the planned close date. There will be no exceptions this year so that we can prepare to welcome campers in June!

Do I drop off my child or do I need to stay for the duration of camp?

We ask that all campers be escorted into the Early Learning Center. You will enter the building from the side parking lot entrance and walk your child to their classroom. You will meet your child's teacher and then leave you may leave. You will return to pick up your child from the classroom at the end of the camp day. You will need to sign him/her out with the teacher. You will have the opportunity to designate who is authorized to pick up your child during the registration process.

Are there make-up classes?

Unfortunately, there are no make-up classes. If there are handouts from a missed class, your child will be given them on the day he/she returns.

What if I want to register my child for Graduate Camp and do not see it online?

If you do not see Graduate Camp available as an option that means the camp is full and no longer available.

To save time when you register we recommend that you create or update your existing account ahead of time and either update your child's profile or create a new one.

May my child attend more than one session in the same year?

No. Your child may attend only 1 session per summer. Safety Town is an extremely popular program and each year all sessions fill to capacity. Moreover, we think that re-enforcement of the safety lessons taught during camp are best done the following year in Graduate Camp rather than in consecutive sessions the same year.