Welcome to Summer Experience!

There are two ways for you to register for summer: online or by mailing in a paper form. Online is the easiest and quickest method to reserve a spot with payment. We are not able to accept registrations or credit card payments over the phone.

Online Registration:   

You can…

• Filter classes by grade, program title, or session
• View current class availability
• Pay by credit card or e-check

Step-By-Step

1. Visit www.columbusacademy.org/summer
2. Click online registration
3. Create and/ or sign in to your My BackPack account

If your child goes to CA, please use the same login credentials that you would for your student’s academic year account. If you are a returning SE attendee and have registered online before, you may use your login credentials from the previous year. There is an “I forgot my user name/ password” icon if needed.

4. Click Summer Experience/ ASA Registration
5. Click the Summer Experience (SE) REGISTRATION box
6. Click the link to begin a NEW 2020 SE Registration
7. Complete student biographical and medical information
8. Select classes
9. Pay online and submit

Paper registration form:

You may also register your child using the appropriate paper form found in our brochure at the end of each division section. These forms can also be found online to print off and complete. Please mail completed form(s) with check payment to:

Columbus Academy-Summer Experience
4300 Cherry Bottom Road
Gahanna, OH 43230

Pricing can vary depending on the program age, grade and division you are looking for. Camp fees are per week rates that start at a base price of $270 for a rising grade K-9 full day camper. Specialty camps go up from there as they are typically providing additional materials, field trips and/or program supports. For PreK, an average example for a full week, full day is $235.

Yes. Payment in full is required at the time of registration. Registrations will not be processed and a space is not reserved in any program(s) unless full payment is received.

Deadlines are May 15, 2020 for sessions 1-5 and June 19, 2020 for sessions 6-9. Cancelations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancelations made after the deadline date will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancelation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Refunds are issued in the form of a paper check and mailed out by our Business Office. Please note if your payment was made online with a credit card, convenience fees are non-refundable.

Lunch is provided for all Half +Plus (9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and Full Day (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) camps that are held on campus and is built into the price of the camp. CA will offer a hot main dish with two sides including vegetarian options as well as a salad bar, pasta bar and deli bar. We also do our best to accommodate all dietary requests/restrictions. Children are welcome to pack their own lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free.

Allergy policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free.

We encourage you to create an account through our online system. This will show you availability in real time. Any camp that is full will be indicated as such in red letters next to the program name title. This will also allow you to search for a particular camp by grade, program title or session.

Click here for more Summer Experience information and a full list of frequently asked questions.