FAQs

Please consult the Parent Packet.

Your deposit is due with the camper’s application, and the balance is due by May 31.

For the sake of preserving the illusion of our being in a medieval village to the maximum extent possible, our preference is to avoid phone communications from home except in the event of an emergency or extreme homesickness. If you are worried and want to check how things are going with your camper, feel free to email our camp director at teach@sherwoodforestsummercamp.com or call 512-222-6680 x6.

We provide ample letter-writing supplies, postage stamps, and encouragement to campers free of charge! 

Yes! DO NOT include food, electronics, or weapons from any period in care packages. Disallowed items will be confiscated until the camper’s departure.

We will accept a form provided by your doctor, the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts of America, a school athletics program, or our own form that you may download here.

Yes.  We accept partial payments via credit card or ACH.  You can set that up in the final step of registration.

Yes, but this is a one-way communication.  You can fill out a form online that will resulted in a printed letter being handed to your camper the next day.  The link changes each year - you can find the current link on this page of the Parent Packet.

We have found that homesickness is something worried about by parents far more than actually occurs.  When we do have a homesick camper, we divert them from that train of thought with fun activities.  Campers are kept so busy that they rarely have time to be sad about being away from home.  Our experience has been that after that first night, even those rare cases of homesickness tend to go away.  However, in some cases diversion is not sufficient.  In those cases we do consult parents and will let the child speak to the parent if the parent deems appropriate.  Our hope is that if it gets to this point, the parent will verbally comfort the child and assure them that they need to stick with it and try to enjoy the rest of the week.  When a camper receives the impression from parents that going home early is not an option, that is usually enough for us to help them get back on track.

Campers who are staying multiple weeks will have their laundry done free of charge on weekends.

Unfortunately, no.