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Camp Pathfinder: Middle School

Swift Creek Middle, 325 Norris Rd, Clayton, NC 27520

About Our Camp

At Camp Pathfinder, middle schoolers enjoy a summer of increased confidence, a structured environment with limited technology and lots of friends. Middle school campers spend the day swimming, creating crafts and art, playing sports like kickball, pickup basketball, and soccer and playing games like gaga ball and capture the flag.

They also have opportunities for team building, special guests and age-appropriate projects. Read more about a typical day at YMCA Day Camp.

Location

The Poole Family YMCA is excited to offer Summer Day Camp at Swift Creek Middle School. 

Summer 2025

Theme Day Date Time Prices Ages

Join us as we enter a Jurassic Adventure. This week we will be learning all about dinosaurs.

Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
May 27 - May 30 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$177 PP:$177 12 - 14

Join us as we enter a Jurassic Adventure. This week we will be learning all about dinosaurs.

Get ready for a week of wet water fun!

Mon - Fri
Jun 2 - Jun 6 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Get ready for a week of wet water fun!

Get ready to test your strength, endurance, and brain power as we prepare for the 2025 Pathfinder Games.

Mon - Fri
Jun 9 - Jun 13 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Get ready to test your strength, endurance, and brain power as we prepare for the 2025 Pathfinder Games.

This week we will be learning all about our local real-life superheroes! Let's learn about what makes our area so special.

Mon - Fri
Jun 16 - Jun 20 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

This week we will be learning all about our local real-life superheroes! Let's learn about what makes our area so special.

Getti Up cowboys and cowgirls! We are headed out west to start this big adventure.

Mon - Fri
Jul 23 - Jul 27 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Getti Up cowboys and cowgirls! We are headed out west to start this big adventure.

Spend the week with us celebrating the USA.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Jun 30 - Jul 3 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$177 PP:$176.99 12 - 14

Spend the week with us celebrating the USA.

Let's see all the talent we have at Camp Pathfinder. This is the week to let your talents shine bright!

Mon - Fri
Jul 7 - Jul 11 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Let's see all the talent we have at Camp Pathfinder. This is the week to let your talents shine bright!

Take a deep dive as we learn all about other countries in our world.

Mon - Fri
Jul 14 - Jul 18 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Take a deep dive as we learn all about other countries in our world.

Join us for a wet filled week of fun!

Mon - Fri
Jul 21 - Jul 25 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Join us for a wet filled week of fun!

This week is full of competition between our campers and camp staff!

Mon - Fri
Jul 28 - Aug 1 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

This week is full of competition between our campers and camp staff!

Travel back in time to revisit some of our most camp favorite memories.

Mon - Fri
Aug 4 - Aug 8 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M:$221 PP:$221 12 - 14

Travel back in time to revisit some of our most camp favorite memories.

Camp Pathfinder FAQs

We swim every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Heather Hills Pool in Garner.

Kona Ice will be onsite every Friday from 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Campers who wish to purchase a snow cone should bring $3 - $6.

Camp 3 (Middle School) goes on field trips every Friday. Campers should be dropped off by 9 a.m. in order to make it on the bus which will leave around 9:30 a.m. Campers will return to camp by 12:30 p.m.

At Camp, Character Matters

At YMCA Summer Day Camp, campers earn beads for exemplifying our five character traits: Honesty, Respect, Caring, Responsibility and Faith. Campers can earn beads daily by being a good friend, picking up after themselves or leading a camp prayer.