Serve as a Co-Mayor for a week

Create a robust city infrastructure to handle residents’ basic and growing needs

Manage residents, policies, economy, budget

Deal with problems and the unexpected (natural disasters, crime, resources, budget crises) in an age-appropriate manner

Establish laws and justice systems – fun court cases bring many concepts to life

Develop public policy platform and campaign against an opponent

Role play as a responsible mayor as well as wear other hats

Cultivate confidence, leadership and public speaking skills

Develop critical thinking and analytical skills

Think out of the box, creatively and constantly on their feet

Problem-solve and make decisions in a fast changing environment

Work in teams, collaborate and develop interpersonal and social skills

1-week in-person camps suitable for grades 1-6

Grades K-3 and 3-6 are grouped separately and partnered age-appropriately, with different groups building their respective cities. The older kids are presented with age-appropriate, complex challenges and problem solving opportunities.

2-week in-person camps for grades 3-6 only

A highly immersive and in-depth experience which allows kids to solve many complex challenges and dig deeper for longer-term and sustainable city solutions. They develop an entire mayoral campaign towards the election for a 2nd term against a real opponent, who challenges the policies and long-term viability of their city.

NEW: 1-week age-appropriate Virtual Summer Camps

Young Mayors Online summer camp provides a creative social and learning environment. These moderator-led, highly interactive Zoom sessions will facilitate building, research, proposal writing, and group discussions. Kids will learn about many real-life, city-related topics in the context of a utopian city-building framework, as well as have run role-playing and living in a virtual world. A typical camp meets five times per week.

A new focus on role-play

Children will have an opportunity to choose from multiple city roles, undergo job training, wear the ‘required job hat’ (and appropriate associated accessories) and role play during a portion of the week to perform key tasks for their selected job.

A different theme/goal every week

Explorers, Gold Rush, Space Crusaders, Cities of Future (for kids who love LEGO robotics), Back to the Medieval Times, Minecraft and more….

For kids that love Robotics

The city-building experience presents many opportunities to build city-related Robotic elements (motorized cars, signs, doors, toll booths, etc.). We guide the kids appropriately to leverage mechanical, engineering, robotics and motorized components to make their cities animated and come alive!

We have been running our Bay Area summer camps successfully over the past 8 years in the SF Bay area. Our increasingly popular summer camps receive tremendous parent endorsements every year with glowing reviews. Many kids return for a 2nd and a 3rd year to our summer camps in Bay Area. For kids who have experienced the thrill of a serving as mayors in past summers, we are constantly adding many new themes and elements to make the camps even more exciting and super fun. Pl stay tuned for more exciting announcements for this summer’s updated program, but reserve your spot now, as our summer camps do get filled up!