Health & Safety - Camp Shakespeare 2024

Whether this will be your first year with us or you are long-time returner to our Camp Shakespeare Family, we welcome you to a fun, action packed summer camp experience. We are excited to be back with your campers and are eager to be better than ever. We aim to follow all CDC, state, and local guidelines in regards to COVID safety at the time of Camp.

For COVID safety, we will be following guidance from the Kentucky COVID-19 Community Level site (https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19) as to recommendations for masking. As we are currently in a Green Status, masks are not required but always able to be utilized. We are still adhering to a deep cleaning protocol and should we enter Red Status, masks will become required for all camp participants.

If your camper shows any symptoms of sickness (COVID or otherwise) or has any confirmed exposure, then please let Camp staff know ASAP and keep your camper at home until testing can occur.

• Policies & Procedures

  • Staffing:

    • Staffing, Session Capacity, & Contact

      • 2 Instructors per Group 

      • 1 Camp Manager and 1 Education Intern

      • Site Contacts include Janitorial Staff, Receptionist, Administration, and Teaching Staff (usually not present during the summer)

      • For Globe Players- 1 Director, 1 Intern, Up to 20 students, and KY Shakespeare Office Staff at Kentucky Shakespeare’s Office

      • All staff will be asked to complete a full vaccine course before the start of Camp as long as they are able to do so with their health and have a full background check run on file.

  • Day to Day Procedures:

    • Check For Signs and Symptoms

      • We ask that all students and parents monitor their temperatures, potential symptoms, and possible outside exposures. Should any symptoms or exposures occur, the parent/guardian will be asked to keep the student home to monitor symptoms before returning to Camp and complete a COVID test. Please keep staff informed of any exposures, symptoms, etc. by emailing education@kyshakespeare.com.

      • Thermometers will be available at camp should there be a need to check temperatures at camp. If a temperature of 100.4 or above is reported during camp, then the student will be sent to a safe, isolated location and parent/guardian will be contacted to pick them up.

    • Safety Actions

    • There will be set regular intervals for hand sanitizing and washing for campers and staff.

    • Camp Staff will clean, sanitize, and disinfect frequently touched surfaces each day and a deep clean will happen between sessions.