exploration vacation is a school age care summer program

Looking for a safe, enriching, fun-filled, and affordable summer program for your child? Exploration Vacation at Pathways for Children in Gloucester will provide a summer-long adventure filled with learning through play, fitness and weekly field trips!

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A colorful schedule poster for summer 2025 weekly themes, featuring nine themed weeks from June 30 to August 29, including topics like Orientation Week, Space Invaders, Jungle Journey, Ocean Explorers, Color Week, Pathways Engineers, Time Travelers, Island Adventure, and Super Hero Send Off.
A girl in a blue t-shirt and sneakers smiling while posing on a large gorilla statue outdoors, surrounded by green foliage.
A young boy smiling and climbing out of a swimming pool at an indoor aquatic center.
Four children wearing blue shirts are standing on a boat, holding onto the sail's rope and leaning over to raise the sail. A woman in sunglasses is standing nearby, observing.

Exploration Vacation Summer Program 2025

June 30 - August 29, 2025

9-Week Session*

Adventure awaits at Pathways for Children’s Exploration Vacation. Your child will enjoy different themes in each of the 9-week sessions.*

Schedule: Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Location: Pathways for Children, 29 Emerson Avenue, Gloucester.

Weekly Cost : $300 (Financial Assistance may be available and vouchers are accepted.

Eligibility: Open to any child in grades K-5, regardless of income or home town.

*To register for Exploration Vacation, participants must attend at least 8 of the 9 weeks.

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Students Have Enjoyed Field Trips to:

The staff at Exploration Vacation offer a variety of fun-filled field trips and educational opportunities. Some field trips we have explored in the past include:

  • New England Aquarium

  • Museum of Science

  • Stone Zoo

  • Schooner Adventure

  • Children's Museum

  • NASA presentation

  • Talent Show!

  • ArtHaven Workshop

  • Kestrel Education Adventures

  • Backyard Growers Workshop

    Subject to change.

A group of children and a young man posing in front of a dinosaur skeleton exhibit at a museum. The children are sitting on the floor and some are standing, all wearing matching blue T-shirts. The background features a nature-themed mural and the dinosaur skeleton appears to be a Triceratops.
Three stylized human figures in blue, yellow, and light blue with arms raised, surrounded by stars, celebrating unity or achievement.
Young child smiling in a swimming pool, wearing a red life jacket.
Children watching a large, white manatee through an aquarium glass.
A young girl with curly hair during the daytime, with an adult woman helping her walk on a grassy field near water, with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
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