ENROLLMENT OPEN NOW FOR RATA2EE 2026 SUMMER CAMPS!
Rata2ee, a 2025 Best of Detroit (Hour Detroit) Finalist for Best Summer Camps, offers a hands-on week-long cooking camp that teaches these basics: Knife Skills; Cooking Fundamentals, Food Science & Nutrition, Kitchen Safety, Proper Food Handling, Gardening Basics, and kids' yoga. This camp teaches a very scientific and holistic approach to healthy living. Children will eat 3 meals (making their own breakfast, a 3-course lunch, and dessert), so NO PACKING LUNCHES OR SNACKS FOR PARENTS!
The all-day camps teach strong character-building skills and is meant for kids entering 2nd through 5th grades. Kids should be able to stand for 90 minutes at a time (with 2 small sit-down breaks) and should be ok with playing outside during non-cooking times of the camp. Items each child needs to bring to camp: a 64-oz water bottle labeled with first & last name, 2 restaurant-sized to-go containers labeled with first & last name; a full size beach towel, and sunscreen. Camps run Monday through Friday, from 8:45 am until 3:30 pm.
Our Advanced Camps are ½ day camps meant for kids entering 6th through 9th grades (we are a little flexible on the max age-range for this camp, but strict about the minimum age). They are 3 hours each, one morning session from 9-12 pm that focuses on cooking and another afternoon session from 12:30-3:30 pm that focuses on baking. Sign up for one or both!
HOW TO REGISTER:
1. Go to the locations below, to get the phone number and/or registration website information. For Mara Montessori Collective: Laurel Mara (Rochester) & Sage Mara (N. Bloomfield Twp), you will register through us directly, at the link provided below. For ALL OTHER LOCATIONS, you will need to enroll through them and pay them directly.
2. AFTER signing up and paying them, all parents must create a log-in and password (for the link
shown at each location below), and fill out ALL information (sign liability forms, give permissions
for knife and stove/oven usage, and fill out allergy information). Please note, child will not be
considered fully enrolled unless we have this information within 24 hours of initial registration.
These camps sell out quickly!
*Please note, for those who would like advanced camps, but it is not offered at the location of your
choice: if you have a child who is older (going into 6th grade or higher) but needs to be in camp all day
OR loves to cook and doesn’t care there are younger kids in the camp, it will be allowed, and we will
give them extra duties; just talk with the admin at each location, and they will get you signed up.
A TYPICAL SUMMER CAMP DAY
*Please note, these are approximate timings and may vary per location (you will receive an email a few weeks before camp starts with information specific to your location)
8:45: Parents drop off kids - *please be patient, it’s a little hectic on Mondays, but the process gets smooth after the first day. If you are not the one dropping off, please make sure your designated driver knows this: at no point is it ok for someone to get out of their vehicle and confront our staff for not moving fast enough – we are doing our best to comply with school standards, which focuses on safe and secure drop-off & pick-up
9-10: Make a healthy morning snack (kids should have breakfast before coming, as this is a snack, not a meal)
10-11: Outside play time (some locations go on a nature walk if there’s a walking trail nearby)
11-12:30: 90-minute Cooking Lesson; kids make and eat a main dish, side dish and fruit salad
12:30-1:15: Lunch; kids go outside and eat the lunch they just made and learn food nutrition
1:15-2: Make and eat dessert
2-2:30: Learn Beginner's Gardening; Kids learn how plants grow and from where their food is sourced
2:30-3:15: Yoga; Kids learn yoga poses, stretches, breathing, and discuss very important life lessons
3:15-3:30: EOD Gathering; Kids gather their things and are brought to the parent pick-up area. Please wait in line and do not take your child until you or designated driver have signed them out at the designated pick-up area.
*Pick-up time is 3:30 pm on Mon-Thurs and at 3 pm on Fridays
2026 Summer Camp Locations, Dates and Pricing!
Laurel Mara Montessori (S. Rochester Hills / N. Troy)
Register online at: http://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingClassesAndCamps and pay via Venmo or text: 248-219-5752 to make payment arrangements by cash or check (only after enrolling at the link above).
Cost: $275 per child per week, plus $189 materials fee ($464 total per child).
Weeks of: 6/15, 7/13 & 7/27
Rochester Community House (Rochester)
Register and pay by calling: 248-651-0622 or at: https://rochestercommhouse.org/
Cost: $275 per child per week, plus $189 materials fee ($464 total per child).
Weeks of: 6/22, 7/6, 7/20 & 8/3 (sold out)
Sage Mara Montessori (N. Bloomfield Twp / S. Pontiac)
Register online at: http://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingClassesAndCamps and pay via Venmo or call 248-219-5752.
Cost: $275 per child per week, plus $189 materials fee ($464 total per child).
*Please note: Dates are subject to change due to ongoing kitchen construction. Please text or email for more info.
Weeks of: 6/22, 7/6, 7/20 & 8/3
South Hill Middle School (Bloomfield Hills)
Register and pay by calling: 248-341-5400 or at: https://www.bloomfield.org/community/recreation
Cost: $275 per week (paid to school) + $191 materials fee paid via Venmo @tonia-carsten (friends only – use confirmation phone #5752). Total: $466 per child
Weeks of: 7/20 & 7/27
Seaholm High School (Birmingham) – All-Day Camp (2nd–5th Grade)
Register & pay at: https://birmingham.augusoft.net/
Cost: $277 per week, plus $189 materials fee ($466 total per child).
Weeks of: 6/22, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20 & 7/27
Seaholm High School (Birmingham) – Advanced ½ Day (6th–9th Grade)
Register & pay at: https://birmingham.augusoft.net/
Cost: $200 per week + $130 materials fee ($330 total per child).
Week of 7/13–7/17: Advanced A (9am–12pm) – Cooking + Chopped Class; Advanced B (12:30pm–3:30pm) – Baking + Cupcake Wars
Lake Orion High School
Register and pay by calling: (248) 693-5436 or at: https://www.lakeorionschools.org/departments/enrichment-services/summer-camps
Cost: $275 per week + $189 materials fee + $8 admin fee ($472 total per child).
Weeks of: 7/13 & 7/27
Brighton High School
Register and pay by calling: (810) 299-3819 or at: View Registration Page
Cost: $275 per week + $189 materials fee + $5 admin fee ($469 total per child).
Week of: 8/3
Novi Middle School
Register and pay by calling: 248-675-3400 (opens for enrollment on 3/9) or online at: Online Registration
Cost: $275 per week + $189 materials fee ($464 total per child).
Weeks of: 6/22 & 7/13
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
Register and pay by calling: (313) 881-7511 or at: https://warmemorial.coursestorm.com/
Cost: $285 per week + $195 materials fee ($480 total per child).
Weeks of: 7/20 & 7/27
Kennedy Middle School (St. Clair Shores)
Register and pay by calling: 586-285-8483 or at: https://lsps.ce.eleyo.com/
Cost: $275 per week + $189 materials fee ($464 total per child).
Weeks of: 6/22 & 7/13