Best of 2024
Each year, ActivityHero showcases the top kids programs to our families searching for camps & classes.
Now until March 10th, families will be voting for their favorite kids’ programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Online, and Overnight Providers. Check out the 2024 Nominees!
New for 2024, nominees have been placed in categories and winners will be selected in each of the following:
- Best of STEM: Science, Coding, LEGO, Robotics, Math, Engineering
- Best of Outdoor & Nature
- Best of Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Multisport and team sports
- Best of Specialty Sports: horseback riding, biking, surfing, skateboarding, tennis, table tennis, martial arts and individual sports
- Best of Creative Art: Drawing/Painting, Digital Art, Maker, Cooking
- Best of Performing Arts: Music, Theatre, Acting, Dance
- Best of Language Arts: Writing, Foreign Languages, Public Speaking, Debate
- Best of Recreational & Games
- Best of After-School Programs
- Best of Private Schools
- Best of Overnight / Pre-College Programs
- Best of Online
To be eligible to win the 2024 Awards, businesses must be a provider of camps, classes, or pre-collegiate programs for grades K-12 in the United States.
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About the 2024
Awards
How to Win the 2024 Awards
Check your Profile
Make sure you have claimed and updated your free business page on ActivityHero.com.
Get Votes
Collect votes from families and friends between February 10 – March 10. Each vote equals one point towards top recognition in your category.
Be Positive
Every positive review submitted from families gets you 3 extra points towards top recognition in your category.
Prizes & Promotions
Winners in each of the ten categories in each location will win the following prizes, with top recognition for 1st place:
1st Place
1 Winner in each category
Spotlight feature in the Best of 2024 category email to families (Best of STEM, Best of Art, etc)
$500 in marketing credit that can be used on boosts or local spotlight emails
Featured positioning on the Best of 2024 blog post
Best of 2024 badge to be used for marketing purposes
Special feature on social media
Runner-Up
4 Winners in each category
Included in the Best of 2024 category email to families (Best of STEM, Best of Art, etc)
Included in the Best of 2024 blog post
Best of 2024 badge to be used for marketing purposes
Special feature on social media
2024 Nominees
If your kids program is not listed as a nominee and you would like to be considered, please submit your program information by February 9, 2024.
San Francisco Bay
Nominees
STEM (Science, Coding, LEGO, Robotics, Math, Engineering)
CodeRev Kids
The CoderSchool
San Francisco Math Circle
Futurebytes
Camp Galileo
Aviation Camp
Camp Integem
Kidizens
TechKnowHow
Firecracker Math
Kumon
Mathnasium
Outdoor & Nature
Bay Area Kids Camp (Cool Coyote)
Anderson Day Camp
BEan IN NATURE
Forest Bloom Outdoor School
Avid4 Adventure
Hidden Villa Farm
Kennolyn Camp
Oakland Zoo Camp
Monkey Business Camp
Tribal Wisdom Academy
Trackers Earth
The Riekes Center Nature Camps
The Curiosity Lab
Sports
Coach Ken Soccer
Light Soccer Camp
Peninsula Youth Soccer Club
Kids FanBase
Dave Fromer Soccer
Legarza Kids
Legends Baseball
Future Star Baseball
Next Level Sports
Spartans Sports Camps
Bald Eagle Sports Camps
LEMO U
Team NorCal Lacrosse
i9 Sports
Specialty Sports
Kids Dojo
Fremont Table Tennis Academy
Academy of Fencing Masters
Chaparral Ranch
Euro School of Tennis
Bay Club
Kim Grant Tennis Academy
Roughing It Day Camp
Maximum Fencing Club
Wheel Kids Bicycle Club, Inc.
Dogpatch Paddle
American Swim Academy
Peninsula Swim School
Sk8 Gym
Silicon Valley Fencing Center
Skateworks
Skate Like a Girl
Golden Gate Skateboarding
Creative Arts
CD’s Art Studio
Art School of SF Bay
Young Art
Maker Studio Kids
And Sew We Grow
Maker Nexus
Creative Art & Clay
Marvego’s Art
Sugar N Spice
Taste Buds Kitchen
Young Builders Palo Alto
The Camp Couture
Art with Jenny
Performing Arts
Rock Band Land
The Dance Affair
Cole Arts Camp
Petits Pas
Dance Mission
Steppin’ Out Dance Studio
Mr. D’s Music Club
School of Rock
Alameda Ballet Academy
East Bay Dance Center
San Carlos Children’s Theater
San Francisco Rock Project
J ACE J MUSIC
Principal Creative & Performing Arts
CMT-Children’s Musical Theater San Jose
Language Arts
Aventuras
France Ecole
Su Yun’s Chinese Learning Center
Communication Academy
Kid Power Academy Coaching Center
École Bilingue de Berkeley
Palo Alto High School Speech & Debate
Shu Ren International School
La Scuola International School
Terra Camps
Immersive Beijing Learning Foundation
Recreational & Games (Variety)
Gamelandia
The Game Academy
Steve & Kate’s
YMCA of Silicon Valley Summer
India Community Center Camps and Classes
Run for Fun Camps (Adventure & Sports)
Growfit
King’s Camps & Fitness
Secret Agent Squad
Open Mind School
Anderson Day Camp
Early Childhood Matters
Campbell’s Park and Rec Day Camp
Private Schools
Chronos Academy
Stratford School
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School
Hillbrook School
The Carey School
Convent & Stuart Hall
The Harker School
Head-Royce School
Town School for Boys
Castilleja
Almaden Country Day School
Escuela Bilingue Internacional
After-School Programs
Little Champs Learning Center
Palo Alto Community Child Care
Best in Class Education
Genius Kids Club
CAM Educational
Missions Graduates
Richmond District YMCA
Mariposa Kids
Flex College Prep
Los angeles / Oc
Nominees
STEM (Science, Coding, LEGO, Robotics, Math, Engineering)
CodeRev Kids
The CoderSchool
CodeNinjas
PlanetBravo
BrainStorm STEM Education
Digital Dragon
Rolling Robots
Destination Science
Professor Egghead Science Academy
Outdoor & Nature
Camp Del Corazon
Everwild
Camp Awesome
Camp Wildcraft
HawksLA Summer Camp
Los Angeles Arboretum Nature Camp
Camp Manu Kids Survival Camp
Nature School LA
Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
Heal the Bay Aquarium Camp
Cali Camp
Heart Rocks Forest School
Sports
Spartan Allstars
Euro Star Soccer Academy
Soccer Shots OC
LA Galaxy Youth
SoCal Youth Sports
South Coast Soccer Academy
MADE Baseball
Mark Cresse Baseball
Coach Ballgame Baseball
TGA Sports
Momentous Volleyball Club
Breakthrough Basketball
Los Angeles School of Gymnastics
Specialty Sports
Upstander Kids Anti-Bullying
Freedom in Motion Gym
Shreducate Academy
Tiny Tees Golf
Devil’s Gate Wrestling
Sunrise Surf Academy
Aqualand
Club Champion Gymnastics
Oaks Sports Camps
Aqua Surf
Learn to Surf LA
Traditional Equitation School
Creative Arts
Kids Artistic Sense
Robertson Art Zone
Waverly Kids Cooking School
Averyboo Arts
Image Bearers Arts Academy
Pinot’s Palette
Design Hive
Sprinkled
The Artsy Wagon
The Artist Lab LA
PAINT:LAB
SOCAPA Summer Arts Camp
Performing Arts
Laguna Niguel School of Music
Young Stars Theatre
School of Rock
Upstage Theatre School
Summer Acting Camp
YADA (Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts)
TADA Stages
Santa Monica Playhouse
Act One Theatre Camp
A Noise Within
Play by Play Sports
Script School
Language Arts
Intiwasi Spanish Immersion
Kallpachay Spanish Immersion
Harvard-Westlake School
Writopia Lab
Learn Spanish with us
Teach Communications
Adventures in Writing
Pasadena Language Center
Cultural Bytes
Recreational & Games (Variety)
Fundamental Chess Academy
YMCA of Greater Los Angeles
Steve & Kate’s
Fitness by the Sea Beach Camp
Center for Early Education
Gan Izzy Ranch Camp
Got Game Camp
Tom Sawyer Camp
Camp Kids Klub
Los Angeles Zoo Camp
Camp Wildfolk
Private Schools
Brentwood School
St. Frances of Rome
Crossroads School for Arts and Science
Westridge School
Tree Academy
San Gabriel Christian School
After-School Programs
Parker-Anderson Enrichment
Scholars Collective
AfterSchool Planet
LA’s BEST
Star Education
Los Angeles Boy’s and Girls Club
Santa Monica YMCA
Studypage Learning Center
online Nominees
Afficient Academy
Pretty Pony Pastures
Nimmy’s Art
Enthuziastic
Discover Science Center
Overnight and
Pre-College Nominees
Pali Adventures
Digivations @ Cornell University
URJ 6
Canyon Creek
Rim Rock
Camp Alonim
Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp
Catalina Sea Camp
Chrysalis Girls Adventures
Camp Lake Hubert
Education Unlimited
Woodward Camps
Summer Discovery
Science Camps of America
2023 Award Winners
SF Bay Area
Winners
Aventuras – 1st Place
Young Art – 2nd Place
Maker Studio Kids
And Sew We Grow
Little Champs Learning Center
Bay Area Kids Camp
Los Angeles /OC Area
Winners
Camp Del Corazon Inc – 1st Place
Upstander Kids – 2nd Place
Intiwasi Spanish Immersion School
Parker-Anderson Enrichment
Scholars Collective
Sunshine International
Other U.S. Locations
Winners
Pretty Pony Pastures – 1st Place
Nimmy’s Art – 2nd Place
Enthuziastic
Script School
Digivations Institute
Marketing Toolkit
We are excited to have you participate in the ActivityHero Best of 2024 Awards and want to help you make the most of this promotion. You can use the linked creative assets on social media, email marketing, or on your website.
To have the best possible chance of winning, take a few minutes to rally your fans now, and send at least 2-3 reminders throughout the voting period of February 10 – March 10, 2024.
- Send email to present and past families who’ve attended your program.
- Share the voting link with friends, family and groups you belong to.
- Posting on social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc). Encourage your followers to like and comment when they vote to increase visibility on your social media.
ActivityHero will be promoting the Best of Awards through email marketing, social media and our blog. Tag @activityhero on Facebook and Twitter, or @activity_hero on Instagram and we will also share your posts to generate excitement!
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the contest rules & eligibility requirements?
Eligibility: To win the Best of 2024 Award, the business must provide children’s camps, classes, or activities at locations in the United States for not less than six months. The business must meet a minimum quality review score.
Rules: Each vote between February 10-March 10 will be one point. Positive reviews submitted during the voting period will be three additional points. Each person can vote once per provider. Providers can only win in one Best of 2024 category.
Votes will be audited for spam and repeated submissions.
What is the timeline for the contest?
The ActivityHero voting begins February 10, 2024 at 12 PM Pacific Time (PT) and ends March 10, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Winners will be announced by March 26, 2024.
How do I earn points?
During the Voting Period, all persons who are eighteen (18) years or older and have a valid email address will be eligible to vote for providers that offer children’s camps, classes or activities in the United States. Limit: One (1) vote and one (1) customer review per person per provider.
Each vote generates one (1) eligible entry for the Provider Entrant and corresponding Voter Entrant. Each customer review generates three (3) eligible entries for the Provider Entrant and corresponding Voter Entrant.
How are Winners determined?
Winners will be selected by total points earned during the voting period. Top 5 businesses in each category will receive the Best of 2024 badge, with top recognition for the 1st place winner. Businesses must meet eligibility requirements to receive the badge, regardless of total points earned.
How will I know if I won a Best of 2024 Award?
The names of the Winners will be announced before March 26, 2024.
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
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