No More Summer Camp Registration Rush: AcroSports is Implementing a Lottery System This Summer

A keystone of AcroSports’ decades long success has been the ability to listen to our community’s concerns about our programs and administrative processes. In that vein, we are taking on the unique challenge of meeting the high demand for our Summer Camps with a smoother registration process. To remedy what has been reported as an arduous process, we are moving towards a lottery system for our Summer Camp registrations effective for summer 2025. In short, your voice about your experience at AcroSports becomes our focus; you share, we care!
During the past several years of Summer Camp registration, we have consistently faced overwhelming demand. Last year, we had approximately 528 spots and 2,500 participants trying to register. Not only did nearly all spaces fill within five minutes of registration opening, but some of the most popular weeks reached capacity in under 30 seconds.
To address this ongoing challenge, we have thoroughly researched ways to create a more equitable registration process when demand far exceeds available spots. Through this process, we found that a lottery system is a widely used and effective method for ensuring fairness, reducing technical issues, and streamlining registration. After careful consideration, we believe this approach will provide a smoother, more equitable experience for all families.
Lottery registration for AcroCamp and AcroCamp Jr will open for two full days from Monday, February 24th at 10 AM through Tuesday, February 25th at 9 PM.
- We are structuring the process to support families who want their children to attend the same camp weeks.
- Additionally, each week of our Summer Camp program will operate as a separate lottery, ensuring all children have a fair opportunity to participate.
- During the lottery period, families will have the opportunity to add their child(ren) to the waitlists for as many weeks as they are interested in participating via the Parent Portal.
- After that, the lottery for all weeks will be conducted and participants will be notified of their confirmed enrollment.
See below for more important details. We look forward to trying out this new process and continue to welcome your feedback.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- Lottery Enrollment Dates:
Monday, Feb 24th @10am – Tuesday, Feb 25th @ 9pm - Announcement of Lottery placement:
Thursday, Feb 27 – Saturday, Mar 1
IMPORTANT LOTTERY DETAILS
- Lottery enrollment will be available via the AcroSports Parent Portal from Monday, Feb 24th @ 10 AM – Tuesday, Feb 25th @ 9 PM.
- New families should create an account before Feb 24th.
- All Summer Camps will be tagged in the parent portal as WAIT LIST. Add your child(ren) to all the weeks you’d like to attend.
- If you register multiple children in a week of camp, we will consolidate your lottery into one family submission. If selected for the week, all your children will be enrolled for that week.
- Please note, entering multiple children in the same week will NOT increase your chances of being selected. This ensures families with multiple children do not have an unfair advantage.
- Lottery registration closes on Tuesday, February 25th @ 9 PM.
- To ensure fairness, AcroSports will conduct a unique lottery for each of the 10 weeks of Summer Camp.
- Camp selection notifications will go out via email Thursday, February 27th – Saturday, March 1st.
- If your family is selected, we will automatically enroll your child(ren) in the respective weeks of Camp and notify you via email.
- You’ll have 24hrs to decline the space, otherwise you’ll be fully enrolled and charged.
- We will be limiting enrollment to 3 weeks per child.
- If you’re selected for more than 3 weeks, we’ll contact you to confirm your preferred three.
- Please review our Camp Cancellation Policy here.