Communicating with Campers

Please do not use the Mathcamp office phone, email, or fax to leave messages for individual students, except on arrival/departure weekends or in an absolute emergency. Instead, here are ways to contact your camper:

By email: Students will have daily access to a computer lab at Puget Sound and several computers in Anderson and Langdon, where they will be able to check their email. Students who bring their own laptops will also be able to log onto the UPS wireless network on campus.

By phone: Campers are permitted to bring cell phones and encouraged to use them to keep in touch with their families during camp. The landline telephone situation varies from year to year. We will let you know as soon as possible whether or not phone jacks will be live in students' rooms at UPS in 2012.

By mail: Please direct mail to:

Camper's Name
c/o Mathcamp
University of Puget Sound
Conference Services
1500 N. Warner Street, CMB 1093
Tacoma, Washington 98416-1093
Please do not send mail to students after July 25 from outside the US, July 30 from within the US.

A NOTE TO PARENTS: We often get calls from parents who are concerned that their child has not called or emailed home in a while. Invariably, the student is simply very absorbed in camp activities-- there is always a lot going on at Mathcamp. Our staff members do issue periodic reminders for all campers to call home, but it is up to you to impress upon your son or daughter the importance of keeping in touch. Be sure to talk to them before they leave and to agree in advance on the best times and frequency for contacting you.