Camp E. W. Young, Chesapeake, VA

At a glance

School district: Norfolk City Public Schools
Grades served: No resident enrollment. Serves Norfolk Public Schools students by grade-level field programs: 2nd, 5th, and 6th grades during the school year; grades 3-7 in the Green STEM summer camp.
School type: Environmental / outdoor science education instructional facility (public, operated by Norfolk Public Schools); not a traditional enrollment school
Principal: Marquita Fulford (Site Coordinator)
Established: 1947 (renamed in honor of Eleanor White Young in 1947; camp originated in the years prior)
Mascot & colors: River Turtles

About Camp E. W. Young

Camp E. W. Young is a roughly 30-acre waterfront outdoor-education campground in Chesapeake, Virginia, operated by Norfolk City Public Schools. It is unusual among Virginia public schools in that it is an actual camp rather than a conventional building with resident enrollment; district students visit for hands-on, SOL-aligned science and environmental instruction. Second graders receive multi-day environmental science instruction (with a Nauticus partnership), fifth graders study shoreline stabilization and sixth graders study watershed and water-quality analysis through the Elizabeth River Project, and grades 3-7 may attend a free Green STEM summer camp featuring math enrichment, robotics, and field trips.

The camp traces its origins to Eleanor White Young, a Norfolk child advocate who organized community members to create a camp experience for Black youth from the city. The facility was renamed in her honor in 1947, the year after her death. The property, on a waterfront parcel in what was then rural Norfolk County, was originally purchased and run by the city before the school system assumed operation. The site sits along the Intracoastal Waterway at 145 Deepwater Drive.

Contact

Phone: (757) 547-4245
Office hours: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (student program hours approx. 10:30 AM / 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Official school website ↗

Data sources

Camp Young - Norfolk Public Schools (official site, homepage) — Facility type, site coordinator (Marquita Fulford), phone (757) 547-4245, address 145 Deepwater Dr, Chesapeake, VA 23322, office/student hours, mascot (River Turtles), grade-level programs2025-2026 school year link ↗
Camp Young - Overview / About Our School (official site) — History (Eleanor White Young, renamed 1947), waterfront setting, acreage, programs by grade, Elizabeth River Project & Nauticus partnerships, Green STEM summer camp, mission2025-2026 link ↗
NCES Common Core of Data - Public School Search — Checked for an NCES School ID / CCD detail page; no standalone school-detail record located for this facility2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Checked for a school profile; direct profile URL returned 404 (no rated-school profile exists for this facility)2024-2025 link ↗
DonorsChoose - Camp E. W. Young — Confirms affiliation with Norfolk Public Schools and Title I service; indicative (unverified for NCES) demographics — not recorded as authoritative dataundated link ↗

Figures reflect the Program/leadership details reflect the 2025-2026 school year per the official Norfolk Public Schools site. unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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