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Norfolk City Public Schools · High School · Grades 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.

Camp E. W. Young

145 Deepwater Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23320 · Home of the River Turtles

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No VaHome School Score: the Virginia DOE publishes no SOL test data for this school (alternative, specialty, or career-center program). Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE (sources cited below). Verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

Camp E. W. Young phone, hours & mascot

Phone
(757) 547-4245
Hours
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (student program hours approx. 10:30 AM / 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
Mascot
River Turtles
Principal
Marquita Fulford (Site Coordinator)
Address
145 Deepwater Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23320
Official school website ↗

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
Established
1947 (renamed in honor of Eleanor White Young in 1947; camp originated in the years prior)

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.

Data sources

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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