Next RYLA: April 28 - May 1, 2011

Only 273 days to go!

The process for getting your club involved in RYLA is very simple. We have done our best to make the process easy to understand and implement.

  1. Your Club President must decide who is going to be the RYLA chair for your club. Once the President has chosen this person(s), then you must communicate to the RYLA 5240 staff all of the necessary contact information. This will be done on the Website beginning in 2008.
  2. Your Club must decide early in the Rotary year how many students it would like to send to this annual event. Since this is a budget item, it generally must be voted on or accepted as a continuing commitment. The cost per student is currently set at $350.00.
  3. Your Club must also decide if it can contribute to the RYLA 5240 Scholarship fund. Each year the event will grant 8 $500.00 RYLA 5240 Scholarships. The participation is voluntary. We are looking for contributions of $25.00 or more.
  4. Once your club has decided how many students they are sending, you must log on to the website and reserve the appropriate number of spaces and indicate the amount of the scholarship contribution.
  5. Your club must send in the payment for the event to complete the registration process.
  6. Select the students your Club believes are deserving of this honor. The District has provided some guidance with this selection process if you do not already have a selection process in place. A Student Selection Guideline document may be down loaded form this site.
  7. Discuss RYLA with the student’s parents, the school Principal, Teacher or Advisor. Make sure the school is aware of RYLA. Get approval for the students to attend.
  8. Once you have selected your students and 1st alternates, direct your first choices to the website to fill in their information. Do Not have the Alternates go online to register. Send a list of your selections, including designated alternates, to RYLA Admin admin@ryla5240.org. As students register online this list will serve as confirmation they have registered under the appropriate club name with reserved spaces. This process is mandatory and must be completed by the deadline in order to prevent forfeiture of your reserved spaces. This process confirms their acknowledgment of the behavior code, rules and timelines.
  9. Students must download the consent form, fill in and have parent/guardian sign then fax to Admin. This gives consent for various activities and is mandatory for a student's attendance.

Arrange transportation to/from the camp for your sponsored students by one of your Club's members, a parent, or other responsible adult. Please note, students are not allowed to drive themselves to and from camp. Any student that arrives in their own car will not be admitted into the camp. Student Drop Off Instructions and Student Pick Up Instructions are provided herein for download.