Inspired by Senior Camper Wisdom
June 20, 2019
The culmination of the Senior Camper program is a 3-day retreat in the last week of the program (week 3 of the third summer). During that retr...
Camp Champions Blog
Calls, Letters and Questionable Sanity
June 19, 2019
Our fellow camp directors think we are crazy. Some ask, “Why in the world would you trust a counselor to make an update phone call with a parent?” O...
Better than Resilient
June 18, 2019
OK, please forgive the more serious blog today, but this is a subject that I have been thinking about a lot (and am very excited about). The mos...
What's It Like to Be a Director?
June 17, 2019
Sometimes people ask, “What is it like to be a camp director?” This question has many variations. Some wonder about camper interaction, other...
Celebrating the Hearth (Our Fine Arts Center)
June 16, 2019
Three years ago, we completed a huge project: the Hearth. The Hearth is our Fine Arts Center and camp library. It has 5 studios, one dance hall, 200...
Learning "Teaming"
June 15, 2019
We did a fun team-building and design exercise with the oldest Senior Campers today: the Marshmallow Challenge. In the Marshmallow Challenge, te...