ACTIVITY AREAS

Activities areas are spread out around Main Camp with clear boundaries for safety.  They are separated by a one to five minute walk on trails through meadows and trees. Equipment is regularly checked for safety, sanitized between groups, and supply inventories are continually restocked.

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GROUPS

Groups of up to ten campers are arranged in advance by grade levels within a two or three grade range. Groups with first graders have a maximum of seven campers per counselor.  When requested on the registration form, old friends who are at the same or close in school grade level are placed together. Those who are coming to camp without a requested friend are all placed together in their own group, so it’s easier to make new friends.

GROUP COUNSELORS

Each group has its own well-referred kid-friendly senior staff group counselor who is always with their group of children and really gets to know each child within the group. There may also be a Counselor-in-Training with the group who assists the counselor. Campers develop Camp Spirit by working together to name their group, setting goals each morning and debriefing the day just before flag-lowering, and playing cooperative team-building games facilitated at the Challenge Course. At the end of every week, each camper is honored by their group counselor for positive traits or actions.

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ACTIVITY INSTRUCTORS

Each activity has its own specialized instructor or team of instructors who present safe, supervised and progressive instruction in a fun and supportive atmosphere.  Instruction and practice are individualized and geared toward the experience and skill level of each child within the different age groups.