I loved all my counselors because they listened to you when you felt homesick and always tried to help me solve my problems. They also made everything seem fun.
—Intermediate Camper

I’ve been living in Wellington, New Zealand for the last two and a half years and am now on my way back to camp. We’ve visited Bangkok, Hanoi, Vietnam and Cambodia, and along the way we’ve had amazing food, met lovely people, and cruised Halong Bay by boat. It’s been intense, exhausting, overwhelming and wonderful. We’re heading to Don Det, Laos, where the pastimes are hammock swinging, book reading and leisurely bicycle rides along the Mekong river. After Laos, we’re back to Thailand and then to the US. We’ll have about a week with my family and to recuperate from the jet lag before we’re onto the next stop of our adventure, camp!

This will be my 15th summer at Adirondack and I am excited to be back with all of my new experiences to share. After 6 weeks travel through unfamiliar cultures, languages and lands camp seems the perfect place to ground myself again. I am so looking forward to sharing an amazing summer with all of you, to be back in my home away from home and to have more adventures!

Noonway!
Gillian Menaker, Senior Girls’ Line Head

Our daughter is walking taller in all areas of her life right now. Being a CIT was hard work and she rose to the challenge. I am not sure she thought she could do it before she left. Now she has a solid portfolio of accomplishments to build upon. I am happy for her and her BIG summer away from home.

Parent of 2011 CIT

This year’s Rangers and CITs are in for a fun and busy summer, being involved in designing and leading the traditions and activities they love. As the oldest campers now, Rangers will contribute their own ideas as we plan special events, from Blue/White challenges to evening activities. CITs will become the figures they looked up to as young campers all those years ago. These role models will help set the tone in cabins and will work on their leadership and teaching skills as assistants in camp activities. They’ll leave camp with the skills and passion essential for being fantastic camp counselors, not to mention a summer full of fabulous memories.

Rangers and CITs, we hope you’re as excited as we are to see how you’ll make this summer at ADK the best one yet!

-Dexter and Elizabeth, Ranger/CIT Program Heads

Adirondack Camp would like to wish a huge Happy Birthday to all our alumni who have birthdays in the month of May!

Aaron Caudle
Abigail Dever
Alan Grant
Alec Russell
Alexander Borshkov
Alexander Kagle
Alexander Orange-Alvarez
Alexander Thornton
Ali Norton
Allison Ebersol
Alvaro Goldet
Amanda Clark
Andre de Chalendar
Anna Kerea Stinson
Audrey Warner
Ayiesha Perdomo
Balazs Laszlo
Benjamin Melick
Beth Solomon
Bexultan Alaidarov
Brad Weir
Bridget Bauer
Bridget Zakrzewski
Britany Goldberg
Cara Mahoney
Caroline da Cunha
Cassandra Martinez
Cedar Georgevich
Cedrik Lendal
Chester Slaybaugh, Jr.
Chris Santangelo
Christian Bishop
Christina Ward
Colin Dentino
Craig Wheat
Daniel Aristizabal
Danny Freeman
Danny Madden
David Hume
Deborah Bell
Demi Wasilko
Dennis Khodasevich
Ean Ryan
Ekaterina Kaftanova
Eleonore Denis
Eliza Brown
Ella Jourdain
Emilie Adams
Emily Kellam
Emma Hitchcock
Emma Rosso
Evelyn Fisher
Faith Marquesano
Fedor Motovilov
Gabriella Rostand
Gabrielle Brauner
Garrett Lee Menaker
Gene Mulrenan
George Barton
Grace Spelman
Hernando Ruiz-Jimenez
Hyungsuk Lee
Jacob Dabrowski
James Rosemond
James Marquis Oberwetter
James Warren Vaughn
Jason Strull
Jean Philippe Mai
Jenna Spitzer
Jeremiah Salomon
Jesus Tueme
JJ Morrow
John Clifford
Jonah Goldberg
Joseph Powers
Julia Granitz
Justin Singh
Kandit Siricharoen
Karina Shore
Kathleen Lapeikis
Kelly Anne Tully
Kian Mehrabani
Kishan Gandhi
Kyle Hill
Lauren Levanovich
Liann Hochfeld
Lida Stransky
Lily Wakelin
Mami Terao
Manuela Cardozo
Marc Deragon
Marc Gear
Marissa Scotto
Matthew Johnson
Matthew Lapeikis
Maxwell Lopez
Mckenzie Clark
Miranda Stefan
Miron Szewczyk
Mitchell T. Burhoe
Molly Donovan
Nadia Jafar
Nancy DiTullio
Nash Schott
Natalya Kaftanova
Nicholas Clark
Nicole Markow
Nikolay Wilen
Nina Jordao
Olexiy Shevchenko
Oliver Kagle
Olivia Sweet
Payton Somers
Peter Kernan
Philip Meachin
Philip Patrick Burgess
Rachael Brand
Rebecca Kagle
Robert Hoffman
Robert Millspaugh
Robert Nunziato
Rudy Perez
Sara O’Neal
Sarah Weissman
Scott Brennan
Scott Morton
Scott Zakrzewski
Seth Hochberg
Shantell Littlejohn
Simon Cowie
Stephen Bogdan
Stephen Meinhold
Suzanne Gobin
Tamerlan Bakhtiozin
Tania Trujillo
Tessa Demmerle
Thomas Sheridan
Torre Duffy
Travis Zissu
Vivi Tyurina
W. Tyler Nebel
Wells Hartman
Whitney Charbonneau
Will Stattman
William Weiler