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Choose a setting—both magnificent and filled with astounding natural beauty—that provides a backdrop for letting the school year pressures and busyness of modern-day life slip away.
Be a bellwether in times of tidal wave change—a throwback to simpler times—with open-air cabins, floating wooden docks, Old Town canoes, a bugler who marks the day with Reveille and Taps, only the moon and stars to illuminate the night.
Set the bar high—inspire our campers to develop a bold zest for living—to take chances in a safe environment, blossom through camaraderie and accomplishment and truly dare to be themselves.
Impart, always, with each instruction and each small act of friendship the essential values of sharing, creativity, cooperation, growing, effort, courage, responsibility, leadership, independence and spirit.
Emphasize in everything we do the twin pillars of individualism and community. These core concepts will benefit a camper for the rest of their life.
Organize everything under the guise of having awesome and outrageous fun–but never forget how serious the mission is. Whether it’s paddling a canoe or learning your part for the play, there is an underlying lesson that will be carried with you for years to come.
Build the Camp community small enough to know everybody by first name and to make close friends for life, while large and diverse enough to preserve a ton of choices as well to be rich in spirit and unique in experience.
Develop a series of challenges that can lead to small and large exploits that will stay with them for life and build upon themselves, day-by-day, week-by-week, enabling each camper to grow exponentially in their accomplishments and confidence.
Structure the days to enable increasing choice, challenge and responsibility, while choreographing the events to preserve their spontaneity and wonder. Organize the chaos!
Never lose sight of the power of the exception–of superhero day or the visit from the Russian ambassador–or of the comradeship of impromptu jam sessions, pick-up games, cabin shenanigans or just plain star-gazing.
Build around a core of educators & parents to provide excellence and continuity; surround them with those rare pied pipers who bunk with their campers, support them in their aspirations, mentor, and inspire them in meaningful moments of instruction and delight.
We will send your children home to you radiant with confidence and joy after having experienced nothing less than a life-changing summer. That is our promise to you. Noonway!
