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THEY’RE HERE!!!!
We could not have asked for a more beautiful day in Algonquin Park to greet our 2016 campers!!! Despite the holiday weekend traffic, all of our campers have arrived safe and after a delicious dinner of spaghetti, caesar salad, and brownies for dessert (our new chef Steph is off to a great start!) are getting […]
ContinueSaying Goodbye your Campers….
A Summer Camp Lesson: Good-bye, and Go Away, Thank You Very Much Dropping a kid off for camp can test a parent’s resolve. But standing back to let a child develop autonomy is one of the most important things a parent can do. by JESSICA LAHEY in The Atlantic Three years ago, when he was […]
ContinueCamp is my happy place
I was driving down the camp road on Sunday, en route to camp for the summer. For most of my 66 years I’ve driven down this same road, and every time I do it, the feelings are the same: Exultation! Big word, big feelings. I am a round peg in a round hole. When people […]
ContinueWhy young adults should be camp counsellors
My oldest and dearest friend was my counselor at camp when I was 14. And not an easy 14. I was deep in the slough of my parents’ acrimonious divorce. Our cabin was not easy, we liked to rebel, and we didn’t make anything easy on her. This young woman, who didn’t ask to work […]
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Why Overnight Camp?
We hear more and more about the pressure on kids (and accordingly parents) to get a head start on university and career-building activities instead of good old fashioned outdoor play. Although there is actually a lot of compelling evidence coming out that camp in fact DOES provide kids with the skills they’ll need to survive […]
Continue“Anyone who has been to Algonquin Park, will be disappointed when they get to heaven.” Ralph Bice
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What We REALLY Learn from Activities at Camp
By Jonathan Newman In August of 2011, I stood in the middle of the Main Lodge and looked out at the crowd of around 500 campers and staff. My heart was pounding through my chest and my palms were drenched in sweat. It was […]
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Homesick AND Happy
Now is the moment of the great Canadian camp jitters. Kids who’ve signed up for camp for the first time are having their oh no, this is REAL moment. Their stomachs plummet like an elevator in free-fall, as the warm weather and the deluge of camp emails make the reality of camp sink in. Some […]
Continue2017 Camp Dates!
We know it seems premature, but many of our families have told us they need to start planning for next year, so here are the 2017 camp dates: First Session: June 29 – July 25 Junior Camp July: June 29 – July 12 Second Session: July 27 – August 21 Junior Camp August: July 27 […]
ContinueSherry Turkle on How Screen Time Changes Kids… for the Worse
Sherry Turkle, PhD, is the author of Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, was released in 2015 and investigates how a departure from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity — and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us recover lost and valuable skills. What got you interested in tackling in […]
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