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FIRST SESSION 2021 – INTER BOYS CABIN PHOTOS
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FIRST SESSION 2021 – SENIOR BOYS CABIN PHOTOS
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FIRST SESSION 2021 – LIT CABIN PHOTO
ContinueBest News Ever: all negative tests,
Yesterday we PCR tested every camper in camp. GREAT NEWS: EVERY SINGLE CAMPER TESTED NEGATIVE! Oh great joy! And we know our staff are all negative because we’ve been antigen testing them twice a week since they arrived at camp. Hurrah for the COVID precautions! And for all the parents who put up with them!
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Glass Half Full
We were worried that after so many months in isolation kids would come to us less resilient, lacking social skills, and higher maintenance than ever. But what we’re seeing is opposite: 99% of our campers are so thrilled to be here that even the most mundane aspects of camp are savoured and celebrated. To incentivize […]
ContinueSinging the Foodservice Blues at Camp…..
Camp is GREAT! Our campers are generally super-delighted to be here on the shores of Tepee Lake, doing the activities they love… together with their cabin-mates. It’s great, except when it’s not. And when it’s not has been in the area of foodservice. We’re really struggling with this, and it has impacted the speed, quantity […]
ContinueA great day at camp! It feels so normal!
All over camp there is happy shouting. It’s 8:40 pm. The Junior sections evening activities have just wound up and they’re having snack. The Inter Girls are playing Name That Tune (jumping in the water to swim a lap when they know the song) at the Girls Dock and the Inter Boys are playing Dodgeball […]
ContinueDear Mom and Dad
“Camp has been so much fun! I’ve been around people! My counsellors are amazing – I’m getting them to like me! Tomorrow’s the first day of activities and I’m so excited. I’ve been laughing and playing all day. At dinner it was like Covid had ended. The food was amazing! I miss you so much.” […]
ContinueBack in Action
In 2019 when I sat down to write the blogs I thought about the most notable things in the day to highlight. Today, however, it wasn’t anything special or unusual that made the day – it was the opposite: how NORMAL it was. Seeing the lake full of boats, kids walking around outside smiling and […]
ContinueThe campers are here!!!!!!!!
This blog is a shoutout of gratitude to our 200 camp staff We had been told by bunches of very smart camp leaders and consultants that everyone – campers and staff – would arrive at camps fragile and somewhat anxious due to the stresses of COVID. We saw this. The first few days of PreCamp […]
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