Overnights & Trips

Important Trip Notes

Campers will arrive at their normal time on Wednesday morning. Please ensure they have a water bottle and lunch for Wednesday. Staff and campers will provide, plan, and prepare all remaining meals while on their excursions. Campers and staff head off on their trip on Wednesday morning. Off-campus trips return to Hale on Friday morning. All campers are sent home on their buses Friday afternoon.

Overnights offer fantastic opportunities to build relationships, learn skills, and explore. We hope every camper can attend since multi-day experiences are an exciting and important element of Adventure Camp. 

• The overnight Packing List is on this site. Please remember to send one lunch, a water bottle, and normal camp supplies, as well as items on the List. 

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• Important notes to consider:

• Please bring:

• Medication: We must know all of your camper’s needs, allergies, medications, inhalers, etc. Even if they normally would not take medication at camp, they may need it overnight. Any medications we might need to administer must come to camp in their labeled medication bottle along with an authorization form.

• It gets cold in the evenings in New England. Bring warm layers!

• Sleeping bag

• Flashlight

• Book, playing cards, etc.

Please do not bring:

• Cell phones, smart watches, gaming devices - cell phones are taken away from campers for overnight experiences of any length. Over the summers, phones have caused more issues than have helped. We want our campers to engage in the moment fully, have experiences with their peers, and bring their full attention to the trip. This helps our campers disconnect to connect!

• Candy and sugary drinks

Circumstances such as homesickness can and do occur. Camp staff members on overnights will help campers learn to cope with homesickness, and we hope you will partner with us to ensure your camper completes their overnight experiences. You are always welcome to call the camp office and get updates or have us pass a message on to your camper, but the expectation is that they will not have direct contact with you during overnights. We appreciate you setting this expectation with your camper before the trip begins.  If, for any reason, your camper does need to be excused and picked up from their overnight, you will be notified before 5 PM as we do not contact parents after this time. All staff members have the Adventure Camp Director's personal phone number, so he may be reached when needed.

If, for any reason, your camper is unable to attend an overnight, please email adventurecamp@hale.education.

My Camper will not be participating in overnights:

If your camper is not going to participate in overnight experiences, your camper must use the bus to go home at the end of the camp day.