Food & Packing Information

The following documents are helpful in menu planning and packing. All documents will be handed out and reviewed during the Trip Prep classes. During backpacking trips, students have the unique opportunity of cooking for themselves! For this 9th grade backpacking trip students will meal plan and shop for 3 days of food (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 3 dinners). SBMS will give students a 3 day food stipend. For the rest of the days, meals will be provided by Howland’s Retreat. Each student will be given an SBMS camp stove that they will cook with. They will eat with their cohort and will be supervised by their cohort’s staff and faculty. They will follow similar eating protocols that they follow at lunch on campus.

We have backpacks for the students to borrow for the Catalina trip. We will be fitting them on Monday, May 10 and Tuesday May 11.