Typical Schedule

Typical Week at Camp

• Sunday- We have a staff meeting at 11am to prepare for the incoming campers. Campers arrive around 2pm. Staff meet their campers, play name games, and go over a basic orientation to camp. After dinner we have an opening campfire where staff introduce themselves and teach songs. 

• Monday- Campers participate in various activities depending on their programs (When campers sign up for camp, the register for a specific program. Programs are based around activities). In the evenings everyone comes together for a big camp wide game or activity, such as song wars or a carnival. 

• Tuesday- Campers participate in more activities. Tuesday is a common day for programs to go on off camp trips such as canoeing or caving. 

• Wednesday- Campers participate in more activities. In the evening, instead of having dinner in the dining hall, programs cook their meal over a campfire. 

• Thursday- Campers participate in more activities. In the evening, after dinner, we have a closing campfire ceremony. For the closing campfire ceremony, campers perform a song or skit about their week at camp. 

• Friday- Campers participate in some final activities and pack to go home. Depending on schedules we may have another camp wide game or activity. Campers have an early dinner of pizza around 3pm, and they start leaving to go home around 4pm. Staff clean up camp. Once camp is clean we have a brief staff meeting, and then staff are dismissed for the weekend around 7pm. 

• Saturday- Day off for staff, we usually have at least one van that will go into town so that staff are able to get off camp. 

Weekend Shifts

• We have four weekends where we have campers on camp. All staff (except for Kitchen/Facilities and Commuters) will work a shift one of those weekends. Staff will have a say in what weekend and what shift they work, staff hired late may have less options. The week before or the week after, staff will have an extra night off to make up for the weekend shfit. 

Typical Day 

• 7:00 AM Counselors wake up the campers and make sure they know what they need for the day. 

• 7:45 AM Morning flag Ceremony

• 8:00 AM Breakfast

• 9:00 AM Morning activities start. Programs might go to the pool, archery, arts & crafts, etc.

• 12:30 PM Lunch

• 1:30 PM Afternoon activities start

• 5:45 PM Evening flag ceremony

• 6:00 PM Dinner

• 7:15 PM Evening activities begin, this could be a camp wide activity, or a program might do something on their own like a night hike or stargazing.

• 9:00 PM Usually around this time, campers start to get settled into bed.

• 10:00 PM At least one counselor does a first bed check an hour after the campers have quieted down. They make sure that all campers are in bed. 

• 11:00 PM At least one counselor stays up to do a second bed check two hours after campers settle down. Once the second bed check is done, staff head to bed. 

• After 10:30 the Leadership team starts Night Rounds, in which they go to every unit and check in with the staff, making sure everyone has the right number of campers. One staff member will need to stay up for this if it happens after second bed check.