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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/encouraging-success-interview-mawi-asgedom
Encouraging Success: An Interview with Mawi AsgedomMawi Asgedom, a nationally recognized educator and author, will speak at the ACA national conference on February 13, 2013. Asgedom arrived in the United States in 1983 after escaping civil war in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/parents-these-days-are-your-communications-working
Parents These Days: Are Your Communications Working?“What am I supposed to do,” one camp director asked me, “with a mom who calls the camp every day of the session?” While such a wildly anxious mother may be rare (why did she send her child to camp if...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/facilitating-healthy-well-wise-camp-staff
Facilitating Healthy, Well, and Wise Camp StaffMolly couldn’t wait until the end of the summer camp season, and even though there were only three weeks left, she was tempted to quit. She loved the idea of working at camp, especially the camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kids-do-dumb-stuff-hidden-treasure-accidental-learning
Kids Do Dumb Stuff: The Hidden Treasure of Accidental LearningWhen I was four, I fell in love with Hot Wheels toy cars. My favorite was a drag racer with its own parachute. The chute clipped to the underside of the car with a pair of wire hooks. You packed the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-or-college-families-face-hobsons-choice
Camp or College? Families Face a Hobson's ChoiceIn the long run up to high school graduation, many camp families may face a Hobson’s choice of camp or college, as it may not really be viewed as a choice at all. And truth be told, that may turn out...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/duality-communication-information-sharing-between-parent-camp
The Duality of Communication: Information Sharing between Parent and CampIn the camp world, we encounter many hurdles, challenges, and unique situations in our efforts to provide a quality camp experience for children. Some children present with physical limitations,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/power-inclusive-camp-experience
The Power of the Inclusive Camp Experience“Why can’t I go, too?” He couldn’t say the words, but the look in his eyes conveyed the message clearly as he watched his sister bound from the car to join the other children heading to day camp —...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-managing-winter-risks
Risk Management: Managing Winter RisksThe risk management process provides a stable platform from which risk can be managed regardless of the season. In a way, the process is a compass, tried and true, on which we can depend as we...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-pig-fell-mud
Building Principles: A Pig Fell in the Mud . . .There’s an old joke that starts, “A pig fell in the mud . . .” and while mud at camp can provide a fine program opportunity, there’s nothing funny about mud tracking into all of the indoor program...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-investing-professional-development
A Place to Share: Investing in Professional DevelopmentFor my camp, the ACA national conference (this year in Dallas, Texas) is always the highlight of our winter. Those of us who are experienced (please note that I am avoiding the word “old”) can get...