https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capture-magic-middle-school-campers

When the recent "Great Recession" hit in 2008, it changed the attitudes and enrollment behaviors of many camps' clientele. But around that same time came another defining moment that has changed how...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sos-youth-risk-seven-survival-skills-summer-camp

Our Nation is at risk. At least that was the opening salvo of an April 1983 report from the National Commission on Excellence in Education. The document, which covered everything from prosperity...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-kids-real-real-world

There's a summer camp where kids do whatever they want, with whomever they want, all day long, as long as they aren't physically endangering anyone or putting anyone down. There are no bed times....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leading-tomorrow-september

The fall season, for our association, marks a time similar to the first days of staff training. It is a time of bonding when veteran camp leaders are excited to share their stories of the season and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/education-global-citizenship-role-summer-camp

What is global citizenship and why promote another seemingly bookish concept into a summer camp program? There are good reasons: positive youth development, influx of multicultural young people...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leading-tomorrow

  It was the first night. Somewhere in the middle of the wilderness in the intermountain west, I lay in a tent with two other teenagers tossing and turning next to me. In tents around us...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-superman-teach-campers-wear-cape

Staff training? Check. Nametags ready? Check. Ready to do a great job? Check. Campers are here? Check. It is my first day of camp and I am ready to put everything they taught us into action. I will...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-great-camp-counselor-act-one

You’re the head of baseball and softball at a prestigious summer camp in New England. It’s week four of the seven-week session and one of your counselors, Jason, is still struggling to connect with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/homesickness-it-isnt-just-campers

With technology, there is simply more to miss. Here are some tips on how to get through it. One of the more interesting challenges borne of this era of connectedness and technology is that camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/raising-bar-case-quality-outdoor-education

Outdoor education is not a very large industry, but certainly an important one. There is great diversity in how outdoor educators approach their missions, but we have much in common. We do not pursue...