https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rearview-mirror-driving-safety-camp
The Rearview Mirror: Driving Safety at CampA look in any rearview mirror will tell you a lot about where you have been, but little about where you are going. Unless, that is, you are driving at summer camp — where a quick look back can be an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unpacking-summer-camps-lease-hath-all-too-short-date
Unpacking Summer: Camp's Lease Hath All Too Short a DateAfter the last marshmallow has roasted, the last sunset has sunk, and the last tear has dried, the aftermath of a summer at camp often reveals itself in, well, less than expected ways. Sure, there’s...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indifferent-spectators-leadership-lessons-camp-beyond
Indifferent Spectators: Leadership Lessons . . . for Camp and BeyondReflecting on the hands-off (called laissez-faire back then) attitude common among Harvard College students in the late 1800s, senior class poet George Pellew wrote, “We deem it narrow-minded to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/after-deluge-part-iii-letters-my-campers
After the Deluge — Part III: Letters from My CampersHuck Finn enjoyed a rare opportunity to attend his funeral and hear what folks had to say about him after he faked his death to escape the confines imposed by the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/always-thank-bus-driverand-other-words-wisdom-all-campers-ill-never-meet
Always Thank the Bus Driver...And Other Words of Wisdom for All the Campers I'll Never MeetOn the occasion of my fiftieth birthday, I contemplated the unthinkable: retirement. Not that I am anywhere near ready to conclude my career, but I now know what before I refused to acknowledge: Some...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-agents-social-entrepreneurship-summer-camp-experience
Change Agents: Social Entrepreneurship and the Summer Camp ExperienceLessons on leadership abound in the summer camp environment. And as we know, leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Some are loud; some are quiet. One is bold; another cautious. Many seek to lead...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ready-set-go-how-camp-prepares-children-lives-success
Ready, Set, Go: How Camp Prepares Children for Lives of SuccessThe middle and high school years are filled with challenges, change, and promise. Perhaps more than anything else, parents hope that their children will be prepared to be productive and successful...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camps-update-whats-focus-phase-three
Healthy Camps Update: What’s the Focus for Phase Three?With eight years of the Healthy Camps initiative completed, the program recently launched its third phase of inquiry. The focus for 2015–2017 is the mental, emotional, and social health (MESH)...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-do-your-campers-really-feel-benefits-mid-session-evaluations
How Do Your Campers Really Feel? The Benefits of Mid-Session EvaluationsThe dreaded call comes the day after camp ends. A parent is calling to report that his child had a miserable camp experience because of a bully in their group, a mean counselor, or . . . (you fill in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pedagogically-speaking-part-1-how-schools-talk-about-what-camps-do
Pedagogically Speaking - Part 1: How Schools Talk about What Camps DoClinging to the position that camp is different and unique will isolate us unless we can speak intelligently about how camp is an essential complement to what young people do for the other ten or 11...