2009 information for campers

(formerly--and also--known as "the camper handbook")

Dear campers and parents,

Hello, and thanks for registering for Not Back to School Camp 2009! In the pages which follow, we will try to address any questions you may have, and also to give you an idea of how camp works. Even if you (or your kids) have been to camp a trillion (or 5) times before, please read this stuff. (In previous years you received this as a paper booklet or a pdf file. We're interested in your feedback about the format change.)

If you have questions after your big reading project, feel free to contact us. We’re looking forward to being with you this summer!

Cheers,

Grace Llewellyn, Sarabeth Matilsky, Frankie Cruz, and co.

 

 

 

"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.” –Dawna Markova

 

Table of Contents

Essentials are marked with an *asterisk—we count on everyone to be familiar with these aspects of NBTSC and to prepare accordingly. You should also read everything else that looks like it might apply to you. We like it best when you read all of this information and show up ready to dive in!

Nuts and bolts

• *What we need from you and when we need it
  • *notes on health history form
    
  • notes on waivers and insurance
    
• *What to bring and what not to bring
  
• *Travel arrangements
  • *Oregon travel details
  • *Vermont travel details
    
• Lost and found
  
• How to contact us (staff, office, campers) during camp season

Camp life

• How to get the most out of nbtsc
• What camp days are like
• *The vitality project
• *The NBTSC approach to sleep
  • sample bedtime policies
    
• *Agreements, a.k.a. “rules,” a.k.a. how we do things at camp
  
• Teaching a workshop
  
• Talent shows
  
• The bliss book
  
• *Health, safety, and special needs
  
• Leaving camp part way through
  
• Shopping at camp
  
• Hair!
  
• Food
  
• Prom
  
• Group singing

For Oregon campers

• Oregon session 1: field trip to the ocean
  
• Oregon Session 2: projects
  
• Coming to both Oregon sessions?
  
• Dogwood cabin
  
• Camp Myrtlewood

For Vermont campers

• *Notes (smoking is difficult, naked people may appear, you may want to go on a field trip, and it’s very cold)
  
• Vermont Session 4: wild card week!
  
• Coming to both Vermont sessions?
  
• Farm and Wilderness

Opportunities

• Open houses and visitors
  
• Vermont worktrades still available for lifeguards
  
• Graduating?
  
• The media at NBTSC
  
• T shirt design contest
  
• Interactive nbtsc community website (wiki)