Camp Blog

Hi! I’m Avery, a lot of people here call me Ava. It’s my first time here in Vermont but I’ve been to the Oregon session twice before! On arrival day I was super excited to see the friends I had already met, I slept in the middle of the field with my best friends from […]

What a great session we had for 2023 NBTSC. Camp Myrtlewood was its usual dreamy paradise self. The weather was great. The smoke stayed away for the most part. The creek was full and refreshing. The staff seemed like a dream team and the campers were delightful. So many workshops and panels and conversations and […]

after a long night of being half awake on the couch, it was finally time to welcome the final day of nbtsc. i had spent most of my night chatting with friends, and signing directories. which are the yearbooks of nbtsc.   it took me a while to stuff my sleeping bag in my suitcase, […]

Hello! My name is Zoe JDP, I Unschool in New York City, and this has been my second year of NBTSC.   Today is the last day of camp. It was quite a slow and emotional day.    By the end of morning meeting, I was already crying. So many wonderful people and such a […]

Hello! I’m Alastar, I’m a second year camper, and this is my blog for the day – it will be mostly about the tree.     Today, I woke up telling myself I wanted to climb the tree a lot. So far, I’d climbed it 20 times this session. My goal was to climb it […]