September 19, 2018 (Staff Orientation Day, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by staffer J. Davis (Advisor) Today is a day that the staff covers a lot of information regarding the logistics that help to make camp work smoothly. Just as importantly, it is a day that the staff starts to come together and gel […]
Margie: Session Retrospective (Myrtlewood 2018)
Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood Written by staffer Margie Sanderson Photo: staffers Rachel (left) and Margie (right) on Twin Day It’s been another fabulous few weeks of NBTSC! This year we piloted a 1-week option (as well as the usual 2-week experience) at our Camp Myrtlewood session. With a big group of campers and a wonderful staff, […]
Sadie: session highlights (Myrtlewood 2018)
September 2018 (Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) The prompt for this post, which is an audio transcription, was “What was a highlight of camp for you?” Camper Sadie shares: I made a friend who reminded me a lot of myself when I was younger. I feel like she brought out a part of me […]
Photos from Myrtlewood 2018
Just a few teasers from this session (Oregon Session 2, 2018 ~ at Camp Myrtlewood)… Watch for our official session album, coming soon to our photos page. assembling the new foosball table ~ photo by Skye P. photo by Skye P. speed dating ~ photo by Margie Sanderson Myrtle Creek ~ […]
Sabi: Night Hike (Myrtlewood 2018)
September 2, 2018 (Day 12, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) The evening event for Day 12 was left wide open for spontaneity at this session. We ended up having two separate and concurrent events–a Night Hike to Vista Point and a Karaoke Night back at camp. Here, camper Sabi shares about her experience on […]
Franny: Chopped! (Myrtlewood 2018)
August 31, 2018 (Day 10, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) Our evening event on Day 10 was “Senior Staff Choice.” Here our Kitchen Coordinator Franny breaks down what we decided to do and a bit of how it worked [transcribed from audio]: Chopped was a cooking competition. It involved our final-year campers cooking (in […]
Rachael and Wyatt: The Ramen Project (Myrtlewood 2018)
August 30, 2018 (Day 9, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) Projects are a staple of the NBTSC schedule at longer sessions. They meet for a couple hours over several days, and are a chance to go more in-depth with a topic than a single one-hour workshop allows. At this session we had 3 staff-led projects: […]
Sayali: The Concert (Myrtlewood 2018)
August 27 (Day 6, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) Day 6 was an action-packed final day for our 1-week-only campers. About half of the camp community started the morning by getting on a bus headed to the Oregon coast, while the rest stayed back to enjoy adventures around Camp Myrtlewood. At the coast, caves […]
Sierra: Arrival Day (Myrtlewood 2018)
August 21, 2018 (Arrival Day, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) written by camper Sierra On August 19th, I drove into camp with Sydney. Camp wasn’t going to start until the 21st, but Sydney had to come early for staff orientation. And instead of trying to find extra housing and transportation for two days, […]
June: Staff Orientation Day 1 (Myrtlewood 2018)
August 19, 2018 (Staff Orientation Day 1, Oregon Session 2 at Camp Myrtlewood) Written by advisor and project leader June Kinch (photo coming soon!) Travel to NBTSC is a bit simpler for me than most other staffers, since I live just a couple hours drive away, and it shows in my packing. I’m always grabbing […]