September 21, 2018 (Day 1, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by camper Dealia The dawn is crisp and chilly, the fire in the souls of our campers is warm enough to fuel a thousand suns, but in the end, it is the soft bitterness of tea that soothes our throats; and hugs that warm […]
Julian: Arrival Day (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
September 20, 2018 (Camper Arrival Day, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by camper Julian The day I’ve been waiting for for a year has come to an end: the arrival day of my second year of camp. I accidentally showed up an hour early, so I was able to greet everyone as they arrived. […]
Babette: Staff Arrival Day (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
September 18, 2018 (Staff Arrival Day, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by staffer Babette (Advisor) I couldn’t sleep the night before I left for camp. In the midst of rechecking my packing list, I collapsed at 3am and arose at 5:30am to leave for the airport. This is a year of firsts for me: […]
J: Staff Orientation Day (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
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: […]