August 13th, 2010
This weekend Mercersburg Summer welcomes seventy-three incoming Mercersburg Academy students for Essentials for Excellence Camp(E4E). E4E is an orientation program that prepares new students for life at a boarding school, and more specifically life at Mercersburg Academy. I know when I first moved here I didn’t know a dog bone from a study guide, but I had the chance to peek in on an E4E session a couple years back, and it made a world of a difference. Now I’m the most sophisticated pooch around… well, I think so. E4E is the perfect opportunity for new students to get acquainted with the dorms, classrooms, technology, faculty, and traditions of Mercersburg Academy in a fun, summer environment. I know I’ll send my pups to E4E!
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August 9th, 2010
Summer 2010 was a ton of fun. I have met so many new friends as a result of three amazing sessions of Adventure Camp. Every day my ears still perk up thinking I hear the sound of the MAC camp song in the distance or the pounding of tables in the dining hall, but it’s only my imagination. I keep thinking that I smell a s’more cookout in the distance, but my nose is just playing tricks on me again. I suppose if I’m going to have a particular batch of smells caught in my sniffer, it might as well be those of adventure camp. The countdown is already on for Summer 2011, can’t wait to see you here again. If anyone wants to visit, you can expect this face to be welcoming you with open arms.
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July 27th, 2010
It is extremely hard to believe that we are almost halfway through the last week of Adventure Camp. What an awesome summer it has been. These canoers seem to be enjoying their time at Cowan’s Gap where the Great Outdoors have taken many a Mercersburg Camper. Canoers learn the basics of paddling, participate in relay races and have been known to conquer an obstacle course or two while at Cowan’s Gap State Park where the water is calm and everyone is comfortable getting their sea…. well, lake legs!
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July 27th, 2010
Young Writers Camp went on a field trip yesterday to HBP printing where they got to see how a work goes from an idea to a book! The great staff there gave the students, what had to be, an inspiring and eye opening tour of the print process.
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July 25th, 2010
Today we welcomed our Discovery Campers! We’re so excited to have them with us for this whole week. There are so many fun activities in store for them.
MAC campers are keeping busy as usual! We hit a bit of rainy weather today but that certainly didn’t stand in our way. Campers had a chance to climb, learn to pitch tents and hit the pool in their Great Outdoors. Never a dull moment!
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July 24th, 2010
Today MACsters we given a treat….two extra hours to sleep in! Around here that’s a big deal considering each day is jammed packed with activities. And although they woke up two hours later than usual, today was filled with plenty of activities.
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July 23rd, 2010
One of several Great Outdoor selections at Mercersburg Adventure Camp is Geocaching. Geocaching may seem like one of the duller outdoor activities but after an hour or so, it becomes clear that it is ever bit as interesting as horseback riding, kayaking, mountain biking, etc. On the full day, geocachers go to James Buchanon state forest and scour the landscape for caches left by others and even plant some of their own. Their is one thing this day is not, boring!
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July 23rd, 2010
A quick update on camp! Todays sunshine provided the perfect weather for our MACsters to head for the Great Outdoors. This time they got to spend a whole day with their activities- rock climbing, canoeing, horseback riding, wilderness skills and others. One of our camera crew was able to tag along with the geocaching group as they searched for buried treasures with handheld GPS units. The JACsters also had an event filled day with many activities including a slip n’ slide and obstacle course!
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July 21st, 2010
Walking across campus today I was lucky to stumble upon the Young Writers Camp engrossed in a trust building activity. At first, I found this scene a bit odd. However, the group’s facilitator, Michelle Poacelli, informed me that the group was getting ready to read their work publicly, one of the most vulnerable experiences one can expose themselves to, and this trust exercise was preparing them for their showcase. In the picture there is a girl with a blindfold and her teammates are guiding her through the train maze only using words, I hope she made it!
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July 19th, 2010
Today MAC and JAC campers had an action packed day! And the small bouts of rain didn’t hold anyone back from having an awesome fun time!
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