Summer 2025 Dates:
Ages 6-8:
Monday-Thursday (4 days) July 14-17, 2025
8am-5pm
$360
Ages 14-17:
Monday-Friday June 9-13, 2025
9am-5pm
$400
Ages 9-12:
Monday-Thursday June 16-21, 2025
Monday-Thursday August 18-22, 2019
Cost: $400 ($200 deposit) $200 due first day of camp via cash or check
100% refund of deposit for cancellations 1 month prior to the first day of your scheduled week of camp.
50% refund of deposit for cancellations that occur within the month leading up to the first day of camp.
What to Bring:
Trail worthy bike and helmet
Swimsuit, towel and wet bag
Your own lunch and snacks
Please wear hard-toed shoes in the morning for use in the workshop. Boots or durable tennis shoes are ideal. Sandals are not protective enough, but helpful for the beach.
Location: TBD. I am considering a few different options and will update you as soon as I have confirmation. Due to the tools and materials involved in operating ABC, we won’t be able to use the SOMA space which was so wonderful for CAMP. I am however, very excited about the alternatives I’m looking at.
Schedule: We usually set a rough schedule every morning and adapt it as the day, project focus, and discoveries unfold. We take some kind of midmorning break, a lunch break (around noon,) and a swim each day. Break time is for free play, exploration, quiet time, and time to get recharged.
Food: Campers should bring a sack lunch a water bottle and snacks with them each day.
Adventure Building: The goal is to build something AWESOME, as my friend Dustin would say, "Just for the glory of it." Kids are given an adventure protocol to ponder and they build a structure/ vehicle/thing and we (the staff) do our best to support kids in making it all happen.
The basic idea is this: build something amazing with a group of new friends and then take it out for a test drive (that's the adventure part!).
Examples of adventure building projects include: boats, bridges, rafts, forts and wheeled human-powered vehicles.
How Kids Learn to use Tools: At the beginning of Camp we do a wood workshop overview which includes basic information about our tools, how they work, and how to use them safely. We do some introductory activities so kids can try out all the tools and then we support kids one-on-one throughout the week as they naturally get the repeated practice they need to build confidence in using a tool. Safe tool requires that specific tools are supervised by an adult at all times. Some studentsWe use this approach to create a culture of safe tool use. We believe this is the best way for kids to learn to use tools safely and confidently.