We own 300 acres on the edge of the Green Mountain National Forest in Hancock Vermont, 25 miles east of Middlebury and 25 miles south of Waitsfield, Vermont. We have a beautiful flat campus and a private lake.
Activity periods are an hour long and we have four of them each day. Half-hour "recalls" in between periods help keep the pace slow and allow campers to learn to use free time wisely - a dip in the lake on a hot day, finishing a ceramics project, a guitar lesson, or just having time to get ready for the next scheduled period. In the first two weeks every cabin group is scheduled for each activity, then campers individualize their programs with daily afternoon Choice Periods. They continue to be scheduled by cabin group in the morning, and can concentrate in favorite areas by "checking in" to activities at breakfast. Evening activities include a sing, campfire, cabin evening and one or two evenings for special interest clubs -- cooking, fishing, creative writing and others.
Children live in cabins with 8 to 12 boys or girls about the same age and two or three counselors. In the first week of camp they choose a name for themselves. Recent cabin names include Two Inch Snails, We 8 the Cheese, Episode II: Attach of the Wee Men, Five Fragrant Frogs, Totally Tubular, Definitely Not a Monkey and You Can't Go Wrong with Unicorns.
There are new children in each age group every summer. Old campers welcome the new campers in their cabins. Their philosophy is: "Killooleet is so great we should share the experience." Matt, Silver Springs, MD
We are a small camp, only about 100 boys and girls. All attend for the full season, June 28 through August 17, 2008 except for a few new young campers who only promise four weeks their first summer, and may opt for the full season (which most do). For more information about Killooleet for next summer, go to the Inquiries page or telephone Kate Seeger at 617-666-1484.
A shorter camp experience is an adventure away from home but a full season enables growth because each child has the time to face issues and work through them. Each summer is planned: slow beginning weeks as each child becomes a respected member of his or her cabin group; middle weeks developing individual interests and friends of all ages in these areas; a closing week full of performances and culminating activities.
Founded in 1927, Killooleet has been owned and directed by the Seeger Family for almost sixty years. Kate Seeger has been the director for 20 years. John and Ellie Seeger passed the business along to Kate and her husband, Dean Spencer when they celebrated 50 years of directorship in 1998.
Not sure what to pack for the summer? Take a look at the Clothing and Equipment Checklist.
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