Our youngest campers are 3 1/2 (4 by 12/31). Our regular camp program runs through campers entering the 8^th grade in the fall after camp. Our 9^th graders participate in a 4 week counselor training leadership course--the Eagle Phase of our NEST Program--which must be taken in either sessions 1 and 2, or sessions 3 and 4. Our 10^th graders, having successfully completed the Eagle Phase of the program in the previous year, may register to participate in the second phase of the CIT course, the Junior Counselor Phase.

Yes, providing they are in the same grade and they work well together in the same group. If campers are in a different grade it gets a little more complicated.

The Younger Division is made up of camers in grades kindergarten through 3rd grade. We can place mature Kindergartners with a 1st grade group or a younger 1^st grader with the Kindergarten group. 1st and 2^nd graders can be together, and 2^nd and 3^rd graders can be together. If a 3^rd grader wants to be with a 4^th grader, the 4^th grader must drop down from the Middle Divisison to be with the 3^rd grade group in the Younger Division. This is due to the fact that 4^th and 5^th graders are grouped together, and we don’t want 3^rd graders in the same group with 5^th graders.

Yes, providing they are entering 4th or 5th grade in the fall after camp and they work well together in the same group. 4^th and 5^th graders are combined in all of our Middle Division groups. If a 4^th grader wishes to be with a 3^rd grader, he/she must join the 3^rd grader’s group, as we don’t want the 3^rd graders to be in the same group with 5^th graders. If a 5^th grader wants to be with a 6^th grader, the 6^th grader needs to drop back from the Older Division into the Middle Division, as we don’t want the 5^th graders in the same Division with 7^th and 8^th graders.