June 11 - 16, 2012
rising 7th, 8th and 9th graders
Cost: $225
(scholarships are available)
This camp is just for girls! It’s a four-day experience that focuses on girls becoming young teens.
Christmount’s female camp staff will lead the event, which will look at issues facing
middle school youth, like self-esteem, social interaction and relationships, understanding
and developing personal values, getting along with others, and making life decisions.
Through group discussions, games, singing, creative writing, crafts, nature study, and
guest speakers from the community, the girls will learn more about themselves and the
world in which they must live and thrive.
Activities include:
| Small group discussion times |
Hiking |
Swimming |
| Self-esteem building |
Singing |
Worship/devotional time |
| Creative writing and journaling |
Arts/crafts |
Guest speakers in the evening |
What to Bring:
| Comfortable clothing |
Swim suit |
Comfortable, practical shoes (for hiking & walking; no dress shoes) |
| Personal hygiene items |
Towels |
Toiletries (toothbrush/paste, hair
brush/comb, soap, shampoo, deodorant) |
| Light jacket or sweatshirt |
Shower shoes |
Pillow & Bedding (sleeping bags or sheets for twin beds)
|
| Insect repellent |
Flashlight |
|
Do not bring: firearms, fireworks, illegal drugs, alcohol, knives, jewelry, jam boxes, or anything of value that
you would not want stolen or lost.
Camp begins: 1:00 Monday afternoon. Sorry, we cannot take anyone before that time.
Camp ends:
10:00 Saturday morning. Please have someone at Christmount to pick up your camper at
that time.
To Register: Parents/guardians must fill out a Christmount camp application,
which includes health and insurance information, emergency contacts, and parental
permission signatures. All information is confidential and will be shared only with camp
staff and medical personnel (if necessary).
Registration forms need to be mailed to Christmount by Monday, June
6, 2010.
Staff will contact all participants on Friday, June 10, or Saturday morning, June 11.
Transportation: available for local participants. Call Christmount by Friday prior to camp to arrange for campers to be
picked up on
Monday.
First Aid: Christmount Camp Staff is certified by the Red Cross in First Aid and CPR. They are trained to care for campers in
appropriate and sensitive ways.
PARENTS/GUARDIANS: This camp depends on every camper being here for the entire week. Camp is
a special environment in which the camper bonds with a group for a few days and offers
something unique to that group. If campers are constantly being interrupted with visits
from family and friends or making phone calls home, the spirit of camp is destroyed.
Campers do not generally make phone calls, unless there is an
emergency. However, with Middle School Girls Camp, we do allow a brief
5-minute phone
call home on Wednesday evening. If you need to talk to the Director of the camp during the week, please call the Christmount office and your call will be returned
as soon as the Director has free time to call you back.
The nature of this camp being all women is that the girls
often feel free to discuss things they would not normally talk about with males
present.
Christmount's counselors are trained to be sensitive but also try to deal with
these issues honestly and without the social stigma that these things sometimes
carry.
Christmount tries to offer a place for these girls to discuss these issues
maturely and seriously rather than frivolous and do not
allow girls to make fun of each other. Some of the topics
that are typically discussed include prayer and spirituality, Christian understandings of sexuality
and dating, physical changes/body issues, peer
pressure and how to deal with it, and other relevant issues. Counselors are trained to be
especially sensitive to possibly volatile issues involving human sexuality.
Christmount’s staff, while providing Christian examples and values for the campers, will not try to convert your
child to a particular point of view or religious organization. Our purpose is to offer to
campers a safe place to explore their own values and understanding of the world in which
they live while offering examples to help their decision-making skills. Worship/devotional
time is general in nature and does not seek to be a platform for one particular Christian
viewpoint.
Christmount camps are open to all, regardless of race, nationality, and religion, in accordance with Christian values
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The only restrictions are those pertaining to age or to
the physical requirements of a particular camp.
Contact Jamie Brame for more information.
Send
Registration Form to:
Christmount
Middle
School
Girls Camp
222 Fern Way
Black Mountain, NC 28711
