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What if you've done
Amherst, Wellesley
Dance cam pers at
Tamarac k go
some of these pro-
and Haverford College
through t heir
grams, you've sent your
all run co-ed programs
routin e.
kids to a general
for upper elementary,
overnight camp, and they're
middle and high school stu-
seeking something more diver-
dents.
sionary? You can pick up a
"For the kid who does not
copy of Peterson's Summer Op-
want to go to a traditional
portunities '97 for lqds and
camp, this is such a wonderful
Teenagers, which details over
alternative," says Ms. Pappas.
1,400 great summer camps and
There are also language pro-
programs in academics, arts,
grams, and some high school
sports and travel.
students are choosing to take
Susie Pappas, of Student
enrichment or college credit
Camp and Trip Advisors in
classes on college campuses to
Bloomfield Hills, says, "Any-
get the feel of being in college.
thing a kid would want to do,
Ms. Pappas receives a lot of
there is a camp for that child, as
requests for teen tours, and re-
long as the parents are willing
cently has been placing high
to send them." She is a repre-
school students on more rugged
sentative with a company that
outdoor trips, where a van
offers 500 different programs in
transports 10 or 12 kids and
sports, golf, wilderness trips,
their counselors to hiking, raft-
horseback riding, arts, space,
ing, kayaking, rock climbing,
sailing, music ... the list goes on.
mountain biking and other ac-
"I'm getting a lot of requests for
tivities.
computers, golf and enrichment
Susie Zaks says Tamarack
programs," she says.
Camps has four trips heading
Ms. Pappas points out that
west this summer to hike, back-
enrichment programs, where
pack, sleep in tents in the Rocky
children attend workshops in
Mountains, Grand Tetons, Zion
their area of interest in the
and Yellowstone National Park,
morning and then participate in
among other locations. A 46-
sports, go on field trips, and oth-
day Alaska trip will visit Jasper,
er camp-like activities in the of
hike the Chilkoot Trail, visit De-
appeal to students as
nali National Park, and back-
young as fourth grade.
pack through pristine terrain.