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WEEK #6 Tuesday, August 6th

Hello BLC Parents and Alums,

As we enter the last few days of camp, let’s look back at the past week and share with you plans for this week.

Green and Gray started early Thursday AM, August 1. As per custom, Senior Cs began (“broke”) it, accented by art and balloons (choreographed by Mieks Gersten). This Green and Gray will surely not go down as one of the closest, as Gray jumped ahead on the second day and dominated days 2 and 3, winning close games at a surprising rate. Green was knocked on their heels. Green found their footing on the last day with resilient leadership emphasizing pride and history, but the gap was way too large. Congrats to Gray on a superlative performance. Despite Green’s loss, ALL of us grew from the experience. We hope many of you saw the wonderful instagram coverage posted by Thea Gersten. (If not, it is all saved to the “G&G” highlights on our profile page.)

Taking Green and Gray as my impetus, here is my musing for this issue. When things are not going well, we should try to limit the “losses” so the deficit is not too large to overcome after one regains equilibrium. This is not something I realized when I was a camper or even as an athlete – but rather learned through my coaching career. If the other team goes on a run, try to be behind by as little as possible rather than let disappointment and lack of resilience “pour gas on the fire”. Then when things turn, the deficit is manageable. Of course, this applies to sports, but I think it is a metaphor for much that we encounter in life.



Even though we have mere days left to the camp season, we recognize that camp does not wind down. In fact, it goes full tilt until the buses have left and our campers have safely arrived home. It is then that we “turn out the lights”. As per recent tradition, the night Green and Gray ends, we hold the Soph Show bringing all back together with communal laughter and applause.This week was Lazy Morning (yesterday) and the Green and Gray campfire last night. We also had our final counselor meeting, with emphasis on thanks, but also safety and keeping foolish things from happening.

Today is a typical camp day with some Leagues playoff games, and some group final campfires for our younger boys at night. Wednesday we have Carnival in the afternoon, the faculty show at night plus final campfires for our older groups. Thursday is a day for packing, playing, and goodbyes, with the Banquet and Awards Ceremony at night. Friday the buses come and our campers leave, ending summer number 107 for BLC.

We are not going to celebrate at this time, but we are very proud of the spirit, camaraderie and fun that we have had thus far.



THANKS for your contributions to BLC whether as parents or alums.

Best wishes,
Richie G

 

WEEK #5 – FRIDAY, JULY 26



Hello BLC Parents and Alums!

A lot has happened over the last two weeks. Visiting Weekend was a major event and we were truly glad to see so many of you. At BLC, differently from many camps, it is important to us to show our parents what we do and how we do it. Of course parents being here affects things to some degree, but we think that you saw not only your kids and our facilities, but also your son(s) receiving instruction, playing games, enjoying hobbies, interacting with friends and counselors- plus a song rehearsal and a nice lunch. We hope you also saw how comfortable they are at BLC. Our Seniors enjoyed their time out of camp- with our belief that most senior parents have seen our visiting days in the past- and it allows our directors and key staff to give more individual attention to the parents that are visiting with younger campers.



Since visiting, in addition to an awesome Song Contest, we’ve continued regular activities, each group had a co-ed evening with Point O’ Pines, Inters played in tournaments with great success, our Varsity Soccer team wowed us with a stellar performance on our beautiful upper field, our Senior A’s won the “Toilet Paper” tourney we hosted at BLC (playing another BLC team in the finals), and had our annual 10 Year Party with an amazing 48 invitees (i.e., people who have spent 10 or more summers at BLC). We also welcomed back Coach Dylan Murphy –a ten year BLC alum and presently the head coach of Orlando Magic’s G-League team after being an assistant coach with the Orlando for 3 years– and Stanley Borden –a seven year BLC alum and presently a 7 foot center for Duke– each for a few days. Our Senior Bs are presently on a 3 day trip to Boston (including a Yankees/Red Sox game at Fenway) and our Senior Cs are in the midst of 3 days in Montreal.



The topic I wish to opine on today is the benefits of playing multiple sports in contrast to emphasizing just one – particularly at a younger age.

Interestingly, Coach Dylan Murphy, while being interviewed in front of most of camp by fellow BLC alum and sports journalist Arden “Sizzle” Franklyn, cited more than once how the Magic and other teams love when their players have a history of playing multiple sports. Despite currently having a professional career in basketball, he also remembered that his favorite sports for most of his Brant Lake years were soccer and baseball. (Similarly, Stanley Borden spent most of his BLC years playing tennis and acting in camp shows!). Coach Murphy referenced Roger Federer – who credits his hand-eye coordination to the wide range of sports he played as a child; but I additionally know of college football and basketball coaches who also like when their players come from a multi-sport background. There are a myriad of reasons why. Preventing overuse injuries and burnout, learning to play different roles on different teams –individual sports and team sports; being a star, a starter, a reserve– all add to growth, maturity and development.These are just a few benefits along with many others.

Of course, this is what we have long believed and offered at BLC. As boys get older, we encourage them to pick and choose, to work harder and play more the sports that they enjoy the most and/or aspire to excel at, but even our Senior Cs look forward to our intramural “Leagues” where they all participate in baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, flag football and basketball games.

This week attention will surely turn to the start of Green and Gray. I am not giving it away, but it will start before my next musings!

Wishing you the very best and greatly appreciate your support!
Richie G

WEEK #3 – SUNDAY, JULY 14



Hello Parents and Alums!

Another action-packed week has ended and our campers will soon be turning their attention to the Five Year Party (over 150 invitees), Song Contest preparation, and Visiting Day!

This past week included some mega trips for the Senior Bs and Cs, shorter ones for Senior A’s and Inter Bs, and nearly 20 Inter A’s chose a camping overnight experience on (nearby) Schroon Lake. Last night’s book show was my favorite in many years with over 25 Juniors and Inters choosing to perform.

In the world of sports, BLC’s (intramural) group “Leagues” are going strong for Juniors and older. These include games for all abilities in baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer, flag football and, for seniors, also volleyball. We also finished a two week lacrosse emphasis for those who desired it.

BLC was victorious in a Senior B and under Baseball tourney and a Senior B and under Basketball tourney. Our Inter B’s had a successful intercamp day playing Baco in 2 flag football games, a baseball game and 3 basketball games. Our Senior A soccer squad was victorious in a multi-camp tournament. We also won a golf tourney with 8 boys from Inters to Senior Cs competing against boys from other camps. Additionally, you may not be aware that our Seniors compete in local high school leagues in basketball and soccer, and a JV basketball league as well. A plethora of interested boys get to play.

Sharing some BLC PHILOSOPHY TODAY, I want to emphasize the importance of our KEY STAFF. “Key Staff” in our terminology describes more mature, experienced men and women, often educators and/or coaches. While other camps have directors and group leaders, we are confident that no camp matches the quality or quantity or experience of our Key Staff.

There is scientific data indicating that the judgment part of the brain (prefrontal cortex) does not usually mature until age 24 (and that males are slower!). This supports our belief that the role of a counselor is to be a “big brother,” role model, caring supporter, listener, friend, and problem recognizer. We want our plentiful Key Staff to be our problem solvers – whether that’s on the athletic fields, at meals with kids, ODs at night, during free play, on trips, leading instruction in sports and arts, or officiating games. The fact we have so many of these mature adults also ensures that our Key Staff know our campers.

Here is a list of our Key Staff (number of years at BLC in parentheses) –

Frosh, Sophs, Juniors: Andy Berlin (34), Alexa Minion (13), Cameron Smith (18), Michael Schwartz (14), Dane Smith (17), Pedro Buonamici (4), Tom Silcock (5), Jon Rothman (21), “Blush” Bacchus (4), Rick K (37), Mark Anderson (1).

Inters: Max Gersten (34), Joe Patrick (14), David Cutler (42), John Vaslowski (23), Rhodri Dafydd (8), Ashlyn Rakos (3), Gonzo Crespo (8), Bryan Barnes (3), Joe Russack-Baker (12)

Seniors: Zach Cohen (29), Richard “Doc” Brunt (40), Tom Finnigan (9), Evan Allred (10), Luke McKissock (13), Dan Collins (2), Quan Deal (5), Jake “Swirls” Bernstein (16), Bally Nagy (12), Michael Green (11), Tarik Hamer (9).

Waterfront, Arts, Drama: Adam Stoner (13), Kendal Barclay (11), Blake Pearson (16), Conor “Moo” Haynes (14), Gina De Santos (3), Mieks Gersten (42)

Health Center: Dr. Beth Bernstein (17), Nurse Kristen Collins (2)

Social Media, Directors Health Center Liaison, Summer Tours Coordinator: Thea Gersten (19)

Administrative Director: Merrin Meltzer (14)

We look forward to seeing many of you next weekend! For those of you visiting, please follow our rules and guidelines as outlined in our Visiting Day communication sent on Friday.

Have a great week.
Richie G

WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, JULY 7

Dear BLC Families,

We had an action-packed week two at Brant Lake Camp!

July 4th – What a day! Starting in the morning with our thoughtful tribute to the founding of the USA, the rest of the day was filled with festive and fun activities, including a track meet for all ages, a swim meet for all ages, and a 3 point shooting competition for all ages. We culminated the morning with music and dancing at the Lake. For dinner, we had a wonderful BBQ with grilled chicken, ribs, corn-on-the-cob and ice cream sundaes put together by our amazing head chef Abu. (Unbelievably, BLC has had only three head chefs in our 107 years, with Abu now in his 38th summer!) In the evening, all groups spent some time with our sister camp, Point O’ Pines.

This week we had two shows in our Junior Clubhouse following an equally spirited opening week of two shows. Our Junior Clubhouse, named after Irwin Cohen who dedicated over 70 summers to BLC, welcomes campers of all talents. At BLC, renowned for our thoughtful approach to sports (“It’s about the Journey, not the Destination”), it’s in our songs and shows that the true heart and spirit of BLC shines the brightest. For us directors, there’s nothing quite like witnessing boys so joyful and at ease that they break into song spontaneously and without reservation.

Brant Lake Camp’s deep connection to music dates back to our founding years. In 1920, Lorenz Hart, of Rodgers and Hart fame, penned our alma mater and the beloved closing night song “Last Night.” Arthur Schwartz, another illustrious composer, collaborated with Hart on the BLC original “I Love to Lie Awake in Bed,” which was later reworked for Broadway as “I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans.” Mel Torme famously recorded both versions on an album. (Take a listen!) Today, our Clubhouse is helmed by Blake Pearson and his assistant, Conor “Mini-Moo” Haynes, who continue to delight audiences with laughter and appreciation, as showcased on our Instagram page. (Click the Highlight on our profile that is titled “On the Stage!”)

On Friday night, we hosted our first Varsity Basketball game of the summer versus Camp Baco. With the assistance of a festive, raucous, yet sportsmanlike full-camp crowd (cheering 100% in support of BLC, 0% anti- our opponents), BLC played well and won convincingly. Our Senior Cs not in the game led the cheering with painted bodies. The half-time show featured an exciting performance from Brant Lake Dance Camp and a record-breaking number of “Sundae Shots” (the Frosh, Soph B, JC all made the shots) with the coup de grace half-court shot made by Max Gersten, for which the entire camp receives sundaes. Additionally on the Athletic front this past week, our Inter A’s won a soccer tourney at Echo Lake and our Varsity Basketball team won the Echo Lake Tournament.

Lacrosse, flag football, ice hockey, and golf are all activities that are available at BLC, and in which we take pride. For many years -and still today- we’ve stressed our core five activities: baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer and lake. Now, we have a strong flag football program, led this year by Mark Anderson, a PE teacher and football and track coach at the Dalton School. Mark also co-directs the Jonathan Taylor (NFL) football camp. We are one of the few camps that offers ice hockey – three times during the summer – led by Dave Cramoy, a retired director of BLC and a longtime hockey coach with the prestigious hockey program at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid. We are doing more golf than ever for our interested campers- both in camp for our younger campers and both in and out of camp for our Inters and Seniors.

We move into week three with continued enthusiasm, shows, intercamp games, and our first set of overnight trips! Our Inter Bs will be leaving for a two-day, one-night trip to the Berkshires; our Senior A’s for two-days, one-night to Burlington; our Senior Bs for four-days, three-nights in Toronto; and our Senior Cs for three days, two nights in Philly. Our Inter A’s will be offered the opportunity to sleep out in tents at Scaroon Manor on Schroon Lake. As mentioned last week, we also look forward to a visit from a BLC alum, Ben Lee, who is a D-1 basketball coach at Siena.

Have a great week yourselves,
Richie G

WEEK ONE – SUNDAY, JUNE 30

Hello BLC Parents and Alums!

We are a week into BLC summer #107 and all’s going well. Spirit is high. Laughter abounds. Our two points of emphasis for this summer are Enthusiasm & Resilience! The enthusiasm is everywhere and a modicum of resilience was needed with plans changing the first few days due to weather.

Camp Directors hate rain on opening day and on the first day of camp. We are usually fine if it rains after that as a change of pace can be fun and rejuvenating. Well, we had rain on the first 2 days- but our Quick and Nimble approach, which we pride ourselves on, combined with our experienced key staff- enabled us to pack in a lot of action. Since then we have had a number of beautiful days although also some “cold Adirondack nights” recently. We packed a lot into week one – including, two visits with our sisters/cousins at POP, Inters lip sync, Senior C/Froshmore Buddy Bingo game, our first Variety Show, and of course lots of playing ball, time at the lake, and more!

Max Gersten (4th generation/33rd summer at BLC) and I (3rd generation/71st summer at BLC) are sharing the lead this summer while in future summers, I plan to be around to assist Max. Director Andy Berlin- as per usual- is the hardest working man in the camp world and Alexa Minion has taken off like a rocket ship since she joined BLC full-time this past January as an assistant director. Zach Cohen, also now year-round with BLC, will be moving to become a full director after this summer.

As I get older, I get more contemplative and philosophical – maybe even wiser. I wish to share the following with you.

I believe that Camp has NEVER been more important for kids.

The friends made, skills honed, and fun enjoyed remain of great value, but camp provides even more! The popular book by Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation, compellingly surmises that the growth of child, teenage and young adult mental health issues are largely caused by overuse of smartphones at young ages and by the lack of unstructured free play. Camp provides the lack of the former and the presence of the latter. The amount of face-to-face contact and communication with peers and “older brother” counselors, as well as wise adults (key staff) is unparalleled.

My take, in addition to those two points, is that going forward, due to the explosion of AI whose limitations are presently impossible to ascertain, is that academic knowledge will become less important and emotional intelligence will become more important. Camp provides endless opportunities to develop emotional intelligence through living together, eating together, playing together- constantly needing to interact with and adjust to others. I believe that like academic intelligence, much of emotional intelligence is innate, but that it can be honed and improved through opportunities with good role models and mature support and feedback. That is the basis of Brant Lake Camp. Something to think about. If you wish, respond and tell me what you think? (You can also read more in “Richie’s Corner” from our Winter & Spring editions of The Bell Tower.)

The second week of BLC will bring much action – 4th of July celebration, trips, and some intercamps/tournaments for our older boys. A high-level lacrosse coach, Matt Candel, will be here for the next 2 weeks and we will have a visit from Ben Lee this week. Ben, a BLC alum of 6 years as a camper (C ‘12), is presently the youngest top assistant coach for a D-1 Men’s basketball team, at Siena. He will spend a few days with us. We also look to the first “book show” of the summer after two variety shows.

I’ll check back with you next week.
Enjoy! We surely will!
Richie Gersten

It is no secret that women’s sports has been on the rise in recent years. Notably, the Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament broke multiple viewership records behind the superstar of Iowa’s (now Indiana Fever’s) Caitlin Clark. It comes as little surprise that Brant Lake Sports Academy for Girls, a 3-week program for driven female athletes aged 11-16, is sold out for this summer. We want to highlight the two incredible female leaders, athletes, and directors of that program: Rachel Milim and Chloe Grimes.

Rachel played college lacrosse at Cornell University, where she was captain of her team and was selected to the All-Ivy and Regional All-America teams. Post-college, Rachel worked as a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and taught fourth grade PE. She coached tennis, swimming, basketball and lacrosse at The Dalton School for 6 years. Currently, Rachel is the president of Byram Hills Youth Lacrosse where she spearheads the program and coaches girls ages 8-18. She also helps to run the Yellowjackets North club lacrosse program. Rachel has completed marathons, triathlons and century rides and still plays tennis and basketball competitively on a weekly basis. She is also the mother of three Brant Lakers: Ryan, Sam, and Jack.

Chloe earned her BS in Athletic Training at the University of Iowa where she spent her four years working alongside Iowa’s women’s basketball (yes, that women’s basketball), football, women’s gymnastics, track and field, and wrestling teams. Chloe become a Certified Athletic Trainer, working for elite Iowa high schools before moving back home to Manhattan. Chloe is now Associate Director of Athletics for The Nightingale-Bamford School, a private all-girls K-12 school on the Upper East Side. She is married to Max Gersten and is mom to Violet Gersten. Chloe is a passionate advocate for women in sports and loves coaching young women to be confident, well-rounded individuals.



Learn More about Brant Lake Sports Academy for Girls

This season, we sat down with Brant Laker, Jack Adler, to talk about his experience as an entrepreneur in the NIL sphere and his time at BLC.  
Thanks for sitting down with us, Jack. Tell us a little about what you are doing and how it all started.

JA: I was in entering my junior year at Syracuse, when the legislation for college athletes surrounding NIL (name, image, and likeness) was passed. (What is NIL?). This was completely unheard of, never before allowed, but changed the game for college athletes. Meanwhile, I was walking around Syracuse, passing athletes on campus, and I had this “ah-ha” moment.

Like many Brant Lakers, I had always aspired to work in sports and dreamt of being an agent one day, but here was this chance to do it right now. What I created was a way to connect college athletes with local businesses in and around Syracuse. And, Out2Win just grew from there.

Wow! What a great idea and unique opportunity. How has it grown from your college idea into what it is now?

JA: I started by walking around Syracuse with a one-pager and a suit going to local business and saying, “if you want to partner with athletes come talk to me.” From there, it took off. I started getting interest from brands like Reebok, Crocs, and Oakley. Soon, I began reaching out to my Brant Lake network and helping friends start chapters at their universities.

We started branches at Michigan, USC, and Oklahoma. In May, I graduated, but Out2Win wasn’t yet brining in enough revenue and I found myself thinking where could this go next?

I realized that the reason brands struggle to find the right athlete partners is due to a lack of data. What I wanted to build was a database of athletes and what they each bring to the table. I started raising money, hiring a tech team, and just two weeks ago, launched the Athlete Marketing Intelligence Platform. On this platform, potential partners can filter by school or sport. It also collects social media data and calculates a strength score, along with providing an audience profile and the interests of that audience.

What a journey! If you had to brag, what has been the coolest part of this whole experience?

JA: Just this morning before I hopped on this call, Mark Cuban responded to my email. I reached out looking for investors and he actually responded and wanted to stay in touch to see how this grows. Really feels like the big leagues now. I also was featured in a Washington Post article about how NIL has opened the door for not just college athletes, but also for college students to build their own businesses. Most of all, I just love to see the program expanding. More and more students are starting NIL businesses and many have been reaching out for advice. It is really cool to give back and engage with other people doing this. I have spoken with so many Brant Lakers doing similar things after seeing what I have done at Out2Win.

How do you think Brant Lake has influenced where you are now?

JA: Brant Lake is a network of friends- a brotherhood- but now in business it is changing the way its coming together. When we were scaling to different campuses, my first thought was let me see who I know from Brant Lake. Every step across the way, my Brant Lake network has had some sort of impact. BLC taught me the importance of getting out of your comfort zone. Not only did I struggle with homesickness, but entering Brant Lake as a new camper Inter B summer was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. Not knowing a single person, not knowing what to expect. Many years later, I look back and wonder what if I’d let that fear stop me from even going in the first place. I know my life would be way different. Knowing how amazing my time at Brant Lake turned out, I’ll always use that experience as inspiration to push myself out of my comfort zone. Being an entrepreneur sometimes feels like you are out on an island. I wouldn’t have the independence and confidence to navigate that without having gone to Brant Lake.

What is your favorite BLC memory?

JA: Being a Senior C during BLC’s 100th year and getting to break Green and Gray twice!

Do you have any advice for young Brant Lakers looking to get into sports entrepreneurship?

JA: The best way to learn is by doing. You can read as many books as you want and have as many conversations with others, but the real way to grow is by inserting yourself into real-world experiences and situations, even starting your own company. Fail or succeed, you’ll learn more about yourself than you knew was possible. Don’ t be afraid to throw yourself in the fire of trying new things. And, know that you’ll stay in touch with your camp friends forever.

What is your favorite camp lunch?

JA: Definitely pizza and soda days!

“Human childhood and adolescence evolved outdoors, in a physical world full of dangers and opportunities. Its central activities––play, exploration, and intense socializing––were largely unsupervised by adults, allowing children to make their own choices, resolve their own conflicts, and take care of one another. Shared adventures and shared adversity bound young people together into strong friendship clusters within which they mastered the social dynamics of small groups, which prepared them to master bigger challenges and larger groups later on.” -Jonathan Haidt



My children, Max and Thea, often heard from me growing up, “I want you to be bruised, but I don’t want you to be injured”. Not necessarily physical bruises, but metaphorical ones. We laugh about it now, but I think that aphorism not only holds up well, but is probably more even more appropriate today. While I never wanted them to be harmed, appropriate challenges and adversity helped them grow into resilient adults. Yet today, child-led free play without heavy adult intervention is rare. And, while well-intentioned, parents today have eliminated many opportunities for their kids to learn how to manage challenges, deal with conflict, and build resilience.

Looking back on my 75 years, I believe I learned most of my life lessons on the playground and at camp. As a middle schooler, my dad would drop me off on the weekends at a local playground with 75 cents for lunch and tell me he would pick me up at five. If it rains, walk to the nearby library. The fun I had, the games I played (basketball, touch football, stickball), the picking of teams, the arguing about calls, playing with friends older and younger, and watching the “big boys” play are indelible memories and lessons that have helped me throughout my life.

Camp allows for children to experience challenge and adversity (through sports, through living with others, through being away from home), while still being surrounded by caring adults to help them navigate these challenges.

Camp is great for so many reasons – fun, memories, friendships, tradition, development. But, one of the prime benefits garnered through a high-quality sleepaway camp is an opportunity to grow in ways that rarely (in 2024) exist elsewhere.

Hi Brant Lake Camp Family!

I hope this finds everyone doing well after an enjoyable Spring Break. I know I’m not the only one who feels the weather change and immediately gets their mind pulled to the green hills and blue skies of Brant Lake. The anticipation and excitement for another summer at BLC is real and shared by campers and staff alike. I’m proud to report we have over 50 long-time BLC Key Staff members back for Summer 2024. Take a look at the next few pages to see many of those familiar faces. While the quantity (and quality!) of our Key Staff is always important to us, their experience and expertise will be called upon more than ever. This summer we will be welcoming over 20 Freshmen (1st graders) to camp.

On the personal front, Chloe and I are excited to share news of the expected arrival of another baby girl! (ETA September; please do send some “no early labor” vibes our way.) Like most of America, we thoroughly enjoyed watching March Madness. While our Tar Heels run came to an end a bit earlier than we’d have liked, we were glued to the TV watching the Iowa women and Caitlin Clark. (Chloe actually spent the entire 2012-2013 season with the Lady Hawkeyes as an athletic trainer.)

The BLC Spotlight this season turns to Jack Adler [page 8]. Jack (Senior C ‘16) has taken his love of sports and turned it into a company called Out2Win, which specializes in the NIL space. We loved getting to hear about how his camp-built independence and BLC network propelled his career forward. New families take special note of him recalling his first summer as an Inter B.

Also, like Richie G. writes in his corner (page 7), I can’t help but continue to see the ever growing value in camp these days. The ubiquitous ‘nature’ of technology feels impossible to avoid, but I can’t think of any place better than Brant Lake Camp to help combat it.

Only 52 days until the start of camp! See you all soon!!
Max G.

I certainly cannot anticipate all of the ramifications from rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence, but we all know it will be significant. It seems to me that with AI, the apparent difference between someone who is smart and very smart (or maybe even brilliant) will diminish, as hard knowledge will become less and less important. And, in my opinion, what will become even more important is Social Emotional Intelligence- cooperation, empathy, compassion, sympathy, understanding, sense of humor, listening, being part of a team. In short, the GLUE that holds groups together.

Camp provides GREAT opportunities to learn and fine-tune these skills. I can think of no better place to hone Social Emotional Intelligence than at camp, where one learns to live and play together with others.

I believe this happens best at sleepaway camp (more than day camp), where kids live in shared spaces. And, I believe this happens in longer sleepaway sessions (more than short ones), where kids build enduring relationships that have time to adjust to the ups and downs of a summer. And, most importantly, I believe this happens at Brant Lake Camp more than anywhere else, where our unmatched experience and number of Key Staff help each boy to develop their interpersonal skills in a loving and fun environment.