Campers Section
Selected Activities
Selected activities allow boys to experience non-athletic activities which they might develop as lifelong skills. Campers will have two selected activity periods participating in two different activities of his choosing – one in the morning and one in the afternoon for a period of about 10 days. He then begins another cycle, choosing 2 other selected activities. In this way, campers develop an appreciation and an expertise in the activity. There are more than a dozen choices. How about archery, canoeing, or sailing? Improve at tennis? Appear on stage in a play? Make a video? Develop your own pictures? Write for the camp newspaper? Whittle or make a clay sculpture? As in other areas of camp, campers learn through active instruction, by doing and by following the example of counselors and staff.
![As Robin McClure writes in Art and Kids, "...young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year...[show] academic achievement...more likely to be elected to class office...more likely to participate in a math and science fair...more likely to win an award for school attendance...[and] more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem."](http://campwinnebago.com/files/2010/11/ac-3-e1295469927532.jpg "As Robin McClure writes in Art and Kids, \"...young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year...[show] academic achievement...more likely to be elected to class office...more likely to participate in a math and science fair...more likely to win an award for school attendance...[and] more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.\"")
![As Robin McClure writes in Art and Kids, "...young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year...[show] academic achievement...more likely to be elected to class office...more likely to participate in a math and science fair...more likely to win an award for school attendance...[and] more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem."](http://campwinnebago.com/files/2010/11/h-ac2-e1295469844700.jpg "As Robin McClure writes in Art and Kids, \"...young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year...[show] academic achievement...more likely to be elected to class office...more likely to participate in a math and science fair...more likely to win an award for school attendance...[and] more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.\"")
