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High Rocks Alumni Spotlight: Burke Ingraffia Our Alumni Spotlight series is back! We’re excited to highlight our alumni through the years.  We are thrilled to introduce you to Burke Ingraffia, a longtime High Rocks camper and counselor. Burke was a camper from 1978 to 1982 and a counselor from 1988 to 1991 as well as… Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Burke Ingraffia

How to Support a Nervous Camper Before Sleepaway Camp Feeling nervous before sleepaway camp is incredibly common for campers and parents. If your child is having second thoughts, you are not alone. At Camp High Rocks, we see this every summer, and we also see how often nervous campers arrive, settle in, and grow in… Continue reading How To Support A Nervous Camper Before Overnight Camp

2025 Summer Highlight Video Get Ready to Relive Summer 2025! We can’t wait for everyone to see our Summer 2025 Highlight Video and be reminded of our amazing summer together! Click below to access the video on our Youtube page! https://youtu.be/JTnlkyb0oNs

Watch our NEW video! Progression is the heart of our mountain biking summer camp. From learning the basics to riding real trails, boys build confidence one skill at a time.

Stop the scroll. Help your kids disconnect from screens and reconnect with a community. Camp encourages gratitude, outdoor time, and less kids screen time.

The Magic We’ll Miss (And What We Are Grateful For) With the summer wound down, our full-time staff always finds it an odd time. We come off of a busy, invigorating schedule full of routine and living by the bells. Despite a few fall weekend events (hello, Family Camp over Labor Day Weekend!) it’s quiet.… Continue reading The Magic We’ll Miss (and What We’re Grateful For)

Best of Times Time sure flies in just one week.  I know you are excited to see your boys, but it seems like they only arrived yesterday.  The boys wandered in this morning with a wonderful greasy, ashen, marshmallow look about them. I think I even saw a few specks of tomato sauce in the… Continue reading The Best of Times

Jersday Thursday Thursday got off to a beautiful start this morning. The sun was poking through clouds and camp was cool after a solid rainstorm late last night. As the wake-up bell tolled out, the typical morning noises commenced and the day was off to the races! Breakfast consisted of some delicious grits, boiled eggs,… Continue reading Jersday Thursday

Waikiki Wednesday It is a true adventure here every day.  Some of the time just getting ready for the day is an adventure.  I enjoyed cruising through the cabins during clean-up time this morning. Many of the young guys are doing their best to just get their clothes on straight, let alone get the bed made… Continue reading Waikiki Wednesday

Tie-Dye Tuesday Today dawned cool and cloudy, fog rolling over the lake and all was remarkably still. Still, but not necessarily quiet. If you listened closely you could hear the chatterings of some excited young campers (well!) before the wake up bell officially began the day. The bell sounded and the chatterings became something more… Continue reading Tie-Dye Tuesday