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The Power of Place

My Happy Place

Friends, Prank Wars and Neverending Fun

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Summertime is always the best of what might be. - Charles Bowden

Summer Camp is a getaway and dream in the distance unlike any other. With all the amazing tight friendships and endless memories it truly is the highlight of my year. These memories and friendships carry on way past summer for many years.

It feels as if you have known your friends for five years instead of five weeks! Every year at the beginning of June, I pack my bags and head off to summer camp for the best few weeks of my life. I arrive to find returning counselors who I’ve known for years, the new counselors who are fresh out of high school and of course, my camp friends who I’ve been talking to every living and breathing moment for the past few days about coming back to camp.

It’s so amazing to return to my camp celebrity status. While there are endless moments of fun the best part of camp are the pranks. Being British at camp has its perks as most of the staff are British. So on the fourth of July walking out the bunk to see the camp decorated with UK flags in the office and the American flag replaced with the British flag was truly amazing.

All the Americans have their jaws dropped so low that you could fit a size 10 Nike shoe in there.


The Making of a Community

 

Real People Coming Together

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The question is not what you look at, but what you see. - Henry David Thoreau

 

There are many different things that make up the Essence of a Community, the Power of Place, and the Value of Stewardship. At the Fenn School, many different things make up the Essence of a Community. At the Fenn School, the Essence of the Community is made up of many different things. It's the glue that keeps it sticking together like the marshmallow mix in Rice Krispie treats. There is the administration team that keeps the students coming in so that there is even a community to have. There is the development office that foresee where the community is going and how to adapt and grow with the fast changing community in the best way possible. Finally, there is the administration team, that make the decisions on how the school will best run smoothly on the day to day. Weather that's calling or snow day, setting a delay, or changing a schedule. They are apart of making the Essence of the Community at the Fenn School.

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