Bay Area Freedom Camp
What summer really should be
Freedom Camp This camp is the real summer experience. Kids have complete power of decision, with bikes and an instructor driving their van, they decide where they go and what they are doing. Freedom is not only about empowerment, it is also about building competency. During this camp children have complete control. They become collaborators with the instructor, setting boundaries of safety and common care for one another. Every minute they are plotting adventure to journey by bike and bus to the urban greenspaces of Mill Valley.
The instructors are there to assure that everyone stays safe and healthy, while also gaining from the opportunity to make mistakes: the group can miss a ferry together, they can have a boring experience together and they can have grand adventures. Our wanders can take us anywhere: up to Mt.Tam, to Pt.Reyes, Wild Care, the zoo and even Angel Island. The key is, whatever happens, we always stay, play and learn together as a team.
The role of the instructor in this camp The instructor is truly the deft boundary and final word who holds each participant accountable for keeping one another emotionally and physically safe, happy and healthy.
Please read every word on this page together with your child. Especially "A Good Fit?"
Because of the powerful and unconventional nature of this camp we want to make certain we provide the best fit for everyone involved. Many elements, such as bike riding, require a specific set of skills and needs. Answer honestly if you meet the following...
1) You need to be able to ride a bike about 2-3 miles.
2) You need to be able to comprimise when you want to do one thing and everyone else wants to do another
3) Your parents need to trust you with your own safety.
4) Your parents must be okay with you cllimbing trees when you have good boundaries.
5) You must be able to help in keeping other campers, your parents and the instructors safe and happy.
6) You parents must be okay with crazy adventures created by campers.
Register for Freedom Camp
| Registration CLOSED |
Ages 7-11
$390
Get aftercare until 5pm August 9-13, 2010 9am-3pm Tennessee Valley, Mill Valley, CA Map It |
Ages 9-13 Freedom Camp includes
• complete freedom (for the most part) to have awesome adventures around the Greenspaces in Mill Valley
• a personal agreement with the lead instructor to listen to and understand the needs of safety and care for each camper, all staff and parents
• competent staff attend to the safety needs of the group and campers
A Good Fit?
Before you register PLEASE READ the critical information below to help you decide if your program is the right match for you or you child. TrackersNW invests in families and students dedicated to maturity and accountability as a team. The experience of your child is heightened as these filters insure a safe, supportive and competent collaboration with both our instructors and all other team members (including students).
This program is a good fit for the child and parent who...
• trust one another
• are interested in and empathetic to the natural world
• crave a different way of experiencing and seeing both natural and modern world
• want to have fun
• possess a sense of adventure
• make intelligent choices
• display competent autonomy when needed
• can make and keep clear agreements concerning safety
• can help insure the safety of their peers and collaborators
• works diligently toward adult accountability, consequences and responsibility
• will come dressed appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• can be a real kid
• shares well with others
This program is NOT a good fit for children who...
• are not interested in nature & scout awareness
• are not empathetic for the natural world
• are being forced to come to camp
• cannot display competent autonomy when needed
• cannot make and keep clear agreements and choices concerning safety
• is kept inside all the time so may be uncomfortable
• will not dress appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is not okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• has trouble working with others and respecting the needs of other participants
Please note that if your child is positively working on behavior, we are willing to work with them and you with clear agreements
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