Join us for a fun filled week of adventure and learning!
About Camp at Lacawac Sanctuary:
Lacawac’s 550-acre field station has meandering trails, open fields, lakes and wetlands in which to explore. Experience nature through hands-on activities, artistic expression, thematic games, scientific experiments, and environmental observation. E-STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math taught through environmental education) is incorporated into all of our camps in order to foster problem solving, innovation, self reliance, and logical thinking. Campers will be fully immersed in our living laboratory and discover how they fit into the complex web of our diverse ecosystem.
Camp Staff:
Lacawac’s 550-acre field station has meandering trails, open fields, lakes and wetlands in which to explore. Experience nature through hands-on activities, artistic expression, thematic games, scientific experiments, and environmental observation. E-STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math taught through environmental education) is incorporated into all of our camps in order to foster problem solving, innovation, self reliance, and logical thinking. Campers will be fully immersed in our living laboratory and discover how they fit into the complex web of our diverse ecosystem.
Camp Staff:
- Counselors have many years of experience working with children and teaching environmental education.
- All counselors, junior counselors, and interns have obtained child abuse and criminal history checks.
- A counselor to camper ratio of 1:8 is maintained in order to facilitate better small group dynamics.
- Counselors’ are trained in first aid and CPR.
- Counselors know that exploring nature is the most effective way to instill a sense of wonder and love for the environment.
- Lacawac stands true to its mission of research, education and preservation by shaping the next generation of scientists and environmental stewards.
