Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

NBTSC is really only for kids who are 13 or older, so it won't really work
for the initial poster yet, but it's a great place for teens to connect and
both teach to and learn from each other.

My daughter has gone to NBTSC for several years (taking last year off to do
other things) and plans to go to both of this year's western sessions. She
found NBTSC extremely inspiring and has made friendships that have lasted
outside of camp. As a matter of fact, we just had 'The Canadians' here to
visit for several days. Lovely young people. My 14yo son will go this
year for his first time and is very excited. He considers it a 'must-do'.

I visited the camp myself and spent an entire day roaming the campus with
no influence except my daughter (when she wasn't busy talking to
camper-friends.) It was a beautiful forested setting, and being fall, was
nippier than I would like (but then I usually like it about 74
degrees!) The day I was there, they sent the remote-controlled submersible
robot (that they'd built themselves!) out into the pond for the very first
time - and it worked! Even though we weren't expected (we didn't RSVP),
they graciously made room for us at the table. The food was more
holy-granola-y than I am used to, but it was good and lots of kids went
back for seconds.

The camp (and group?) is obviously not a good fit for every child, nor for
every family. No group ever is. Please don't take one parent's experience
of the camp (even mine) for the sum total of camp quality. Check it out
for yourself and talk to a lot of people! Shoot, if you go to the NBTSC
website, there's even some teen forums where you can ask the teens what
they think.
First Hand Info, without the parental slant.
Priceless!
HeidiWD


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