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[quote=Anonymous]Another thumbs up for Valley Mill. We are new to the area this year, so first year with summer camps. My 11 year old ds, rising 7th grader, absolutely loves it. It is heaven for outdoorsy kids -- swimming, rock climbing, sailing, canoeing, slack lines, gym, what they call pioneering (I guess learning to tie knots etc.), air rifles and archery. It's very organized and very active, and I love the door to door bus service. There are "bus parties" once a week. I wish the groups were a bit bigger -- although it's hard to get all the details from ds, I gather kids are put into one small group and then they stay with that group for the session. It would be nice to have larger groups or more mix and matching maybe -- although it's possible ds hasn't fully explained how all that works, he's a pretty laconic kid.

Butler Montessori for my girls has been more of a mixed bag. My middle kid in Outdoor Adventures mostly likes it although I think they somewhat over promise and under deliver in terms of all the activities they say they do, which may be attributable to counselors not being particularly organized. Like - whoops, we ran out of time again to go to the pool. Or we played soccer for the fourth time this week rather than doing ropes or creeking or whatever. My youngest loved Equestrian Adventures for the first two sessions but is totally bored in Young Adventurers, which is much more inside-based than we had been led to expect, and seems very preschool-y/daycare-y rather than summer camp-y. It might be good for a younger kid but she's at the top of the age range and is just not very thrilled with indoor playtime and arts and crafts all day.[/quote]

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