St. Vartan Blog

Sunday C2

We are now in our final week of camp! We can hardly believe it, but we are ready to make the most of these next six days. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Der Vasken, but we said hello to Jenni, who will be serving as our Camp Director,

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Saturday C1

We had an intensely hot day here at camp, but we managed to stay hydrated and had a lot of fun with the official start of our Olympics. The campers and CITs split up into four teams and began Olympics by creating their own chants and dances. Throughout the day,

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Friday C1

All of us here at camp cannot believe that it’s Friday! This first week has flown by so quickly, and we know that we have to make the best of this last week here at St. Vartan Camp. Today was another great day of playing dodgeball, swimming, dancing, learning, crafting

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Thursday C1

Today we enjoyed a nice hot day! In the morning, Vahe had the teens play volleyball on the sand court, and in the afternoon, the juniors played dodgeball. Stepan had a trivia game with the campers in heritage, and Mesrob Mashtots and Hovaness Toumanyan traveled to the future to help

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Wednesday C1

We had another full day here at camp! Both juniors and teens were worked to their cores with the most intense bootcamp to date. Even though it was challenging, the campers loved it, and some staff and CITs actually took their free periods to fit in some extra bootcamp time.

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Tuesday C1

We had a breezy day here at St. Vartan Camp. The weather was beautiful and the campers loved spending time outdoors. They played soccer in sports and enjoyed their time at the pool. Our arts and crafts teacher, Zaven Donoian, also took advantage of the nice weather and had the

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Monday C1

Session C is officially in full swing! The whole camp family woke up bright and early and gathered for chapel at eight o’clock. After being filled with a delicious batch of chocolate chip pancakes, campers went to their morning locations. The CITs did a great job at teaching Armenian dances

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Sunday C1

We’ve finally arrived at our last session, and we couldn’t be more excited to begin! The new batch of campers came in this afternoon, settled into their rooms and (eagerly!) bid farewell to their parents. At the opening meeting, we reviewed the schedule and the rules with the campers and

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Saturday B2

We can’t believe Session B is already over! This morning was a flurry of laughter and tears as the campers reminisced over the past two weeks and said goodbye to their new family. At closing program, counselor groups handed out their Camper of the Week awards, and some campers got

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Friday B2

Today was a bittersweet day for our Session B campers. They had so much fun while going throughout their day, but they knew that soon they would be packing and saying their goodbyes. The campers made the most out of classes, sports and swim and their time with their counselor

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