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The Benefits of Change: Fun Camp 2011 Report 

A number of positive changes helped to make this year's Fun Camp the best yet. One hundred thirty Fun Campers enjoyed innovative and fun math, reading, art and physical education sessions created by Camp Leader Tessa Anderson, 15 volunteer Counselors and several Assistant Counselors.

For the first time, a Jamaican was chosen as our Fun Camp Leader. Tessa, who has worked with Blue Mountain Project in a number of capacities (many of you may remember his Patois classes during your Service Learning volunteer trips), is a teacher at Minto Primary School and is attending university in Kingston to further his teaching skills. We were also fortunate to be able to hold the Fun Camps at Minto and Penlyne Castle Primary Schools, giving us access to separate and furnished classrooms, kitchen facilities, a closed played yard, and maybe most importantly - decent bathroom space.

Unexpectedly, a small group of eighth graders slipped into this year's Fun Camp, usually set up only for first through rising seventh graders. They were so eager to learn that our Fun Camp Counselors allowed them to stay and arranged special math sessions for them, teaching them trigonometry while the rest of the Fun Campers learned basic math. Another group of stowaways was also discovered. These children were a little young but were also so eager to be at Fun Camp that some of the Counselors set up a special classroom for them. Their special project was reading and their achievement was learning how to write their names. With an adaptive and innovate team, both planned and unexpected changes helped significantly increase the benefits of this year's Fun Camp.

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