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High Rocks is a place for fun and learning, for challenge and adventure, and for living in an environment that is geared to a camper's needs and interests. Aided by a well-trained staff we seek to teach and to inspire lasting skills and values.
High Rocks is in the midst of a thousand acres of camp-owned mountain woodland, with an eleven-acre lake, at an elevation of three thousand feet. Our summer climate is moderate, with warm days and cool nights.
We offer ongoing opportunities for success, a freedom from inhibiting competitive pressure, and daily instruction in activities which promote rapid development of skills, an increased self-esteem, and a sense of community. Activity choices are made by the camper, with enough structure and counselor guidance to offer security and yet enough freedom to allow for creativity and self-direction. A camper may choose as many activities as can be fitted into the schedule; a minimum of five are required and are attended regularly unless a trip or extended activity occurs, such as a three-day hike, a canoe trip, or a morning spent rock climbing. We consider skills important as contributors to competence and enjoyment as well as to self-direction and teamwork, and shared responsibility. The child learns to make a choice, then a commitment and finally experiences the fulfillment of achievement.
Although competitive fun is a part of High Rocks in such activities as tennis and soccer, competition is not used as a motivator and is not emphasized in the learning process. The test of a camp is its success with individual children, and here success is available as a result of individual effort, not as a result of being better than someone else. We give no ribbons or medals for such titles as "best camper" or "best rider." Instead, we reward an individual's effort and skill progression with more challenging and exciting experiences within the activity.
Visit Camp High Rocks for boys in North Carolina at Visit the High Rocks website
If you are 13 or older, you can also fill out this form to send them email.
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| Camp High Rocks Mission |
The mission of Camp High Rocks is to foster the personal growth of youth through an outdoor oriented program that:
- promotes self-confidence and independence within a cooperative community of campers and staff that
offers challenging adventures with safety as the highest priority
- teaches skills experientially through a planned progression
- encourages teamwork and having fun in a non-competitive atmosphere
- promotes an understanding of the natural environment
- respects the individual
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