Survey says…My Favorite Pemi Moment
Summer 2014: Newsletter #5 Hello once again from Wentworth, where we are now (almost unbelievably) a full week into the second half of the 2014 season. Since we were last in touch, 80-odd first session campers have said their good-byes for the year and an equal number of lads have taken their places – a […]
A Day in the Life of the Trip Program
Summer 2014: Newsletter #4 Let’s talk a little about the Pemi Trip Program. Today! It’s a July morning that our British staff contingent would appropriately call “brilliant.” Puffy cumulus clouds cruise briskly across a deep blue sky only recently vacated by as sharply-defined a half-moon as we’ve seen in years. Some recent unsettled weather has obligingly […]
Occupations: Old and New
2014: Newsletter # 3 This week’s Newsletter comes from Assistant Director Kenny Moore, who heads up Pemi’s instructional program. During the second week of occupations, across four instructional periods, Pemi provided the boys with 75 different activities to choose from. That averages just over 18 different choices each hour. Many of these occupations, like Tennis, […]
July 4th, Pemi-Style
2014 Newsletter #2 Hello again from sunny and temperate New Hampshire, where last week’s steamy and unsettled weather has given way to near-perfect July days – perfect conditions for the first Baker Valley sports day of the season on Saturday. Many of your sons will have participated in the ten contests in five sports against […]
Summer 2014: Newsletter #1
It’s 3:40 Monday afternoon, and we have just finished the last of the four daily instructional periods we call “occupations.” It is 84 degrees in Wentworth under partly cloudy skies, just warm enough that the thought of jumping into the lake for Free Swim (5PM) is most attractive. At the same time, there is a […]
Meet Pemi’s 2014 Staff
Pemi’s greatest asset has always been the remarkable staff that dedicates itself, each summer, to making the Pemi experience rich, unique, and nurturing for each boy. We are grateful for their dedication and work ethic, impressed by their multitudinous talents, and humbled by their dedication to Pemi. Each pre-season we ask staff to submit a […]