Here’s to 2014…
Summer 2014: Final Newsletter of the Season It’s Sunday morning, August 17th, and a gentle rain is falling in the Lower Baker Valley. The clouds are low, and we have to take it on faith that the top of Pemi Hill is still there. Aside from the occasional call our local loon, the place is […]
Field Trips Near and Far: Pemi’s Nature Program
Summer 2014: Newsletter # 7 EXCURSIONS by Larry Davis, Director of Pemi’s Nature Program Pemi’s Nature Program has many facets. One of these is our program of instruction. This summer we offered forty different nature occupations ranging from classics—Beginning Butterflies and Moths and Beginning Rocks and Minerals (both available every week)—to more esoteric activities such […]
2014 Tecumseh Day
2014 Newsletter #6 This week’s newsletter comes from Charlie Malcolm, our longtime Director of Athletics. It was he who oversaw our recent competition with our arch-rivals (and very good friends) from Camp Tecumseh. This storied rivalry, dating back to our founding in 1908, is surely one of the most august in American camping, and predates […]
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 […]
Values and Beliefs: Music at Pemi
Every May, ten to fourteen senior staff members meet for a weekend of planning and goal-setting for the summer ahead. During this most recent gathering, director Danny Kerr led a lively conversation on the role of music at Pemi. Below is a compilation of the wide-ranging input that resulted… I. Music is at the center of the […]
Alumni Work Weekend, June 13-15
We can’t wait to welcome back Alumni to the shores of Lower Baker for the first Annual Alumni Work Weekend. It’s not too late to grab a friend and RSVP through our Facebook Event Page or email ken Click here for details.
UPDATE: Bury or Stop Northern Pass
We will insist on smart, well-planned energy projects that advance a clean energy future and we will not welcome any overhead extension cords like Northern Pass that provide little benefit to the state, at the expense of our natural and scenic resources. – excerpt from petition to Governor Hassan Background In March 2011, we posted Help […]