Daily Schedule
With the help of your counselor, you’ll create your own weekly schedule structured around program activities. You’ll have some free time every afternoon and several evenings a week.
Real Campers - Real Schedules!
Pemi’s program is unique among summer camps for its depth and breadth, with instruction from beginner to advanced levels in all activities. With the help of your counselor, you’ll choose your own set of instructional activities for your 1st, 2nd, 3rd (and for many, 4th) hours of the day that you’ll stay with for the week and that plug into the daily, camp-wide schedule. The best way to illustrate our diverse program is to introduce you to real campers and the instructional activities that each one chose. We’ll update with a new slate of campers on occasion, so be sure to check back!
Free Time
Beyond instructional activities, you can fill your free time in many ways, like playing ping-pong with friends, having team practices and games against other camps, going on field trips, or visiting “Art World,” the Nature Lodge, or the Woodshop. Join in group activities or enjoy some solo time with a favorite book.
Three evenings a week, the entire camp family gathers for Saturday night campfire, Sunday meeting, and Monday’s Bean Soup — Pemi traditions that date back over 100 years!
Wondering what “inspection” is? Here’s a description, written by a Pemi alum years ago!
Learn more: Pemi’s cherished tradition of counselors reading to their campers every night
What’s Bean Soup? FRB? Where’s Flat Rock? Here’s a primer on some of Pemi’s unique words, terms, and places. Sharing the same language brings us closer as a community. Join in!
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Hibbard
Age 8 – Second Session
Hibbard had been waiting to come to camp ever since his older brother started, and once at Pemi he took full advantage. An energetic and fun-loving camper, Hibbard tried a wide range of what Pemi has to offer, always with a couple active choices as part of his schedule. He also got out for a hike up Mt. Rattlesnake, which he loved.
Week 1: Soccer / Mineral Kingdom / Ultimate Frisbee / Swimming
Week 2: Piano / Pickleball / Tennis / Jr. Archery
Week 3: Soccer / Red Cross Swimming / Plant Survivors / Lacrosse

Brandon
Age 10 – Full Session
For his second summer at Pemi, Brandon made the switch from first to full session. With all six activity weeks to work with, Brandon chose weekly schedules that let him explore all aspects of the Pemi program. He picked activities in multiple program areas every single week, and in several weeks he had sports, nature, and art activities in his schedule. By attending for the full session, Brandon was able to do all of these various activities while also taking on a big role in our end-of-season dramatic production, The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood. Brandon demonstrated how a Junior camper can do camp to the fullest!
Week 1: Tennis / Ukulele / Swimming / Jr. Archery
Week 2: Plate Tectonics / Rock Cycle / Soccer – Goalkeeper Training / Jr. Woodshop
Week 3: Sound Painting / Basic Water Rescue / Plant Survivors / Songwriting
Week 4: Acting / Birds / Improv / Mixed Media
Week 5: Robin Hood – Acting / Pickelball / Tennis / Ultimate Frisbee
Week 6: Robin Hood – Acting / Beaded Lizards / Robin Hood – Leads / Stop Motion Animation

Ahran
Age 10 – Full Session
In his first summer at Pemi, Ahran tried a great mix of activities. A natural athlete, he was sure to always have some sports in his schedule. As someone who loves a wide range of activities, however, Ahran was also sure to always have variety. He quickly found a home in the Nature Lodge, going on to take a nature activity every single week. Ahran is excited for a full session in 2024 so that he can try out even more of what Pemi has to offer!
Week 1: Jr. Sailing / Ponds & Streams / Swimming / Soccer
Week 2: Soccer / Rock Cycle / Soccer – Goalkeeper Training / Baseball
Week 3: Soccer / Mineral Kingdom / Snyder’s Yard Games / Baseball

Wills
Age 11 - Full Session
In his third summer at Pemi but first as a full-session camper, Wills did it all! Every week he had a balanced schedule that included sports, nature, art, and even the trip program with his canoeing activity. Wills’ schedule shows just how much can be accomplished by taking advantage of the full seven-week program. Not only did he cover all of the program areas, but Wills was able to take activities across the full spectrum within each area: team, individual, land, and water sports; music, dramatic, and visual arts; and nature activities that included geology (Rock Cycle), art (Environmental Sculpture) , and fun experimentation (Weird Science).
Week 1: Soccer / Sailing / Lacrosse / Canoeing
Week 2: Weird Science / Archery/ Pickleball / Basketball
Week 3: Sound Painting / Tennis / Baseball
Week 4: Rock Cycle / Environmental Sculpture / Flag Football
Week 5: Soccer / Sketch Comedy / Flag Football / Swimming
Week 6: Pickleball / Environmental Sculpture / Pemi Dundee / Stop Motion Animation

Isaac
Age 12 – First Session
Back for his second summer at Pemi, Isaac filled his schedule from across the full spectrum. With a mix of nature and water sports his first week, Isaac then moved into a nature and visual arts focused second week, and rounded that out with a mix of visual and performing arts in his final week. Isaac could often be found on the basketball courts during his free time, so he was able to satisfy his athletic interests every week as well!
Week 1: Space! / Swimming / Canoeing
Week 2: Weird Science / Rock Cycle / Word Art
Week 3: Calligraphy / Sketch Comedy / Graffiti

Bryce
Age 13 – Full Session
Bryce did it all in his second Pemi summer, first as a full-season camper! He chose multiple activities in sports, nature, and the arts. As an extremely talented athlete and musician, Bryce still found time to try out interests beyond his existing areas of expertise. As if this incredibly varied schedule wasn’t enough, he also went out on a four-day hike to the Mahoosucs – easily the most challenging hike a camper his age can sign up for. Bryce showed how to make the most of the full range of our program over a seven-week stretch.
Week 1: Rugby / Sound Painting / Archery – Int./Adv. / Baseball
Week 2: Fishing Rod Building / Ultimate Frisbee / Nature Exhibit Making / Tennis
Week 3: Rock Band / Environmental Sculpture / Archery – Clout / Fishing Rob Building
Week 4: Woodshop / Woodshop / Archery – Int./Adv.
Week 5: Swimming / Tennis / Bass / Baseball
Week 6: Birds, Butterflies, & Fighter Jets / Rock Band / Ultimate Frisbee

Luke
Age 14 – Full Session
While being one of the best athletes in camp, Luke didn’t just focus his time at Pemi on sports. He signed up for a number of activities inn the Nature program, and took great advantage of the canoe program as well. Luke went out on the full-season 14-year-olds’ canoe trip to the Rangeley Lakes. This took up a full week of activities, but by being at Pemi for the full seven weeks, he was able to do all his favorites and still enjoy that incredible trip!
Week 1: Yoga / Lacrosse / Animal Evidence
Week 2: Environmental Sculpture / Basketball / Sailing
Week 3: Archery / Sailing / Wild Foods / Canoeing
Week 4: Rangeley Lakes Canoe Trip
Week 5: Tennis / Baseball / Soccer / Swimming
Week 6: Basketball / Lacrosse / Sailing

Cole
Age 15 – Full Session
A longtime Pemi veteran, Cole had a stellar final summer as a camper. With team sports, individual sports, music, improv, photography, sailing, and more, Cole did it all as a 15-year-old! He went out on multiple trips, including the week-long Allagash canoe trip, the capstone adventure of our trip program. Cole worked all summer towards his Pemi Silver – an honor earned by achievement across the whole Pemi program, typically requiring a number of summers to complete. He succeeded in this endeavor, demonstrating just how much can be accomplished by taking full advantage of Pemi’s offerings summer after summer!
Week 1: Sound Painting / Lacrosse / Wild Foods
Week 2: Yoga / Pemi Rock Town / Sailing – Beg./Int.
Week 3: Nature Book / Canoeing / Improv
Week 4: Allagash Canoe Trip
Week 5: Sports Photography / Yoga / Swimming / Soccer
Week 6: Basic Water Rescue / Lacrosse / Waterski / Sailing – Adv.