Timber Lake Camp

Timber Lake runs one traditional, co-ed programme where every camper follows the same reassuring rhythm rather than a specialist track. The day begins with reveille at 7:45, line-up and breakfast, then bunk clean-up and inspection before the morning athletics period and the first elective of the day; lunch and a rest hour reset everyone, and the afternoon brings a waterfront period on the camp's own lakes, a snack, a second athletics period and a second elective. Evenings belong to free play and the canteen, shower time and an all-camp evening activity, so children finish the day together rather than drifting off alone. Because athletics and electives each come round twice a day, campers get regular coaching in the sports they love while still choosing creative and hands-on pursuits, and the wider programme adds adventure activities, camp-wide special events and inter-camp competitions such as the Melter, Gordon and Jacobs Cups. Older campers move into a dedicated Teen Program, and the whole schedule sits inside the camp's STARFISH values framework of sharing, integrity, responsibility and respect, with bunk life among nine or ten peers and college-age counselors treated as part of the learning.