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Camp Scatico 6/17/22 Camp Scatico 6/17/22

Get to know the 2022 DLs!

It’s time to introduce our 2022 Division Leaders!

It’s time to introduce our 2022 Division Leaders! With Opening Day looking a little differently again this year, we wanted to make sure families could “meet” our DLs ahead of summer 101. We cannot wait to see them (and your campers) in action!

GIRLS SIDE

PIXIES (Rising 2nd+3rd)

Bunk: Cove C

Name: Gat Leander

Number of summers at Scatico: 2

At camp you’d most likely find me…: At the lake…

My favorite camp special event is…: TEAMS!

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Being told I was grey! #GreyAllTheWay

This summer, most excited to...: Catch up with my friends, whether they’re grown or still growing. I miss the people more than anything.

Gat on the ukulele at Meet The Counselor Night, 2021.

JUNIORS (rising 4th)

Bunk: Cove B/D

Name: Marly Fass

Number of summers at Scatico: 11

At camp you’d most likely find me…: At the dining hall “U.”

My favorite camp special event is…: The 4th of July.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Learning color war claps with older campers on my team.

This summer, most excited to...: Teach my campers Scatico songs and traditions.

JINTERS

Bunk: Studio

Name: Jenna Miller

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Swimming at the lake.

My favorite camp special event is…: DJ Pure because the whole camp comes together and has a fun time dancing.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Pulling into camp and seeing the Scatico sign for the first time.

This summer, most excited to...: Make special and fun memories with my campers.

INTERS

Bunks: Corner House and Chalet

Name: Kate Metzendorf

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Walking the road path with a speaker or catching up with friends.

My favorite camp special event is…: Divisional Sing.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: The butterflies in my stomach as I said goodbye to my parents on opening day and went to the Cove Courts where I met one of division mates and now best friends for the first time.

This summer, most excited to...: Build new friendships with campers and staff and participate in the unique camp traditions that make Scatico the most special place!

Kate (left) at the Carnival her CIT summer!

CENTERS

Bunk: Cove A

Name: Emma Krasner

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Teaching my campers about music they don’t know.

My favorite camp special event is…: Divisional Sing.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: When Teams broke at the Opening Campfire.

This summer, most excited to...: Get to know a new group of campers!

Emma (middle) lighting candles on Scatico’s 100th bday cake last summer.

DEBS

Bunk: Hutch

Name: Emma Rosh

Number of summers at Scatico: 12

At camp you’d most likely find me…: On the hill, at the waterfront or at tower. Yes, tower!! I was a tower counselor before I was a division leader and still love it.

My favorite camp special event is…: Divisional sing!! Watching the campers work so hard to create something special and then seeing them perform in front of the camp is incredible!!

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Coming to camp and meeting my best friends. My division mates are some of the best people I know and I can always count on them.

This summer, most excited to...: Spend time and have fun with 13 camp-loving Debs!!

SUBS

Bunk: Clubhouse

Name: Jamie Segal

Number of summers at Scatico: 14

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Sitting outside my bunk playing guitar, braiding hair, and hanging out.

My favorite camp special event is…: Divisional Sing and the July 4th talent show.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Getting picked to do "pitch" for my team's Hannah Montana themed comic song.

This summer, most excited to...: Reconnect with my campers and friends!

SENIORS

Bunk: Lodge 1/3

Name: Katie Corren

Number of summers at Scatico: 8

At camp you’d most likely find me…: By the lake!

My favorite camp special event is…: The 4th of July talent show.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: How kind, inclusive, welcoming, and loving all of my new camp friends and counselors were. It is because of them that I was able to get past my extreme homesick feelings and fall in love with Camp Scatico.

This summer, most excited to...: Reconnect with my Scatico family and create life long memories with my campers!

SOOPERS

Bunk: Den

Name: Daphne Zuckerman

Number of summers at Scatico: 11

At camp you’d most likely find me…: At an Adirondack chair or picnic table on back campus reading a book or playing card games!

My favorite camp special event is…: The Fourth of July talent show. It's the first time we really get to see the whole camp community together during the summer and the performances are always amazing.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Getting my camp sister. Not only did I get my camp sister that night, but Teams broke and it was one of the most memorable moments of my Jinter summer!

This summer, most excited to...: Welcome new members into the Scatico community!

Daphne as a camper with an old-school favorite… Cup of Noodles.

BOYS SIDE

FRESHMEN

Bunk: 1-2 and 3-4

Name: Matt Gross (through 7/5)

Number of summers at Scatico: 13

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Playing rec hoops on the A Court.

My favorite camp special event is…: Minicamp!

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: My first divisional sing with Matty Carroll in 2008!

This summer, most excited to...: Get back to camp after a 2 summer hiatus.

Matt (to the right) as a first-year camper.

FRESHMEN

Bunk: 1-2 and 3-4

Name: Branden Rothenberg (Rest of the summer)

Number of summers at Scatico: 11

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Chatting on the porch of 13-14.

My favorite camp special event is…: Tennis Extravaganza!

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Singing "I want you back" at the 4th of July talent show with the 2012 Upper Seniors!

This summer, most excited to...: Meet the Freshmen and guide them through an incredible first summer at the greatest place on earth!

Branden receiving his 10 year jacket in 2021.

SOPHOMORES

Bunk: 5-6 and 7-8

Name: Sam Meltzer

Number of summers at Scatico: 7

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Chilling at the HC.

My favorite camp special event is…: Color War.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Playing T - league for the first time(my first summer was Inter summer). I remember distinctly that one of the counselors was up at bat and absolutely crushed the ball deep into outfield. I was playing right field at the time and previously dropped a ball in the outfield. The sun was beginning to set on the ball fields making it extremely difficult for me to see anything coming my way. Long story short I somehow stuck out my glove and caught the ball. Everyone was cheering around me and from that moment I became fully immersed into the Scatico community.

This summer, most excited to...: Be with the incoming sophomore division. I’m also very excited to coach a lot of inter camp tournaments this summer after inter camps not being allowed last summer due to covid. With that being said, I can’t wait for summer to get started!

SUB JUNIORS

BunK: 1AB

Name: Manny Jacobson

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: In a chair village in center campus.

My favorite camp special event is…: Divisional Sing.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Getting launched off the rave for the first time.

This summer, most excited to...: Hang out with my campers and my division mates.

JUNIORS

Bunk: 13-14

Name: Henry Lilienfeld

Number of summers at Scatico: 7

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Center Campus.

My favorite camp special event is…: T-League.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Sitting on the yankee seats with Cory after a fight with a division mate. He calmed me down and made me feel comfortable.

This summer, most excited to...: Watch the Junior boys grow and mature as people with each other.

Henry getting his Color War team as an Upper Senior.

INTERS

Bunk: 9-10

Name: Jonah Levine

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Hanging out on a bunk porch.

My favorite camp special event is…: Color War.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: My first swim test.

This summer, most excited to...: Step into a leadership role and give the division a summer they will remember for the rest of their lives.

SUB SENIORS

Bunk: 2AB

Name: Daniel Kovacs

Number of summers at Scatico: 9

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Either at the HC porch reading comics and playing chess or on the A court shooting hoops.

My favorite camp special event is…: I love the July 4th bbq and the fireworks! That event has always been really awesome for me and I enjoy it every single time!

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: My first summer was 2013 when I was a junior. It was my first time experiencing color war at Scatico and the intensity was something I had never experienced before. I remember that color war specifically because I was on the green team and we needed to win 5 out of the 7 divisional chicken fights if we were going to win color war and we did! I remember hugging all of my division mates after that not only because I was so emotional but also because I had had an amazing summer with all of them and was so sad to leave.

This summer, most excited to...: This summer I’m most excited to be able to hang out with everyone more and for all the fun bunk chill sessions or rec hoops… I’m excited for all of it! I’m just excited to be able to go back to camp again and be able to make this summer a memorable experience for all of my campers!

SENIORS

Bunk: 15-16

Name: Brett Simons

Number of summers at Scatico: 10

At camp you’d most likely find me…: On the ball fields.

My favorite camp special event is…: Color War.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Running around meeting my counselors on my first ever day as a camper.

This summer, most excited to...: Become close with the division and run some great activities

UPPER SENIORS

Bunk: 3AB

Name: Michael Tolstoi

Number of summers at Scatico: 12

At camp you’d most likely find me…: Center Campus.

My favorite camp special event is…: Color War.

A moment from my first summer I'll always remember is...: Meeting my best friends that I get to spend every summer with as campers.

This summer, most excited to...: Create memories with campers and co-counselors.

Camp Scatico 6/14/22 Camp Scatico 6/14/22

Scatico x SCOPE Dream Boxes

Each summer we aim to learn from our neighbors and extend the camp experience beyond Scatico’s gates.

Each summer we aim to learn from our neighbors and extend the camp experience beyond Scatico’s gates. As part of this goal, on July 28, we are having Scatico's first-ever Service Day, where we will engage campers in projects and activities to partner with local and nonprofit organizations. Campers will have the opportunity to sign up for various activities, such as running a car wash to raise money for the local fire department and working alongside our friends at Kite’s Nest to compost and participate in their community garden.

As part of the Service Day activities, we’re excited to announce that Scatico is partnering with SCOPE, a nonprofit organization that provides children from low-income families opportunities at overnight summer camps to help them grow in the camp environment and beyond. SCOPE believes that summer camp is an essential component of the year-round education and development of children that impacts their futures. SCOPE raises funds to send kids to one of their dozens of their ACA-accredited nonprofit overnight camp partners across the United States.

For the SCOPE Service Day project, campers will create “Dream Boxes” for SCOPE campers at Ramapo for the 2022-2023 school year. Each “Dream Box” will contain new school supplies and be personally decorated to reflect each recipient kid!

This is where we need your help! On Opening Day and Visiting Day, families will have the opportunity to donate new educational supplies for the “Dream Boxes.” The list of supplies needed includes but is not limited to:

Pencils
Pens
Notebooks
Pencil Cases
Erasers
Colored Pencils
Crayons
Highlighters
Stickers
Pencil Sharpeners
Scissors
Sharpie Pens
Glue Sticks
Folders
Index Cards
White-out
Tape
Rulers

We can’t wait to create these “Dream Boxes” this summer with your help! On Opening Day, we’ll have a clearly labeled bin to collect all supply donations.

Camp Scatico 3/1/22 Camp Scatico 3/1/22

Scatico March Madness 2022

It’s March, which means it’s time for (drumroll please) the THIRD ANNUAL SCATICO MARCH MADNESS! This year we’ve got all kinds of beloved camp activities going head-to-head in 4 tough brackets: Evening Activities; Specialty Programming; Full Camp Events; Color War Events!

TOURNAMENT PROGRESS

View Scaticonians’ Completed Brackets Here!

Camp Scatico 11/6/21 Camp Scatico 11/6/21

Letter from Cory

Dear Scatico Families,

As we look to the summer ahead and eagerly plan for the 101st season of Scatico, we want to share an important message from Cory, who will be transitioning from his role as head counselor this summer.

As Cory writes:

This is not easy for me to say, and I have gone through so many iterations of this message in my head and on paper, but I think the best way to do it is to come out and rip the band aid. I will not be returning to camp as the boys head counselor. I’ll be a head counselor for two this summer with Bash and Peyton, my children, as my division. While I will not be the boys head counselor, I am working out a role with Dave and Diana that will allow me to spend time at camp and to continue to make magic and memories.

Scatico is always home for me and has, in large part, shaped who I am today. It is a place where I was always putting forth my best self. Camp, since my first summer as a sub junior in 1988, helped me learn a lot about who I was and what is important to me. That happens when you have support, role models and friends who truly care about you. Scatico is a place where all those things were available to me and I took full advantage. I hope that in my time as Head of Boys side, the campers all felt they were given the opportunity to feel at home as I always have. It is all I ever wanted for all of your kids. To be heard, to be cared for, to be seen, and to know that no matter what they wanted for themselves, we were going to get them there. I have so many memories of every camper being their best selves and I feel lucky to have witnessed it and shared in it all.

There is just so much more I am feeling but for now this will have to do. To all the camp families - to everyone - it has been the pleasure of my life to experience this with all of your children. To all the Scatico campers and counselors through time that have shared in the magic - wow, are we so lucky! Thank you for being the pulse that keeps it all beating.

To new beginnings.

”We’ve only just begun”…

Love to all,

Cory

We cannot thank Cory enough for his inspiring, thoughtful, and ever-energetic leadership as the boys head counselor since 2016, when he took the role over from David. Cory helped shape Scatico for the better (and, of course, also added Mets equality to the HC Porch). As much as we will miss him in his former role, we are also so excited for him to be able to spend more time with his family and are looking forward to crafting a new, part-time (childcare flexible) position for him. He will remain a familiar face in the 12523!

We’re also excited to share that Mark, who has been at Scatico since 2018 and was the boys program director last summer, will become the new head counselor. Mark will have support from long-time Scaticonians Randy and Ken as well as Quinn Croland, Matty Carroll and Alan O’Neill, the three of whom are enthusiastically planning their returns to camp in new leadership roles after a year (or a few) away. And the dynamic duo of Kerri and Dusty will still be found in the girls HC! At Scatico, we are always tremendously appreciative of our longstanding senior leadership team.

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season,

David, Diana and Nicki

Camp Scatico 6/25/21 Camp Scatico 6/25/21

6/24- Scatico Staff Campfire

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Hello Scatico Staff

It is my great honor to be opening our orientation campfire.

I am going to share a few thoughts with you, then Laura will be doing a land acknowledgement we hope will become part of our campfire tradition moving forward. And so, I would like talk about acknowledgement in a more general sense.

I want to acknowledge that on a normal year orientation is difficult. Many people come together, some who know one another, and some who do not, and must in a very short time become a cohesive community. It is an imperfect process, and will remain an imperfect process. I want to acknowledge that we are not perfect. But, I also want to acknowledge that we are good. I see so much goodness in this circle and I am excited for the children that are coming in less than 48 hours because I am very proud of the team we have built. Reach out to your teammates in the days ahead, and be there for one another.

I want to acknowledge our purpose for gathering. 22 years ago, I sat at one of these campfires and David Fleischner stood up and said that ‘the work I was about to do would be the most important work of my life.’ I was much younger. So, it was a great surprise to me that David was right. Working with kids is the most important work I have found, and I want to acknowledge that all the work we’ve done this week, and we’ve done some hard work, is for that purpose, the purpose of providing for children a place to connect with nature, themselves, and each other. And if we do that right, we will have a great summer.

Like many camp events this campfire will have its moments of solemnity and its moments of fun and play. This is the complex art of camp life.

During the summer of 2019, Cory Schwartz gave a speech at the first sermon on boyside. It was our 99th summer and Cory was aware that our minds might drift to summer 100 and there is nothing Cory hates more than having a summer be taken for granted. So, he inspired us to call summer 99 ‘the Great One’ not knowing the events that were to come. Summer 2019 was the best summer of my life and I want to acknowledge Cory for his leadership and wisdom.

As we look ahead at a most unexpected set of circumstances for Camp Scatico’s 100th summer I see a challenge much like Cory faced 2 years ago. But instead of the distraction coming from the future, our challenge comes to us from the past. We must decide to craft a new legend, and to face the open canvas of a summer we know will be like no other. I see a great adventure ahead and I really cannot imagine a better set of people to go on this journey with.

I want to acknowledge the Fleischner family and their efforts to move the arc of history a bit more toward justice. I want to acknowledge the heroic effort this week and the week’s leading up to this moment by Nicki Fleischner. I hope you have a day off on the schedule. And lastly, if you are a first-year counselor let us all acknowledge that the first year is harder for you, and there is no way around that. But, I also want you to know that you are needed, wanted, and celebrated in our hearts every day.

Now, my partner from Arts and Crafts Laura will share our land acknowledgement.

Camp Scatico 3/22/21 Camp Scatico 3/22/21

Scatico March Madness 2021

We’re back with the second annual Scatico March Madness! Get the bracket, find out how to participate, and catch some analysis from the 18s…

We’re back with the second annual Scatico March Madness. This year we’ve got some old favorites (full camp activities) as well as three new regions: Locations, Meals, and Songs!!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Print out the below bracket and manually fill it out, or fill it out digitally! Don’t forget to add your name and year of your first summer!
Send your completed bracket to nicki@scatico.com or DM it to @campscatico_official.
Get ready to V-O-T-E! Voting will start over the weekend!

Download Bracket PDF

And now (not to sway your vote!!) we’ve got the 2018 Soopers and Upper Seniors with some key info, hot takes, and analysis!

SCATICONIAN BRACKETS

Camp Scatico 11/19/20 Camp Scatico 11/19/20

Black Lives Matter At Summer Camp

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou

Camp Scatico affirms that Black Lives Matter. We are dedicated to the ongoing process of creating a more equitable camp world, in Elizaville and beyond. We are ready to do the work.

As part of this ongoing process, Scatico is grateful to be working with Simone Gamble, a long time camp professional and the founder of OAAARS, an organization that helps businesses find consultants of color committed to work rooted in social justice, equity, and education. OAAARS will help guide us as we work to make Scatico look more like, as the Summer Camp Society puts it, “the world we want our kids to live in”: a place of radical inclusivity, tolerance and kindness; an actively anti-racist and de-colonized space where all children and staff can be the best version of themselves; not a bubble that exists outside the world, but a force — and a future generation— that can change the world for the better.

SOCIAL + RACIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES

PODCASTS + ARTICLES

FOR CAMPERS, PARENTS, ALUMNI + STAFF

THOUGHTS ON BEING BLACK AT CAMP- A blog post from a black, female former head counselor at a YMCA camp.

Read the post here >>

FOR CAMPERS + PARENTS

SO GET ME: The Alphabet Rockers podcast for families making change!

Learn more here >>

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FOR PARENTS, ALUMNI + STAFF

CODE SWITCH: The fearless conversations about race that you’ve been waiting for!

Learn more here >>

SOCIAL JUSTICE + CAMP -- TALKING ABOUT IT- An article from 2016, about a camp in Ferguson, but with lessons for this moment.

Read the article here >>

WEBSITES + ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW

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S’More Melanin (@smoremelanin)

A destination for resources, historic context & connectivity for BIPOC in the camp world.

Visit account here >>

National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race Resource Page

Visit website here >>

EmbraceRace (@embracerace)- Multiracial community of parents, teachers, experts, who support each other to meet the challenges that race poses to our children, families, and communities.

Visit website here >>

The Conscious Kid- Education, research and policy organization dedicated to reducing bias and promoting positive identity development in youth.

Visit the website here >>

Black Youth Project- A platform that highlights the voices and ideas of Black millennials. Through knowledge, voice, and action, they work to empower and uplift the lived experiences of young Black Americans today.

Visit website here >>

OAAARS (@oaaars)-A people of the global majority-led consultancy that provides social justice-centered training and education to create safer and inclusive work environments while cultivating change agents in the workplace and beyond.

Visit website here>>

BOOKS

In an effort to support local bookstores, all of the links lead to purchasing on Bookshop.org.

Recommendations from other members of the Scatico Community

Find Many More book recommendations on embracerace

THOUGHTS, IDEAS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS?

This is a collaborative and community-driven process. Let us know your thoughts using the form below. If you have resource recommendations, we will work to update this page.

Camp Scatico 11/9/20 Camp Scatico 11/9/20

Camp T-shirt Day!

Calling all Scatico campers, staff, parents and alum, mark your calendars… Tuesday 11/10 is #camptshirtday!! For 10+ years, Camp T-Shirt Day has been a special day for the international camp community to celebrate camp and show some serious camp spirit. And this year at Scatico, we’re using it as an opportunity to support two fantastic Columbia County-based non-profits Kite’s Nest and Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood.

Kite’s Nest is a center for liberatory education with the mission to build the collective capacity of young people to bring about personal transformation, social connection, healing, and systemic change. The Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood works to create a chain of support for children and families in the community from cradle through career in order to break through the inter-generational cycle of poverty and help kids' reach their full potential.

How to Participate

Wear your favorite Scatico tee or gear on Tuesday 11/10!
Send a photo via DM to Scatico’s instagram or via email to nicki@scatico.com
For every photo submitted we will donate to these two awesome organizations, because camp spirit is always sweeter when you spread it!!

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Special Camp T-Shirt Day Virtual Event

Scatico is also a Community Partner for the 2020 Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, which features a special virtual fireside chat between New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow, who wrote Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons in Friendship, Courage and Loyalty, and Micah Hart, host of the podcast, Campfires and Color Wars .

Virtual tickets are $10, and the chat is on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 PM!

Learn more and get a ticket here

Organized by the JCC Houston, the event is also celebrating #camptshirtday and is collecting pictures of participants in their favorite camp t-shirt. You can email pictures to msteinberg@erjcchouston.org.

As the event website writes:

“For most of us 2020 was a summer without traditional camp – the special experiences, friendships and lessons learned at camp stay with those who participate throughout their lives. A nostalgic memoir with a universal message on the importance of long-term friendship for campers and non-campers alike, Camp Girls weaves between the past and present, and the joy of finding your independence as well as your interdependence alongside peers. Krasnow demonstrates that camp is more than a place or a collection of activities: it's where we learn what it means to be human and what it feels like to truly belong to a family - not of blood, but of history, loyalty, and tradition.”

Camp Scatico 8/14/20 Camp Scatico 8/14/20

Closing Day Thoughts

The final 24 hours of a typical camp summer are truly jam-packed— with emotions, traditions, the sweaty frustration of packing, tears, and laughs…

The final 24 hours of a typical camp summer are truly jam-packed— with emotions, traditions, the sweaty frustration of packing, tears, and laughs. The banquet, slideshow, closing campfire and burning of the year are four landmark moments, each helping to culminate and celebrate a summer at Scatico. For new campers they are traditions filled with mystery and wonder. The way the boys camp just knows how and when to huddle up after lunch to sing “I Don’t Want to Go Home” in the dining room. The way the girls camp seemingly floats magically from the campfire site to the Clubhouse to set their lit candles across the lake. For older campers these are traditions that mark the passage of time, giving us permission to reminisce and feel nostalgic for a summer that only just ended (while still getting that twinge of excitement for what future summers hold). The sight and feel of an essentially empty bunk, the beds pushed together so campers can have their “final sleepover,” lone water bottles and final sets of clothes the last items on shelves, copies of “Scatico Memories” on otherwise empty cubbies…. that is a snapshot of the final hours. What remains unseen but is felt everywhere is the friendship, the buzz, of a summer spent at camp.

Summer 2020 was a strange and difficult one for many reasons and for people of all ages all over the world. A summer without camp, without our Opening and Closing traditions and all the magic that comes between, was just a small piece in the giant puzzle of 2020 as “the summer without…” Through our fundraising and programming with the DREAM Project in the Dominican Republic, we got a small view of communities faring far worse than our own— where vital resources and programming have become scarce.

We are endlessly grateful for all of the much-needed camp spirit, activity and connection we were able to have in 2020, even amid a global pandemic. From our first virtual activity (the talent/art show in March, which somehow feels like a lifetime ago), through the Scatico podcast, Alma and “I Don’t Want to Go Home” virtual medleys, 10x2 (x2) Community Board, Visit Days, and Opening and Closing Zooms, the Scatico family has shown up. If we managed to pull this much off in 2020, there is no telling what 2021 will bring.

As you can imagine, much of this summer was also spent excitedly planning and dreaming for the future. This past week, our family sat down to hold two different meetings— one focused on the program logistics and safety precautions of next summer (think, new hand washing stations; fun, age-appropriate programming for our 2021 repeat divisions), and another on culture, on the intangibles (think, working on an official Scatico mission statement; new sustainability practices and diversity initiatives.) In a summer filled with calls for equity and social justice we are committed to looking inward and outward, and being part of a global camp community where all children learn to live and work together.

As the days get shorter, nights chillier, and summer fades to fall, our thoughts continue to be with our campers, parents, staff, and alumni. We know the transition of seasons is never easy in the “camp world,” and 2020 will definitely continue to challenge us all. Covid-19 has humbled us and taught us many things, including — as we shared in a full-staff Zoom back in May— that Scatico is a no judgement zone. Whether you’re learning or working remotely, or on the front lines as an essential worker; envisioning your next adventure or eager to stick to your living room, our community is here for you.

We can’t wait to keep sharing all year long, and dreaming of a summer spent under the Elizaville sun. Let the countdown to the 100th continue!

- David, Diana, Nicki and Audrey

P.S. You can check out the final behind the scenes tour, fittingly of the campfire sites and sunset trail, by scrolling to the last video on this page.

Camp Scatico 7/29/20 Camp Scatico 7/29/20

Closing Night Divisional Zooms

Schedule and details for Divisional Closing Night Zooms

It is hard to believe it’s already approaching what would have been Closing Day at Camp Scatico. Even in a summer like this one, time continues to fly.

As a way to commemorate the moment and to reconnect with bunkmates we are scheduling Closing Night Zooms for each division led by a Scatico counselor! Check the schedule and find your zoom link below.

Again, these zooms are based on what division campers would have been in 2020. If you’re not sure, click the buttons below to view a bunk list.

Boys Bunk List

Girls Bunk List

CLOSING Night Zoom Schedule

Monday August 10, 5-6 PM

Girls Side: Centers with Lauren Rosh- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87857267012
Boys Side: Inters with Mack Madorsky- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959699814

Monday August 10, 8-9 PM

Girls Side: Soopers with Sammi Salmirs + Lauren Rosh- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89570951156
Boys Side: Upper Seniors with Jack Heineman- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5940049599

Tuesday August 11, 5-6 PM

Girls Side: Inters with Marlee + Emma Georger- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86240374540
Boys Side: Sub-Juniors with Ben Holzer + Matt Stuttman - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83063495689

Tuesday August 11, 8-9 PM

Girls Side: Seniors with Jamie Rosh- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82821245462
Boys Side: Seniors with Ben Putzer- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82086574646

Wednesday August 12, 5-6PM

Girls Side: Juniors + Jinters with Marlee + Emma Georger- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89789311417
Boys Side: Juniors with Ben Holzer + Matt Stuttman- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83934385879

Wednesday August 12, 8-9 PM

Girls Side: Subs with Rachel Waxenberg- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84955655701
Boys Side: Sub-Seniors with Matt Gross- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82436950225

Thursday August 13, 5-6 PM

Girls Side: Debs with Mackenzie Press- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81846669582
Boys Side: Frosh + Sophs with Chase Madorsky- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84781348855