As the school year begins under the cloud of COVID-19 that has closed many schools across the country, students and parents have struggled to cope with remote learning. One summer camp in northern Wisconsin has an innovative solution: fall camp.
, students and parents have struggled to cope with remote learning. One summer camp in northern Wisconsin has an innovative solution: fall camp.
"The idea is, rather than getting stuck in your basement, doing remote schooling and having the option to go from your Google classroom to your Netflix to your Fortnite, we will provide a space so that when you're on breaks, you can do camp," Shlensky told ABC News."We're going to hold these guys accountable to their school schedules. But as soon as they're complete, they can go climbing and waterskiing and shoot hoops.
North Star Camp for Boys, near Hayward, Wis., is opening up a camp in the fall due to the COVID-19 crisis relegating students to their homes. "When they were sheltering in place for 15 weeks at home, did we let them go out and explore the world? No," he said, "Here," he added,"they will be Zooming in to school. But for the rest of the day, fall camp is an opportunity to try hard things and be adventurous."
Shlensky plans to operate fall camp with the same rigorous protocols in place. He will take a maximum of 100 boys in grades 5 through 10. The program starts this weekend and runs until Oct. 25.North Star Camp for Boys, near Hayward, Wis., is opening up a camp in the fall due to the COVID-19 crisis relegating students to their homes.
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