Independent Lake Camp
| Camp Address 70 Clark Rd. Orson, Pennsylvania 18449 USA (570) 727-4160 |
Off-Season Address PO Box 86 Newberry, Florida 32615 USA (800) 399-CAMP |
Thank you for your interest in Independent Lake Camp, THE Superior Pocono Mountain summer camp for boys and girls ages 6-17. If you are looking for a diverse and intimate community, with committed creativity, powerful individualized programming and superb facilities this may be the place for your child. Independent Lake Camp has multiple session options including a 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 or 9 week session. We offer many exciting programs including circus, land sports, visual arts, performing arts, mountain biking, academics, rock music, water sports, role playing games, video, radio, cooking, computers, tennis, golf, ropes course, SAT prep, horseback riding, creative writing, poetry, mountain boarding, magic, newspaper, rollerblading, skateboarding, climbing wall, hockey, go-karts, rocketry, swimming pool, BMX Biking, robotics, fitness & weight training, and much more. We cater to each childs individual needs and respect each childs individuality.
Ask us about why we attract more first time campers than any other camp in our area, and ask us why we are able to attract and keep teenagers. Call us at 1-800-399-CAMP.
A Superior Pocono Mountain Summer Camp with the following facilities; Cabins to sleep up to 900 including staff, gymasiums, sports fields, tennis courts, private 100 acre lake with watrerskiing, wakeboarding, sailing, kayaking and many other water related activities, heated pool, 900 seat theatre and dance studio, radio station, a 900 seat dining room, 2 computer labs with high speed connection, indoor and outdoor ropes course and climbing walls, rock music studios, outdoor ampitheatre, circus complex, 3 out door fly trapezes, digital arts building, magic building complete with own stage, creative arts building, skatepark, bmx track, stables and riding ring....miles and miles of trails, mountain biking trails, weight room, go-cart track, full medical facility, archery range, 2 beach volleyball courts, and more.
OUR STAFF
Independent Lake Camp has a total staff of 250. The camper to counselor ratio is 4-1. We have a very high return rate of staff bringing back many for years upon end. All new staff including international are personally interviewed at either our winter office in Philadelphia, their University or at an internaional camp-staff fair. In addition references are checked for new staff along with a criminal background check and a sexual offenders check. Criminal background and sexual offender checks are done for returning staff too, regardless of how many years they have been with us. Department Heads/Managers/Head Counselors are professionals that are able to spend their summers with us. Many are school teachers. Counselors are college students who have at least completed their freshman year in college. All ILC staff must have significant experience, or certification in the skill for which they are applying to teach/instruct, and a passion to want to share that skill with a child. No general counselors are hired. All staff are required to read and sign off on our staff manual every year and it is mandatory to attend the 5 day orientation prior to the campers arriving.
MEDICAL TEAM
We have an emergency room Dr. and 2 registered nurses that live in camp. The nearest hospital is 20 minutes away in Honesdale PA.
OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE
To Respect and celebrate diversity: honoring people for whom they are, in an open-minded and open-hearted spirit of trust, acceptance, recognition, and kindness.
To Create a safe, supportive, exciting summer of discovery during which campers experience and connect to people of all ages and backgrounds, and in the process connect to all aspects of their own diverse selves as well.
To Understand that "fun" and "learning" should be synonyms (especially in summer!), leading to greater physical, emotional, and intellectual skills, comfort levels, and pride: observable gifts of growth with which the child returns home.
To Challenge counselors, staff, and all who work with our campers, to set the standard for, and to achieve, the ideal in positive, successful,life-enriching interactions with every single child.
To Nurture and endow young people with such a wealth of esteem for themselves, for humanity, and for the adventure and meaningful joy possible in life, that, entering the larger stage of adult community, they heal,repair, and enhance our world-at-large.
Camp Season: June 21, 2009 to August 23, 2009
Multiple camper discounts available
Financial assistance available
- SessionSession DatesCapacityTuition
- 2 weeks
(Click for more information)8/9/2009 to 8/23/2009600 Campers$2,195.00- 2 weeks. First time camper $1545
- 2 weeks
(Click for more information)6/21/2009 to 7/5/2009600 Campers$2,195.00- 2 weeks. First time camper $1545,
- 2 weeks
(Click for more information)7/5/2009 to 7/19/2009600 Campers$2,195.00- 2 weeks
- 3 weeks
(Click for more information)7/19/2009 to 8/9/2009600 Campers$3,025.00- $2545 for first time campers
- 4 weeks
(Click for more information)6/21/2009 to 7/19/2009600 Campers$4,390.00- 4 weeks
- 5 weeks
(Click for more information)7/19/2009 to 8/23/2009600 Campers$5,220.00- first time campers $4090
- 5 weeks
(Click for more information)7/5/2009 to 8/9/2009600 Campers$5,220.00- First time campers $4740
- 7 weeks
(Click for more information)6/21/2009 to 8/9/2009600 Campers$7,415.00- First timers $6285
- 7 weeks
(Click for more information)7/5/2009 to 8/23/2009600 Campers$7,415.00- First timers $6285
- 9 weeks6/21/2009 to 8/23/2009600 Campers$9,610.00
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