Adventure Treks is thrilled to announce that we are now an accredited program with the American Camp Association! What does being accredited mean for Adventure Treks? The American Camp Association (ACA) is recognized by courts of law and government regulators as the standards of the camp industry. Within the ACA, an independent committee of experts […]
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Adventure Treks is American Camp Association Accredited!
Why You Should Invest in Summer Camp for Your Child’s Future
As parents, it can be hard to imagine sending your child away for two to four weeks in the summer. Not having direct, continuous communication with your kids is rare these days, and often it’s parents who are more nervous about going to camp than their kids! (Here’s a great article about how parents can […]
Adventure Treks’ Scouting Trip to Scotland
“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” – Albus Dumbledore I knew that some filming in Harry Potter movies had taken place in Scotland, but I didn’t realize how much of an influence this country had on the series’ setting! Soon after our scouting trip to […]
Adventure Treks’ Scouting Trip to Norway
Earlier this fall, Dmac and I took a scouting trip to Norway. WOW—what a SPECTACULAR place! When planning or debuting a new trip, it’s important that we visit these new locations to meet with our in-country guides and check out all aspects of the itinerary ourselves. Check out our scouting trip gallery below! It was […]
Adventure Treks and the Battle Against Phone-Based Childhoods
I was reading through college essays the other day, shared by current and former Adventure Treks students who’d written about the impact their AT experiences (climbing Mt. Shasta, backpacking in Alaska, etc.) have had on their lives. I then came across an essay on letgrow.org by a student named Finn Fox. One quote in particular […]
Social Media’s Effect on Dopamine and Teenagers
Recently, I read Habits of a Happy Brain by Loretta Graziano Breuning and Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke. Both of these books made me sit up and reevaluate my interactions with my phone and social media, and the ways in which we as a society seek gratification. In Habits of a Happy Brain, the author […]