Roots Summer Camp
Join Roots School for Summer Camp, our week long day camp in which we focus on ancient survival skills, nature awareness, and tracking. Campers will find their days full of exploring the natural world as we move through the Vermont woods, wetlands, and fields studying the plants, trees, birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians. We will work on survival skills such as emergency shelters, primitive fire-making, finding and purifying wild water, and learning poisonous, edible, medicinal, and fiber-producing plants.
Campers will also make a number of hand-made projects, such as atl-atls, pine bark water kettles, naturalist sketchbooks and journals, spears, bowdrill kits, survival bows, arrows, bolas, throwing sticks, cordage, and much more.
In addition to learning new skills, campers enjoy the open air and each other through games, expeditions and challenges. Thursday night of the week is an overnight, in which we cook our dinner on the fire, discover the dark through stories and games, and spend the night in the wilderness.
Ages: 8-13
8:30-3:30, with Thursday being the overnight.
The Roots Summer Camp is not an average day camp. Students will be encouraged to push their own edges as they learn to use tools, be responsible with fire, learn to communicate in order to accomplish hard tasks they could not have done alone, and in general learn about the natural world and the skills to survive there.
Students will be grouped by age and the group ages will depend on how many campers we get and how old they are. This is in response to many parent requests to move children from one age group to another. All groups will work with experienced instructors with a passion for the skills and the ability to provide powerful growing opportunities for students.
This is a packed week, full of excitement and new experiences. Student-to-staff ratios will not exceed five to one, giving us the ability to meet and challenge every student individually. Our staff have Wilderness First Responder, and Wilderness EMT certification.
Location: East Calais, VT
To attend this course please download and send in a Registration Form, either by email, to info@rootsvt.com or PO Box 932 Montpelier, VT 05601. The form is available below. Please include the non-refundable deposit either in the form of a check or through Google Check-Out available below.
Once we receive your registration we will send a Course Confirmation and Information letter that will confirm your space in the course as well as detail the logistics of when the course begins and ends, gear lists, directions, and school policies.
Cost: $275/Week
Deposit: $50 with registration
Prerequisites:
None
Registration Instructions
- Download the registration form, fill it out and mail or email it. See the registration page for more details.
- Pay by mail or use the Buy Now button below
Carving lessons.
Students and Staff with Pine Water kettles.
teamwork!
balance challenge