| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | carefully orchestrating many mini-successes for |
| SuperCamp, the original Academic and Life Skills | | | | each camper. |
| summer camp that launched in 1982 with 64 | | | | As a result, most SuperCamp graduates return to |
| students is poised to enroll its 50,000th student in | | | | their homes and schools empowered with a new |
| 2008. | | | | sense of confidence, more motivated, and armed |
| SuperCamp, which broke new ground in the | | | | with an array of learning, study and test-taking |
| summer camp industry in 1982 with the first | | | | skills. As one 2007 graduate says, SuperCamp |
| learning and life skills program for middle and high | | | | teaches great life skills and opens doors I |
| school students, is about to pass the 50,000 | | | | didn’t even know had handles! |
| enrollment mark, reflecting both | | | | Parents, aware of the fleeting value of traditional |
| SuperCamp’s success and how more | | | | summer camps, see SuperCamp as an |
| parents are turning to academic camps for | | | | investment that pays lasting dividends. |
| summer enrichment. | | | | SuperCamp was probably the single best |
| When SuperCamp co-founder, Bobbi DePorter, | | | | investment we made in our daughter’s |
| held that first camp in Lake Tahoe 26 years ago, | | | | future, stated Alice Keppler. She feels so |
| most parents wanted a traditional camp that | | | | good about herself. Every time she remarks how |
| would keep their children busy for a week or two | | | | her grades have improved, we remind her that |
| during summer vacation. | | | | this is a gift she gave to herself. |
| We were not interested in starting a summer | | | | SuperCamp offers four grade-specific programs |
| babysitting service, says DePorter. Our | | | | for boys and girls from age 9 to 19, all the way |
| goal from day one was to help make great kids | | | | up to a college boot camp for incoming college |
| greater. Over the years, as the pressure to excel | | | | freshmen called Quantum U. The residential camps |
| in school and to get into the best colleges has | | | | are held on eight college campuses in the U.S., |
| increased, more and more parents have turned to | | | | including Stanford and Cornell, with the campers |
| SuperCamp to give their children every | | | | living in dorms for the duration of the 7- to |
| opportunity for success. | | | | 10-day camps. |
| SuperCamp remains unique in that it deals with | | | | SuperCamp has added a significant international |
| the whole person, providing practical learning skills | | | | presence over the years with programs now |
| while developing the life skills of the teenage and | | | | operating throughout Asia, in Latin America and in |
| pre-teen campers. The camp helps students get | | | | Europe. Additionally, over 30,000 teachers have |
| past barriers that hold them back by using | | | | been trained in the same Quantum Learning |
| metaphors such as board breaking and a ropes | | | | methods developed by Ms. DePorter and her |
| course, emphasizing positive peer support and | | | | associates for SuperCamp. |