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CAMP ACTIVITIES Your child's week at camp is a submersion into Korean-American life.  While English is still spoken in camp, just about everything else is about Korean culture with the appropriate blending of American influence.  Positive Korean Role Models are emphasized each day.  Counselors are mostly Korean-American and classes taught are mostly done so by Korean-American adults. Each day starts with Cho-Whey, a gathering, where announcements, presentations and exhibits occur.  From there, children go with their groups to any number of activities that may be either educational or recreational.  Children are assigned to groups dependent on which grade they are entering in the Fall of the same year as camp. Besides the age differences between Day and Resident Camp, the philosophies of both camps are slightly different.  Day Camp is more about exploring Korean heritage as it relates to ancestral origins and self-identity.  Day Campers (Grades K-6) learn about Korean language, culture, storytelling, art, music, dance, TaeKwonDo, self-esteem and adoption issues.  Their recreational activities include Korean games, soccer, volleyball, archery, swimming and nature hikes. Resident Camp focuses more on the adolescent who is growing up in a culturally diverse society and seeks harmony between the clash of cultural origins, self-identity and social acceptance in their real world as a teenage Korean-American.  During the week, Resident Campers (Grades 7-11) stay 24/7 which allows for abundant social activities that are age-appropriate and coordinated to provide a format for social interaction.  Resident Camp has a multitude of fun for our campers starting with the first evening.  Activities vary each year but have included team building tasks, learning how to design a personal portfolio, all camp Olympics, orienteering, obstacle courses, teen games, team survival skills, Korean cooking classes, rock climbing, film making, self defense, movies, social time, a dance party, personal journal time, and lots of social interaction!!!  Resident Campers find their week at camp to be an oasis of strength from shared commonalities and enlarging social networks... something they can take home with them after camp is over.  More specific information regarding your child's activities and schedules will become available as camp week draws near, and will be available for all registered families. 2010 Highlights to be posted soon! Some of our 2009 Highlights included being featured on local TV and: CHO-WHEY ACTION!  Things were hopping, dancing and drumming at Cho-Whey during the week.  Mary Howard taught us all a dance to the Lollipop Song.  Here are some pictures of other happenings you may have missed.....   PICTURES FROM OTHER CAMP YEARS