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Join Valley Forge Military Academy's Summer
Day Camp!
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six
programs are offered
that will challenge your camper with an exposure to outdoor adventure, sports,
basic military drill and ceremony, leadership
training, and carefully-selected field trips. This makes our
camp unique and a step ahead of other adventure-oriented summer programs.
Campers can participate in a program for as little as one week or
up to six weeks, so other summer plans you may have can still be
accommodated.
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PROGRAMS OFFERED
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Pathfinder Program: ages 6-7
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 The Valley Forge Pathfinder will enjoy a variety of fun activities
like swimming, introduction to scuba, go-carts with a counselor, paintball, archery, canoeing, sports, and arts & crafts.
Pathfinders will also learn to negotiate the high and low ropes courses, the rappelling tower, and the climbing wall.
Campers learn to "form up" to march and to work as a team in a squad, platoon or company.
Pathfinders visit French Creek State Park, water and amusement parks, the Philadelphia Zoo and Penn's Landing.
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| Pioneer Program: ages 8-9 |
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Valley Forge Pioneers will enjoy a variety of fun activities such as swimming,
go-carts, paintball, archery, canoeing, sports, and arts & crafts. They will also be
introduced to orienteering, a series of exciting outdoor challenge activities that build
self-confidence and pride in accomplishment.
Pioneers learn to build a fire, explore rocks and cliffs, check the quality of the
ecology, and master basic woodland survival skills. They also learn to negotiate the high
and low ropes courses, the rappelling tower, and the climbing wall. The campers learn to
"form up" to march and to work as a team in a squad, platoon or company, ready
to "capture the flag."
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| Junior Ranger Program: ages 10-11
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 The Valley Forge Junior Rangers
spend their time learning and performing new skills,
striving for their own personal best, and being part of a team. Activities for the Junior
Ranger include the high and low ropes courses, the rappelling tower, the climbing wall,
archery, scuba, arts & crafts, go-carts, paintball, swimming, military drill and
ceremony, and a wide variety of sports.
Activities at French
Creek State Park include orienteering, land navigation, hiking, outdoor cooking, swimming,
canoeing, and other woodland activities. The Junior Ranger also takes field
trips that may include river canoeing, a water park, an amusement/
adventure park, a major
league baseball game, and fireworks.
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| Raider Program: ages 12-13 |
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 These intermediate-level campers expand on the Junior Ranger program and participate in
even more challenging and enjoyable activities. Raiders take part in swimming, boating, a
wide variety of team sports, go-carts, paintball, close-order marching and drill, and
activities at French Creek State Park such as wilderness survival, land navigation and
other outdoor adventures.
Raiders also tackle the obstacle course and rope-bridge building.
Field trips for
the Raider may include an amusement/adventure park, a major league baseball game, fireworks,
river canoeing, a paintball skirmish, and the Fort Dix Military Reservation. |
| Senior Ranger Program: ages
14-16
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Senior Rangers participate in swimming,
paintball, go-carts, a variety of team sports, archery, marching and physical training,
rope-bridge building, negotiating the climbing wall and rappelling tower, and other
exciting activities.
 Taking
the Ranger Challenge, these campers experience a modified obstacle course, high and low ropes courses,
weight training, map and compass training, land navigation, wilderness survival skills,
night patrols, close-order marching and drill, a leadership reaction course, hiking, and
outdoor cooking.
Field trips for the Senior Ranger can include a paintball skirmish, river canoeing, a
major league baseball game and fireworks, an amusement/adventure park, and the French
Creek State Park.
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 Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Summer Camp
Director of Summer Camp: MAJ
Jeffrey Bond
(610) 989-1253
summercamp@vfmac.edu
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