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 Plan
ahead for the 60th season of Valley Forge
Military Academy Summer Camp!On our 120-acre campus,
six
programs are offered
that will challenge your son with an exposure to basic military drill and ceremony, leadership
training, outdoor adventure, sports, and carefully-selected field trips. This makes our
camp unique and a step ahead of other adventure-oriented summer programs.
PROGRAMS OFFERED
| Pioneer Program: ages 8-9 |
$3,100* |
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The Valley Forge Pioneer 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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$3,200* |
 The Valley Forge Junior Ranger spends four weeks learning and performing new skills,
striving for one's 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 five field
trips, which feature 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 |
$3,200* |
 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. Six field trips for
the Raider 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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$3,200* |
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During his four-week experience, the Senior Ranger participates 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.
Five field trips for the Senior Ranger 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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| Band
Camp: ages 12-16
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$2,900* |
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 During the music-packed four weeks of Valley Forge
Band Camp, thriving musicians will develop their talent through individual music lessons
and tutoring, small class sizes, and field trips to professional band performances. They
also take part in concert band performances of their own, learn concert band techniques
and music theory, and participate in a camper/staff instrument recital.
Afternoons, evenings and weekends are also filled with fun and challenging activities,
including canoeing, go-carts, team sports, a paintball skirmish, swimming, and field
trips.
Participants must have one year experience on one of the following
instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba, Percussion.
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| Day
Band Camp: ages 12-16 |
$1,900* |
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 Eight
hours a day for four weeks, your thriving musician will develop
his talent through individual music lessons
and tutoring, small class sizes, and field trips to professional band performances.
He'll also take part in a concert band performance of his own, learn concert band techniques
and music theory, and participate in a camper/staff instrument recital.
Afternoon activities and special events enhance their days at
the Forge, including go-carts, team sports, a paintball skirmish,
and archery.
Participants must have one year experience on one of the following
instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba, Percussion.
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* Prices subject to change.
Two campers from the
same family earn a discount of $200 on tuition.
Three or more
campers from the same family earn a $250 discount on tuition.
 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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