CLASSIC AMERICAN OUTDOOR SUMMER CAMP

July 20-24, 2024

FAITH FELLOWSHIP FRIENDSHIP

The Montfort Academy has partnered with The Beardslee Homestead, a 120-acre historic property in beautiful upstate New York, to offer a unique summer camp experience for Montfort Knights.  This summer leadership camp includes activities like blacksmithing, knife-forging, orienteering, archery, fire-pit cooking, organic farming, sustainability, wind and solar energy, astronomy, chicken-tending, beekeeping, and honey production.  Free-time activities include fishing, hiking, swimming, kayaking, river tubing, sports, and much more.

The camp is limited to 14 students.  Boys sleep in the 1785 Tavern (on the National Register of Historic Places), and girls sleep in the main 1810 Manor House, also on the National Register of Historic Places.  All students have access to the entire 120-acre property, including the library which contains more than 1,000 volumes about American history, Western civilization, science and astronomy, agriculture, and more as well as an antique map collection. On hand in the library are also copies of The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Dangerous Book for Girls, the Hillsdale College American Heritage Reader, and Frederick Hayek's The Fatal Conceit about entrepreneurism.

The Beardslee Homestead is just minutes away from the Catholic pilgrimage site of Rosa Mystica in Edmeston, NY, where daily Mass, Holy Hour, and Rosary are offered. Rosa Mystica has a museum of holy relics from more than 100 saints.  It is also close to the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

5-DAY PROGRAM

SUMMER CAMP

July 20-24, 2024

For Montfort Knights $500

Depending on the number of students who apply and are accepted, transportation may be provided directly from The Montfort Academy. This will be determined in March 2024.

 

SUMMER CAMP 2022 HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO

 
 
 

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS

  • Lessons in Leadership

  • Astronomy and the Night Sky

  • Pizza Making, including Mozzarella making

  • Metal Forging and Knife Making

  • Woodworking

  • Solar Energy

  • Sustainable Entrepreneurship

  • Apple Cider Production

  • Landscape and Portrait Painting

  • Fitness and Exercise

  • Archery

  • Orienteering

  • Baseball and Basketball

  • Tennis and Badminton

  • Disc Golf

  • Bocce 

  • Football and Soccer

  • Study in the library

  • Evening Camp Fires and Smores

TENTATIVE CALENDAR (Swimming, Kayaking, Tubing, Fishing, and Astronomy Dome are available for all free time periods. Three meals a day are provided.)

SATURDAY JULY 20: Arrival at The Beardslee Homestead. Welcome Reception and Orientation. Check-in and set up of living quarters. Pizza Making Lunch. Afternoon Sports (Frisbee, Football, Soccer, and Wiffleball, Kayaking, and Swimming). Welcome Dinner Buffet. Bonfire. Stargazing. Evening Prayer. Bedtime at 11:00 pm.

SUNDAY JULY 21: 7:00 am wake-up. Breakfast in The 1785 Tavern. Morning visit to Rosa Mystica House of Prayer for 10:00 am Mass and Rosary. Afternoon sports, swimming, kayaking, tubing, bridge jumping, and more. Dinner. Bonfire. Evening prayer. Bedtime 11:00 pm.

MONDAY JULY 22: 7:00 am wake-up. Breakfast. Morning agricultural tasks in the Vineyard. Archery and Target Practice. Lunch. Afternoon Fishing and Bocce Olympics. Rest of Afternoon free to explore farm. Dinner. Bonfire. Evening prayer. Bedtime 11:00 pm.

TUESDAY JULY 23: 7:00 am wake-up. Breakfast. Lessons on Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainability. Tending to the Vineyard, Hops, and Garden. Afternoon Blacksmithing and Knife-Handle Making and other activities. Dinner. Bonfire and Stargazing. Evening prayer. Bedtime 11:00 pm.

WEDNESDAY JULY 24: 7:00 am wake-up. Breakfast. Continued Blacksmithing. Farewell Pizza Lunch. Evening Departure Home.

PARENTS MUST SIGN A STANDARD WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM, AND STUDENTS MUST SIGN A CODE OF BEHAVIOR FORM PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMP. WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM AND BEHAVIORAL CODE FORM WILL BE SENT UPON SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION.