Our day camps are week-long literary adventures that combine reading and writing (or acting!) with time outside.
Shakespeare in the Woods: Hamlet
Enjoy Shakespeare with friends in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest! You need to act out Shakespeare and read him aloud in order to really get him, and this week-long day camp is a chance to act and recite without an audience. We will read and perform Hamlet, go on hikes in the woods, and learn how to move and speak on stage.
Recommended for teenagers who love to read. Acting experience not required!
July 7th-10th | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Registration and Materials Fee: $100 | Tuition: $400
Creative Writing Camp: Poetry in the Woods
This is a camp for teens who love to read and write poetry. We will write poems, do creative writing exercises, go on hikes, and read great poems. Lots of writing. Lots of reading. Lots of time outside. Campers get to experience a fun, rigorous writing curriculum that will challenge them to take their poetry writing and reading to the next level.
July 14th-17th | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Registration and Materials Fee: $100 | Tuition: $400
Creative Writing Camp: Prose in the Woods
This is a camp for teens who love to read and write stories. We will write short stories and vignettes, do creative writing exercises, go on hikes, and read great writing. Campers will get a chance to refine writing projects they’ve already started or to start something new.
July 21st-24th | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Registration and Materials Fee: $100 | Tuition: $400
What Parents Say About Us
“The Fairhaven Program was just what we didn’t know we were looking for! It has been a gift to both our daughter and our entire family. Of course, we can never know exactly how one thing will lead to the next, but in the story of our daughter’s life, we count the Fairhaven Program as a most significant ‘inciting incident’ in her present season of adolescent growth and development.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a student register for more than one summer camp?
Yes!
Is financial aid available?
Yes! Contact info@fairhavenprogram.org for more information about financial aid.
Can students use devices?
Camps are screen-free. Campers are discouraged from bringing phones at all. If they do bring a phone, it has to be put in the phone basket at the beginning of the day and not retrieved until after the camp day ends.
Where are the camps held?
We begin the morning at the Fairhaven Program, 1106 Harris Ave., Suite 307. Our days are spent in the nearby 100 Acre Woods.
Are books and materials provided?
Yes. All registered students are provided with books and materials.
Is there homework?
Students are expected to complete assigned readings and exercises each week in order to participate meaningfully in camp activities.
Who is the instructor?
The instructor/leader of each camp is Donald Antenen, founder of the Fairhaven Program. You can read his full bio on the bottom of the homepage.
More questions? Contact info@fairhavenprogram.org.