Holiday Wishes from RBC
Even though Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (or “The Night Before Christmas”) back in 1822, its imagery and lyrical phrases still inspire us today. Here are a few illustrations taken from several early editions of the poem. Nancy Carrier, the founder of Rockbrook, was born in 1889, so these are the editions she would have read as a little girl!
As we settle down for our “long winter’s nap” and reflect upon the past year, all of us at Rockbrook want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Cheers!
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Camp Newspaper Published
Each session the girls who sign up for the Journalism activity while at Rockbrook contribute to a camp newspaper called the Toilet Paper. It is hung inside the bathroom stalls all over camp so everyone can have a chance to read it. The girls publish fun surveys, report on camp news, do interviews, highlight camp special events, and add original creative writing pieces as well. It’s a fun way to share some of the writing they’ve been doing in Journalism, and everyone enjoys seeing what they’ve been up to.
This is the most recent edition from 3rd session. Click the image to see a larger version.
Evening Program Writing
December 14, 2009 by rbc
Filed under summer camp
We found this great old photo in the Rockbrook archives the other day. It’s not exactly clear when it was taken, but we’re guessing that it was sometime in the 1950s. It looks like the girls are all writing for the camp yearbook, “The Carrier Pigeon” during an evening program in the upper Lakeview Lodge. It’s when all the girls in an age group take time to jot down a favorite memory (sometimes as a poem or drawing) from their time at camp that summer. We later compile them all and publish the “Carrier Pigeon” each year.
From the photo, you might think it’s a sleepover, since the girls are in their pajamas, but that’s just life at an all girls camp. Nice and relaxed.
