It is hard to believe that it has been over a week since the busses pulled up and the first session of summer 2016 began. Now that we have finally settled into the camp routine, it is time for an update of how the session is going. We began our […]
At camp, not everything goes as planned. Tonight was supposed to be our opening Green-White Series, but the weather had other plans. Instead, we waited out the rain in the Lodge as only our guys can… Our first trips of the summer returned back to camp today with the return […]
After a busy day of swim tests, physicals, and capture the flag, we are finally underway with our normal schedule of activities. The day started with our oldest campers beginning the drive to Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada for their ten-day canoeing trip known as “The Canadian”. Our fifteen […]
All, all, all of the campers have arrived safely and North Star’s 72nd summer is officially underway! The boys arrived to a perfect Northwoods day of 77 degrees and sunny and were welcomed by the most energetic staff you could imagine, jumping up and down to celebrate their arrival. Thanks […]
Pre-camp has officially begun! As the last of our staff is making their way to the north woods from all over the world, we are ready to begin pre-camp 2016. For the next week, our staff will be participating in a one-week orientation to prepare for the campers’ arrival next […]
Sifiso Tawane returns for summer #2 at North Star. Coming from Johannesburg, South Africa, he makes the farthest journey to camp this summer. Sifiso has quite a bit of camp expereicen both in the US and in South Africa. He works with Camp Sizanani of Global Camps Africa. Global Camps […]
We still have nearly two weeks to go until the busses roll up and we can begin our 72nd summer, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t already busy at camp. Throughout the past couple of weeks, staff have started to trickle into camp to make sure that everything is […]
Fraser Ashworth comes to North Star for his first summer. The Dundee, Scotland native goes to the University of Glasgow where he is studying psychology. Like many of his countrymen, he played quite a bit of soccer and rugby growing up, but eventually settled on basketball as his main sport. […]
Ben Meyer joins the NSC staff for his first year, after four years as a camper. He’ll leave the west coast for the summer. Ben lives in LA where he is finishing up his sophomore year at Windward School. At camp you’ll find Ben mostly tennis, sailing, and riflery. More […]
Noah Simon joins the NSC Staff. The former camper is a native of Chicago, IL. There he goes to school at Walter Payton College Prep. He just finished my JV baseball season. In his free time he likes to play some pick up basketball with friends at a park right […]
I’m Jonah Goldfine and I am from Scottsdale, AZ. I have just finished my Sophomore year at Desert Mountain High School . This will be my first year on staff, but my eighth year at camp. I enjoy most sciences, especially Chemistry, and math. I am currently a brown belt […]
