The Siren

The October Siren is now online with all of the details of the Fall at camp and the kickoff of reunion season! Read all about it here: http://bit.ly/oct12siren

Scott Plonsker, one of our counselors, recently wrote the following essay on a college application in response to a prompt about a community to which he belonged: I’ll never forget my final Key Log ceremony. The campfire was raging in front of me, the small stick of wood was resting […]

The summer at North Star is about as beautiful as it gets, but fall at camp is right up there. Check out some of the Pictures from my recent trip up to the Northwoods.

The September Siren is Online! http://bit.ly/sept2012siren Around the Campfire this Saturday!http://bit.ly/NSCATC12 It has now been a month since we closed down camp and it is time for two very important things. The first is to share all of the news with you that has taken place since the buses left […]

Sunday, November 4th at 3:30pm Where: An Exciting New Location – TBA Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 4th at 3:30pm. That is the date of the North Star Chicago Reunion. A brand-new, exciting location is in the works for the reunion, so stay tuned for the announcement. We are […]

Register Now at www.NorthStarCamp.com  The September 1st Deadline is Tomorrow! We hope that you will join us again for the Summer of 2013. This is the final day to guarantee that your son ca! We know that it is early, but once the deadline passes, we are going to open […]

Around the Campfire   September 22, 2012 Banner Day Camp, Lake Forest, IL As summer turns into fall, we have a great opportunity to rekindle the North Star spirit in Chicagoland and to support the camp scholarship organization Camp for All Kids at the same time. On September 22nd, there […]

2012 Registration is Now Open Guaranteed Spots Only Until September 1st Register Now at www.NorthStarCamp.com! Today was the first day of the “off-season.” Camp is quiet and the deer have moved back in to graze on the athletic fields. Aside from the surprise of Mack and Murphy chasing them away, they […]

Its hard to believe that we’re entering the last week of our summer. As we do so, we really get rolling with our special programs. Over the last week we’ve had our Green-White Egg Marathon the Lumberjack World Championship were just a few of the great all-camp activities that have […]

Each summer, there comes a point as we near the end of July where we turn up the heat and our “regular days” start getting filled with more special programs. Our regular days allow campers to really focus on their activities and get settled into a groove. We’ve hit that […]

A few days ago Leb’s Ramblings featured the kick-off of College Days, a three day event where our senior village is split up into four days. Throughout the week the teams take each other on in a variety of events, mostly of the sporting variety. Over the past few years, […]