Readfield, Maine

Winter 2013

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e hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. Now that 2013 is here, let the countdown to another memory-filled summer begin! We can’t wait to see all of you on the shores of Echo Lake in just a few short months. Let’s start by taking a glimpse at those on tap for Laurel 2013. A rousing “WELCOME BACK!” is in order as Jonny Adornetto returns to his summer home as Boys’ Head Counselor. We’re thrilled Jonny is set to take the reigns of Boys’ side, and we know that Apache, Sequoia and Bago will be as rockin’ as ever! What about veteran administrator and former Boys’ HC Peter Buehner? He’ll be back, too, and will work closely with Jem, Debbie and Keith all around camp and with Jonny, making his transition to Boys’ Head Counselor a seamless one. Great news! Under the guidance of Claire (our illustrious Girls’ Head Counselor and Staffing Director) and Jonny, our Campus Leader team is filled with years and years of Laurel experience and pride. This lineup begins with Joie Picatti at the helm of Apache once again. Welcome to the 7-year club, Joie…make sure to bring the Cap of Chance to Readfield! Oregonian Tim Eldredge reprises his role as Sequoia CL…get ready for another awesome summer, Sequoia guys! And rounding out the triple crown of returning Boys CLs is Jon Miller, who’s psyched for another summer overseeing the gentlemen of Bago. Other returning favorites lined-up for leadership roles include 2012 ACLs Justin Tretten, who graduates Humboldt State this May, and Stefan Borowski, who’s currently teaching at New Caanan Country Day School. Making the leap from Athletics is Travis Mann, who’s primed to join the leadership ranks, as is Apache favorite Kurt Whisler. An impressive group for sure! Girls’ side is equally stacked with enthusiasm and experience…starting with veteran ACL Lauren Keane, who’s psyched to return to Readfield in June. Welcome to the 5-year club, Lauren! Also on tap for a return is Northeastern University senior Ainsley Price, back for year #2 in a leadership role. And Studio Art’s finest Karrie Brawn is psyched for her role in girls’ campus leadership. NEWSFLASH: 2012 Assistant Program Director Melissa “Sarge” Asarch makes her debut as a Campus Leader bringing her abundant Laurel energy. Bravo, Melissa! What a great team! Summer programming is already cranking with Nieman working hard on another amazing and action-packed seven weeks. Fantastic news that Assistant Program Director Tom Berrian is back in the Program Office for a 5th consecutive year – his 9th Laurel summer. Tommy B is joined in the 2013 Program Office by his “better half,” Lotta Lukens – who’ll be immersed in all aspects of Laurel’s exciting program. Sweet news! Lotta won’t be straying too far from her Acadians, as she’ll be very involved in the planning of their Evening Programs and S-Days. And camping’s most distinguished group of Program Area Directors are all back and raring to go – Holly at the Waterfront (35 years), Tom in Athletics (22 years), Gustavo and Adriano at Tennis (22 years combined), Zack in Adventure and InterArts (13 years), and Pam at Equestrian (8 years). We think that’s a pretty impressive crew! And we couldn’t make it all happen without Assistant Director Warren Williams, Operations Manager Kyle Baillargeon and Office Managers Heath Capello and Devon Ducharme…who will all be back in Maine come June. We’ll have so much more to report in the Spring edition of MooseTracks, but until then, stay warm, study hard and get excited…June 22nd will be here in a flash!

Winter Office: Box 508 • Westport, CT 06881 • 203.227.8866 • [email protected] • www.camplaurel.com

Welcome First -Timers I

t’s once again time to welcome another terrific group of first-time campers to the Camp Laurel family. These rookies missed the Fall edition of MooseTracks, so let’s give a huge Laurel welcome to this awesome crop of newcomers!

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et’s get it started in the Big Apple – always a hot spot for Laurel campers – with Amanda and Ryan Caress. These Upper East Siders and veteran overnight campers can’t wait to hit the ground running in Junior Baxter and Junior Sequoia. Great news! Get ready for the bright lights of the Laurel stage, Amanda…and get psyched for our 15 awesome tennis courts, Ryan! Also hailing from the UES is Isabella Ross…and we can’t wait for her to make the trip to Readfield. Get excited for the summer of your dreams! Thanks to Hope Millner for letting Isabella know that Laurel is “where it’s at.” Let’s give it up for Manhattanites Darrah and Tess Parker, who said, “We’re in,” after a hearing such great things from the Newmans. Senior Acadia is waiting for you, Darrah…and Frosh Acadia is calling your name, Tess… Tutu Tuesdays rock! Welcome, girls! Hats off to New Yorker Erika Morais for giving Laurel 2013 the go-ahead after getting the buzz from Grace and Chloe Deng. Senior Baxter is full of Laurel energy, excitement and spirit, Erika! Great news! And how ‘bout a big “welcome back” to Chloe Taub, who returns to her summer home after a year away. Great news, Chloe T…Junior Bec awaits!

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YC’s leafy suburbs are always in the mix, too! Let’s head out to Armonk, where we find Stella Simonds.

She’s primed for her first Maine summer, and we couldn’t be happier! Welcome to the Frosh Acadia team, Stella. Awesome stuff! Armonk also sends Eli Godner, who returns to his summer home after a year away! Welcome back, Eli…you’re gonna love it! Chappaqua throws its hat into the ring, too…this time in the form of Evan and Nicole Berg. The Apache Sport Court is waiting for you to “hoop it up,” Evan. Frosh Acadia is way cool, Nicole…and so is Laurel Dance! Thanks to cousins Sam, Jared and Emma Gould and to Laurel alums the Fialkows for spreading the Laurel word up and down the east coast. Dy-no-mite! Great Neck’s Kelsey Nathan gives us the green light as well. Welcome to Junior Bec, Kelsey… we know you’ll love Laurel Tennis! Can’t wait to greet you in Maine! Heading south to the Main Line of Philadelphia brings us to Baron Hantig of Villanova. This Philly sports fanatic is set for his debut in Apache, and we are thrilled! Laurel Soccer is ready for you, Baron. Yesss!

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assachusetts always sends its best, and this year is no different. Let’s roll out the red carpet for Foxboro’s Justin Miller who’s ready for the thrills of Senior Sequoia after getting the inside scoop from good friend, Jack Ames. Sequoia flag football is sweet, Justin…we know you’ll make Tom Brady proud! What about Rubie Burg of Solon, Ohio? She’s pumped for Senior Acadia…and so are we! Rubie joins big sis Eden and big bro Isaiah. That’s right…Isaiah Burg is back after a 2012 sabbatical and ready to rock in

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Junior Bago! It’s great to again welcome 3 members of the Burg family from Cleveland…high-fives all around!

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hile the snow is falling in Northeast, it’s still short-sleeve weather in Palm Beach Gardens, FL the hometown of Brody Kretz. Brody couldn’t stay away after hearing the awesome stories sisters Skylar and Regan told him about Laurel 2012. Frosh Apache is the place to be, Brody… so cool you’re taking the “Laurel Leap!” Sofia Bartolome Noriega is all-systems-go for her New England debut. This Madrid, Spain resident is excited to make a splash in Frosh Acadia…following in the footsteps of sisters and Laurel alums Veronica and Eva. Welcome to this side of the pond, Sofia! Let’s sound the trumpets…for the arrival of Eugenio and Annette Baittiner-Morales. This brother-sister combo hailing from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic is thrilled to be heading to the Pine Tree State. There’s so much in store for you this summer, Eugenio and Annette! Welcome aboard! And amazing news that Gaetano Pellicce, also of Santo Domingo, has given us the thumbs up. Senior Sequoia is a blast, Gaetano…get ready for the summer of your life!

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e can’t wait to welcome you all to Maine in 5 short months! That’s a wrap on this edition of new campers. Be sure to catch the Spring edition of MooseTracks for another impressive group of Laurel rookies!

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Laurel Happenings

The Farmhouse

Gammon and Eric Graise. TENNIS Staff include: Fernando Ristow, Rodrigo Almeida and Zack Sude. WATERFRONT Department Heads and Staff include: Geoff Williams, Tom Davies, Daniel “DVP” van Praagh, Kristin Moody, Mckenna Diggins and Hannah Perkins. EQUESTRIAN Staff include: Meredith Cromis, Marley Cromis and Linnea Bostrom. HEALTH CENTER Staff include: Dr. Paul Berkner, Dr. Michelle Weiss, Lydia Bolduc-Marden, Susie Chodroff, Gerri Cochran, and Debbi Mullins. OFFICE & OPERATIONS Staff include: Ty Oliver, Filippo Gerber, Larry Cogle, Alton Lewis, Mike Flynn, Mike Van Zant, Hunter Koenigs, Nick Nile and Tom Radcliff.

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n addition to the leadership staff already mentioned in this MooseTracks, the following veteran staff members have “signed on the dotted line” for another wonderful summer on the shores of Echo Lake: SPECIALISTS include: Amanda Clark, Mackenzie Leshe, Kristen Maddox, Lauren Saverino, Brandon Bosse, Kyle Gramke and Jack Sandquist. ADVENTURE Department Heads and Staff include: Eli Merrill, Paul Grant, Guy Bridgewood, Patrick Mullarkey, Hayley Upton and Joe Wilson. ATHLETICS Department Heads and Staff include: Mike Trumbull, Lauren Ferrone, Corey Goldman, Fern Kidder, Alex Learned, August Mendes, Ryan Brown, Cody Christianson and Trev Roeger. INTERARTS Department Heads and Staff include: Tom Ferrero, Jenny Fife, Laura Colman, Chris McInerney, Caleb Parsons, Peter Arvo, Timmi Gammon, Rachel

We’ve been in touch with so many of our incredible 2012 staff members…so watch out for the return of MANY more of you your favorite counselors in the Spring edition of MooseTracks!

Winter Sports In Maine I

t’s easy to think that when you leave Maine at the end of the summer, nothing happens there the rest of the year. But the Pine Tree State is a year-round sports haven. And nothing says “Maine” more than winter sports. So what’s there to do when the snow begins to fall?

GLIDE THE ICE

HIT THE SLOPES There are nearly two dozen ski resorts in the state. Sugarloaf, Sunday River and Saddleback may be the best known, but there’s a mountain for every ability - with your choice of downhill, snowboarding or tubing – throughout Maine. Many high schools sponsor ski teams too, but not just alpine skiing. Cross-country skiing is a staple at many schools, too!

Ice hockey is probably Maine’s most popular sport. The University of Maine men’s team is a national powerhouse. But nearly every town has its own rink, so there are great hockey games everywhere from the coast to the Canadian border. Ice fishing is also big. Cutting a hole in the middle of a lake sounds like an acquired taste. But add a bunch of friends, a heated cabin and competitive “ice fishing derbies,” and the result is a truly enjoyable way to spend a beautiful winter day.

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CRUISE THE TRAILS One of the best ways to enjoy Maine’s stunning winter landscape is to climb aboard a snowmobile and ride the state’s amazing system of more than 14,500 miles of interconnected trails. Every winter more than 100,000 snowmobilers find winter fun cruising through pine forests, along rivers choked with ice, across open fields and over vast expanses of frozen lakes and ponds.

In addition to the fantastic S-Day Trip schedule, Bec & Bago campers travel throughout New England and Canada on exciting Overnight Trips. Jem and Nieman are putting the final touches on what will surely be memorable excursions …highlights include:

Extended Trips

New England Tour

Boston 3-Day 2-Night Junior Bec & Bago

Senior Bec & Bago

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3 nights accommodations at the New Residence Hotel at McGill University

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N Lunch and Sightseeing on Newbury Street in the Back Bay Q

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Dinners at the historic Bethel Inn and East Chinese Restaurant

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Sightseeing in Old Montreal

Cosmic Bowling at Laurentian Lanes Q

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i Evening movies at Five Star Cinemas in Wells

Dinners at Vieux Port Steak House and Restaurant L’Academie Q

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Full day of sand and sea-side amusements at Old Orchard Beach i

Full day of fun at Six Flags La Ronde

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N Performance of Shear Madness at the Charles Playhouse

2 nights accommodations at the Ogunquit River Plantation Hotel

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Jet Boating on the Lachine Rapids

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N Lunch in famed Quincy Market

i Whitewater Rafting and overnight accommodations at Adventure Bound

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N Duck Boat Tour of Historic Boston

N Sightseeing at Faneuil Hall

Super Senior Bec & Bago

Montreal Adventure

Laser Tag in downtown Montreal

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Evening movies at the Paramount Theatre Q

Lunch at Pub St. Paul

Plus…don’t forget the July overnight whitewater rafting trip!

Full day at Ogunquit Beach

3 nights accommodations at the Jordan Grand Hotel at Sunday River Resort R & R pool-side at Sunday River

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Sightseeing in North Conway, NH

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Program Spotlight NEW Sr. Acadia & Apache Trip : CANDLEPIN BOWLING

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n July, Sr. Acadia & Apache heads to 1-7-10 Entertainment Center in Augusta to try their hand at a Maine tradition – Candlepin Bowling! Skinnier pins, smaller bowling balls and 3 rolls each frame distinguish this New England sport from traditional bowling…and make it a whole lot of fun!

NEW Sr. Baxter & Sequoia Trip: KAHUNA LAGUNA

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r. Baxter & Sequoia – get ready to dive into fun at New England’s premier indoor water park in North Conway, NH. It’s 40,000 square feet of action including four high-speed tubes slides, a swirling wave pool, water basketball courts, an enormous tipping bucket, water cannons, climbing towers, an arcade center and more. We know you’ll love it! 5

Camp Laurel Box 508 Westport, Ct 06881

To:

Happy Birthday Campers FEBRUARY Daniel Ostrove . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jordan Roberts. . . . . . . . . . 1 Julia Goodkin. . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alex Fial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erika Morais. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mikayla Golub . . . . . . . . . . 9 Marion Kemelman. . . . . . . 9 George Kessler. . . . . . . . . . 9 Zack Schneider. . . . . . . . . . 9 Jared Harnick. . . . . . . . . . 10 Avery Hoffman. . . . . . . . . 10 Bradley Goodstein . . . . . . 14 Julia Sawyer . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Benjamin Gross . . . . . . . . 17 Remy Lichtenstein. . . . . . 18 William Robbins. . . . . . . . 18 Oliver Segal. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ethan Kornberg. . . . . . . . 20 Taylor Leen. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jocelyn Blockinger. . . . . . 21 Sloan Isen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jake Klein. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Nick Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Joshua Fink. . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Eden Burg. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Finkelstein. . . . . . . . . Olivia Frankel. . . . . . . . . . Isabella Ross. . . . . . . . . . . Harry Russel. . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Boden. . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Sofia Santaella. .

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MARCH Reed Lessing. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Carly Schmell. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rory Ichelson . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Edgar Langman. . . . . . . . . 5 Andrew Levy. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ryan Berger . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Claire Kirshenbaum. . . . . . 7 Darby Mullaney. . . . . . . . . 7 Kiko Gimena. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mica MacInnes. . . . . . . . . . 9 Benjamin Wilder . . . . . . . . 9 Jared Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 David Monasebian. . . . . . 11 Eugenio Baittiner Morales. . 13 Kayla Drucker . . . . . . . . . 13 Jackson Mullaney. . . . . . . 13

Zoe Touma. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Samantha Weitz. . . . . . . . 15 Jack Kirshenbaum. . . . . . 16 Gregory Lipson. . . . . . . . . 16 Jake Sussman. . . . . . . . . . 16 Jacob Roberts. . . . . . . . . . 17 Andrew Rosen. . . . . . . . . . 19 Jordyn Schneider. . . . . . . 19 Sammy Finkelstein. . . . . . 20 Connor Slutzky. . . . . . . . . 20 Tyler Weiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Isabel Allard . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jamie Frank . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jordan Frank . . . . . . . . . . 22 David Harnett. . . . . . . . . . 22 Jack Frischman. . . . . . . . . 24 Lily Hochfelder. . . . . . . . . 24 Pablo Munoz. . . . . . . . . . . 24 Benjamin Wechsler. . . . . . 25 Laurence Wechsler. . . . . . 25 Noah Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Nicole Schumaker. . . . . . . 27 Matthew Garcia. . . . . . . . 28 Jack Berk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Nicole Rodney. . . . . . . . . . 29

Chase Robinson . . . . . . . . 30 Eli Fastman. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Rachel Gordon. . . . . . . . . 31

APRIL Elana Bush . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Allie Malakoff. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lily Cohen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Julia Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . 6 Anderson Chereskin. . . . . . 7 Natalie Katz. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jonathan Fromkin. . . . . . . 8 Emma Gould. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Baron Hantig. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Marley Vogel. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Carly Sawyer. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Alexandra Cooper . . . . . . 10 Ashley Cooper. . . . . . . . . . 10 Sam Gould. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dariya Kovpak. . . . . . . . . 10 Mark Shepard. . . . . . . . . . 10 Charlie Dash. . . . . . . . . . . 11 Antonio De Anda Gomez. 11 Jaime Munoz. . . . . . . . . . . 12 Julia Russel. . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Morgan Bart. . . . . . . . . . . 14

Abbey Basciano. . . . . . . . . 15 Dylan Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . 15 Jack Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rosalia Mejia . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jolie Nemshin. . . . . . . . . . 16 Alexa Jenson. . . . . . . . . . . 17 Annette Baittiner Morales. 18 Isabella Guastaferro. . . . . 18 Morgan Rogers. . . . . . . . . 19 Ignacio Vivas Hernando. . 20 Emily Weinstein. . . . . . . . 20 Brandon Fries. . . . . . . . . . 21 Charlie Musoff. . . . . . . . . 24 Harrison Gansky . . . . . . . 25 Eliot Sollinger. . . . . . . . . . 26 Daniel Dash. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sam Fink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adrian Galliani. . . . . . . . . 28 Alyssa Ginsburg. . . . . . . . 28 Brian Katz. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Annie Rodney. . . . . . . . . . 28 Sam Rosen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Veronica Rosenthal. . . . . . 28 Blake Saiontz. . . . . . . . . . . 28 Darrah Parker . . . . . . . . . 29 Eder Montenegro. . . . . . . 30