They say it takes a village to raise a child. Like many familiar sayings, it has endured because there is a great deal of truth behind it. For six and…
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The pace of summer never seems to slow down. Yesterday, we hosted 15-and-under baseball here at camp. Today, some of our Seniors enjoyed a day on the golf course. Tomorrow,…
Today was our second report card. The first came when your sons wrote their initial letters home. Those letters offered an early glimpse into how they were settling into camp…
One of the unexpected benefits of meeting families that come to tour Camp Takajo is that it allows me to look at our program through fresh eyes. We welcomed seven…
Last Sunday, I invited our Okees, our oldest boys in camp, down to my house for a conversation in my den. These boys are entering the heart of their final…
I imagine many of you are already counting down the minutes until Sunday morning. For the first time in two weeks, you will hear your son’s voice. Some boys will…
Reveille blows, and the boys dart out of bed, they make their way to breakfast, they sit shoulder to shoulder with their teammates, they fill up their water bottles before…
I imagine many of you are beginning to wonder what your son’s days actually look like at Camp Takajo without you. The pictures we post daily on myTakajo.com and the…
The pace is picking up as we begin our second week of camp. Our boys hopped out of bed this morning at the sound of Reveille. Just when the routine…
Our boys enjoyed a well-earned Lazy Man’s Morning today. Reveille blew later than usual, and campers slowly made their way down to the Dining Hall in pajamas and flip-flops for…