Resident Camp activities, events, and age group programs

At Resident Camp, campers choose six activities from over thirty-five on offer to create their individual schedule. This activity selection is done before arriving at camp either online or by completing and returning an activity selection form. If they later want to change an activity after trying out their choices at camp they can do so on the second activity day. After that, campers stay in their assigned activates for the rest of the session. Please note: A two week session at Resident Camp includes 6 regular activity days. A one week session includes 3 or 4 activity days and so activity changes are limited.

See our KC Select descriptions to find more information about our in-depth professional level activities.

Browse our resident camp activities below. Many have links to short videos which will give you a chance to see more of the activity.

Download an Activity Choice Form or see below for a list of activities.

Activities

High Adventure:
Climbing (3rd grade and up) • Ropes Courses for all ages
Three Day Backpacking Trip • Mountain Biking (7th grade and up)

WaterSports:
Red Cross Swimming for all levels • Board Diving • Water Polo • Inner Tube Water Polo Skin Diving (off-site trip included in tuition)• Synchronized Swimming
Basic Water Rescue (introduction to lifeguarding)

Equestrian:
English Riding for all levels • Western Trail Riding • Vaulting

The Arts:
Crafts • Pottery • Scrap Booking • Photography • Drama
Stained Glass (5th grade and up) • Carpentry • Photojournalism

BallSports:
Basketball • Volleyball • Tennis • Baseball Batting Cage • Golf

Dance& Music:
Jazz Dance • Guitar • Campfire Singing • Kennolyn Chorus

Animals:
Small Animal Care • Burro Packing

Miscellaneous:
Outdoor Adventure • Outdoor Cooking • Riflery • Archery • Self-Defense
Fencing • Robotics • Chess • Baby Sitting Class

Special Events

Cabin groups spend a lot of time together outside of the cabin during our many Special Events. This is where camp is at its best. These are the memory makers:

Overnight Outpost • Overnight Ride • All-Camp Dance • Campfire
Counselor Unfashion Show and more evening activities • Special Activity Days
Beach Day • Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park

Age Group Programs.

Junior Campers - grades 1st & 2nd
Our youngest campers have special needs and we meet them in a variety of ways. Two counselors live in the cabin with up to six campers. The ratio of 1 counselor to 3 campers provides the extra support and attention they need. Counselors also provide the reassurance parents need by calling them once each week with a "progress report". We also reduce camper anxiety and confusion by building a "Junior Camper" community. Junior Campers and their counselors get together to start each activity day so they campers can become more familiar with others from outside their cabin and other counselors that understand their developmental stage. They play games, practice skits, and review their individual schedules to ensure that everyone knows where they are going. Counselors also gauge which campers may need a little extra help getting from activity to activity. This same group comes back together at least once each session for a special evening activity as well.

Senior Campers - grades 8th & 9th
Like all campers, Senior Campers are a part of a cabin family with a counselor and will take part in regularly scheduled camp activities. But unlike other campers, they are teens that need some time to be only with other teens. So, we give them that time, Kennolyn style. Senior Campers may choose from "Senior Camper Only" activities, an extra "Senior Camper Only" day at the beach, an extra half hour after other campers have gone to bed just to hang out in the lodge, and a special barbecue at the Hilltop Hacienda (one mile away). Along the way our specially trained staff provide the type of roll models too many teens lack. The program has become so popular and so many friendships grow that most return for our three-year Leadership Training Program.