Camp Teaches Resilience
Everyone experiences setbacks now and then, the occasional failed effort or unexpected misfortune. But what happens when you kids trip up or get knocked down? Do they stay down? Sink lower, and let...
View ArticleMany Marvelous Things
Yesterday afternoon, our current mini session Seniors and their counselors packed a lunch for a trip to this waterfall located up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Not knowing what weather we’d find at that...
View ArticleFostering Elasticity
When we finish a session at Rockbrook and the girls have returned home, we always send out a brief survey to parents hoping to receive some feedback about their girls’ time at camp. We ask questions...
View ArticleThe Struggle of Camp
It might sound strange, but when you think about it, one of the reasons we send our children to camp —and I’d say this is true for my own girls who attend Rockbrook later during Third Session— is to...
View ArticleImmune to Imperfection
Rockbrook took over the Nantahala River again today as the final group of Middlers and Seniors went rafting. We offer the trip to everyone, but since it means missing their regularly scheduled...
View ArticleCoVid-19 Decision
May 22, 2020 A Message from Sarah and Jeff Sarah and Jeff announce their decision about the 2020 camp sessions amid the CoVid-19 pandemic. Dear Rockbrook Families, Thank you for all the...
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