Latest News from Camp Highland

We have some sad news for all of the Camp Highland family. Due to renovations at our site on the Highlands Springs Conference and Training Center, Camp Highland will be closing after this spring season. Just like all of our teachers and students whom we send off to spread Camp Highland wherever they go, we will all be spreading our wings and taking Camp Highland to other places with us. Just because Camp Highland is closing does not mean that it is gone... it lives on in all who have had the opportunity to become a part of our family.

Camp Highland is welcoming Leslie Bryan, Dance Educator at UC San Bernardino, to teach a new evening class to our students. It is an amazing new way to develop the creativity of our students. Leslie's interpretive dance education class is accredited by the Standards-based RIMS California Arts Project. Do you feel like the arts are being taken away from our kids at school? We at Camp Highland are always trying to find new ways to expand out students' leadership and creativity and we believe we have found a fantastic new avenue. Leslie will lead our students through a sequence where they will develop, on their own or in small groups, a short dance "phrase" which represents nature or the environment, share it with their classmates, and evaluate and celebrate each other's creations. It is a tremendous way to express our students' creativity while giving them an outlet for FUN! Check out our Evening Class page for more info.

The cabins where our students stay during their visit recently received a makeover just in time for the Fall season to get underway. The cabins received a fresh coat of paint, covering the handprints of the students before them. Don't worry, I'm sure there will be new handprints decorating the walls soon. The cabins also received new carpeting, making a fresh start for Camp Highland students, where they can sleep comfortably while they are away from home for a few days.