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Knighthood Program |
 The Knighthood Program allows Senior campers the opportunity to
challenge themselves individually in attempts to hone their skills
in certain activities. “Requirements”, as we call
them, are set in place as guidelines for marking improvement
and attainment of skills, techniques, and talents. In each camp
activity, campers can progressively achieve levels of Page, Squire,
Sentry and Knight.In addition, a camper can become an overall Page when he/she meets the requirements of Page in at least three activities. The next overall level, Squire, is the accumulation of Squire in at least four activities. This level typically entails more difficult and numerous requirements and is a great achievement. Sentry follows Squire and now requirements become quite challenging. An overall Sentry requires achieving that level in at least five activities. This level demands commitment and hard work. A ceremony is held at the end of each session during which Campers are awarded for their achievements with t-shirt and recognition by each of the activity leaders. The last and final level, that of Knight, is an achievement that few have reached in the history of High Meadows Camp, typically, only one or two per summer. This level requires seven activities with Knight accomplishments. These requirements are often very difficult, even unattainable by some. When this level is achieved, recognition is given at the award ceremony as well, but with a special addition. Following a reading of the Arthurian legend, a camper who has achieved the overall level of knight is given the opportunity to pull the sword Excalibur from stones in the center of Stonehenge and his/her name is added to a permanent sign hanging at Stonehenge. HIGH MEADOWS SUMMER DAY CAMP KNIGHTS 1982 - Katherine Pebworth 1983 - Barry Jaspen 1984 - Matt Edelstein, Eric Mindel 1985 - Ward Jones, David Wuichet, Marc Murphy, Joe Akers, Colin Edelstein 1986 - Katie Wright, Scott Abrams, Allen Raphael 1987 - Dani Kirschner 1988 - Katherine Jones, Laura Bastianello, Jason Heil 1989 - Maggie Bickes, Adam Lissa, Cindy Bastianello 1990 - Court Johnson, Perry Sheffield, Julie Calloway, Joe Fish, Amanda Heil, Wayne Coppins, Jay Fields 1991 - Jessie Kirschner, Dana Greenhood 1992 - Nikolas Fields, Chris Rogers, Judith Paerels, Courtney Sorge 1993 - Sara Zuk, Brett Burruss, Kristean Paerels, Richard Myrick 1994 - Trip Coyne 1995 - Justine Hair, Henry Warnock 1996 - Anne Lovatt, Craig Coyne 1997 - Michelle Warnock, Daniel Guarnieri 1998 - Samantha Rosen, Daniel Buran, Steven Solomon 1999 - Josh Briggs, Chris Carey, Alice Fazlollah 2000 - Sarah Lovatt, Sam Arnold, Lindsey Pickens 2001 - Tyler Buran, Andrew Guarnieri 2002 - Daniel Breit, Will Hamby 2004 - Peyton Lee, Warren Lee, Brandon Lane, Kyle Takeuchi 2005 - Marli Goro 2006 - Jeffrey Pickens 2007 - Jake Lane, Allison Levy, Paul Maxwell, Jess Miller, Dan Staub, Kimmie Zlatunich 2008 - Amanda Lane 2010 - Samantha Mittelstadt 2011 - William Lee |
