Today is a great day for us all to reflect and give thanks. Our Point O’Pines family has so much to be thankful for this year. We thank all our friends, including campers, staff, parents, alumnae and our Adirondack community. Thank you to our friends at the YMCA Adirondack Center and Brant Lake Camp for Boys for all you do for kids. Thank you to all the schools that work with us to enrich the lives of our campers. Thank you to everyone spending the day making this holiday time special for all of us and our families.
Summer 2019 was really a truly epic experience for all of us, and now that campers are back at school and are anticipating a great camp reunion, we wanted to tease you with a taste of Frankie and Lauren’s video of our summer. Enjoy!
Camp is empty and quiet. For the summer, we have lived together with every moment filled with excitement in every corner of camp. Now, we send off these lasting friendships to reunite with family at their homes, while we wait to get these great friends back together soon.
This was a summer to remember, with a group of wonderful Peakers who thoughtfully considered the hopes and loves of their fellow campers. These Peakers who last night as the embers burned of “POP2019” voiced their hope that the Seniors would do a terrific job next summer. Bravo, Peakers! You really were ideal campers who have matured into such admirable young women. How much you have learned over your years.
This summer would also not have been possible for all the campers if it were not for a fantastic staff who were so dedicated and hard working. Thank you to counselors, activity staff, area heads and our support staff for making Point O’Pines feel like home every summer.
We miss you already. Don’t stay away too long! We love you, Point!
The Peakers hosted a great banquet tonight, bravely themed “The Show Must Go On” based around Broadway and the theatre. What a great theme! Thank you Peakers for again showing your leadership to camp. You are a hard act to follow.
At Point O’Pines we have so many truly outstanding women amongst our campers. We were able to recognize some of our stars!
Tennis at Point O’Pines starts with acquiring love for the game and having fun. Our girls have the highest motivation when they love what they are doing. Instilling love for the game starts and finishes with having fun.
Every instructor at the Point makes sure that each activity is fun for the campers. Instructors encourage and teach both by example and participating. They never instruct sitting down. When campers enjoy themselves, they acquire skills better and faster, just as they do in school with a great teacher who motivates them.
Our program starts with a spacious facility with twelve courts, eight featuring red clay and six featuring green Har-Tru. Our courts are lite for evening play and there is motivational music on every court. Visitors frequently comment on the difficulty and expense of maintaining excellent clay courts to conditions similar to those at Roland-Garros. Yes, that is true but clay is a comfortable, fun surface and quite enjoyable for both playing and learning.
At the Point we have an experienced instructor working with our campers on every court every period. Our instructors are highly qualified not only in playing but experienced in teaching as well. Most of our instructors teach year round and many work during the non-camp season at resorts.
Most of our instructors have been working with our campers for many summers. One of our two Tennis Directors comes to the Point from a tennis career in Mexico where he plays professionally and teaches tennis as a full time career. He has been at camp for 24 years. Our other Tennis Director hails from Australia where she teaches youth tennis full time when she is not at the Point. She has been at Point O’Pines for ten summers. Most of our tennis instructors have similar non-camp season careers and are mature individuals not only experienced in dealing with young tennis enthusiasts but equally able to motivate the beginner. We love having these instructors motivated to spend their summers at the Point.
Campers who love tennis can build as much tennis into their camp program as they desire. There is the opportunity for endless instruction, matches and games. Tennis starts every morning with optional “early bird” instruction before breakfast and ends in the evening under the lights.
Our staff is qualified to make recommendations to our families on equipment for our campers and we are delighted to restring rackets and change grips for our enthusiastic campers.
