Summer 2025 Session Dates at Independent Lake Camp in Thompson, PA

Name: Summer 2025 Session Dates at Independent Lake Camp in Thompson, PA
Start: 2025-06-22T08:00:00-04:00
Location: Independent Lake Camp

Independent Lake Camp is a premier overnight summer camp in the Poconos for ages 6-17 offering an impressive array of activities rich with integrity due to top-notch facilities, and talented staff. Established over 30 years ago, ILC is dedicated to celebrating diversity, promoting creativity, and empowering individual growth with our individualized, elective scheduling. Campers will learn worthwhile skills in 2-8 week sessions while making everlasting memories & friends. Each camper chooses from: Circus, Trapeze, Sports, Fitness, Archery, Art, Theatre, Dance, Magic, Music, Recording Studio, Skatepark, Digital Arts, Moviemaking, RPG, Rocketry, Climbing Wall, High Ropes, Water-ski, Wakeboard, Lake, Pool, Horseback, Nature & more! Choose from 2 or 3 week session options, or combine multiple sessions for 5, 6, and 8 week experiences, for a fantastic summer filled with unforgettable memories, lifelong friendships, and life skills that provide your child with independence, self confidence, and a sense of achievement!

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Session 1 (2 weeks) : June 22 - July 5, 2025
Session 2 (3 weeks) : July 6 - July 26, 2025
Session 3 (3 weeks) : July 27 - August 16, 2025
Rookie Week: August 18 - August 23, 2025

Established as a non-traditional summer camp, ILC is dedicated to:

Celebrating diversity of people, activities, places, ideas, views & beliefs,
Promoting creativity within each camper and the community,
Empowering individual growth with our personalized scheduling
Maintaining top-notch facilities & equipment and employing a talented staff

ILC takes pride in its elective program with a diverse range of options for activities. Although we are a non-traditional camp with an individualized program, we do have a set schedule, attendance is taken at each activity, and there is appropriate supervision of all campers at all times.

The approach we take regarding the campers’ schedules is based mainly on individualized programming. With all we have to offer, ILC is more than just a fantastic summer camp, it is a sophisticated summer camp with specialties. Each camper can choose what they want to do from a wide variety of activities offered by multiple departments. We provide guidance for younger campers in their selections. And to clarify- choice does not mean unstructured. Our daily schedule provides a framework to support specialized instruction & the achievement of goals.

As part of our culture to keep activities safe and inviting, our schedule allows for all campers to try out activities before making their prime selections. With the exception of Horseback Riding Lessons, advanced sign-ups are not required. They will first get a camper orientation to show them all the departments have to offer. They will then spend the next day trying out activities during “Check-It-Out Day”. After taste testing and actually experiencing the offered activities, they will narrow down their three favorites as their PRIMES to do every day that session. Each day at lunch, campers choose two DAILIES and at dinner they will choose an activity for FREE CHOICE.

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Independent Lake Camp

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