The Camp Echo Lake Trail

One of the Most Important Things to Do Before Camp… A Digital Detox – Disconnect to Reconnect (and it’s not bad for parents too!)

Posted by on May 11, 2023

When you wake up in the morning, what do you do right away? When you fall asleep at night, what are you doing before you fall asleep? When you are sitting in a parking lot waiting for a practice, rehearsal, or class to be over,…

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I Just Got Home and You Want to Know if I Want to Go Back to Camp?

Posted by on August 21, 2019

I Just Got Home and You Want to Know if I Want to go Back to Camp?  Written by Laurie Rinke ***This article was originally posted in October 2014. We felt that at this time of year, when camp re-enrollment is underway and even the…

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How Echo Lakers Treat Each Other All Year-Round and Bar/Bat Mitzvah Guidance

Posted by on August 14, 2019

Dear Echo Lake Families, We hope this letter finds you doing well as your child(ren) settle in to their post camp / school year.  As you know, Echo Lake is a community that emphasizes treating people with respect, building self-esteem, and generally spreading Warm Inner…

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How to Help Your Child Adjust from their Summer Home to their Winter Home

Posted by on August 10, 2019

By Laurie Rinke NOTE: This article was originally posted in the summer of 2014. It is being republished to offer a refresher to parents for their children’s arrival back home from camp.  “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…” Charles Dickens’ opening…

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Around the Campfire with Laurie: Overcoming the “Camp Cliff” – Parental Reaction is the Key to Camper Success

Posted by on April 10, 2019

When I was a psychology major in college, over two decades ago, I studied an experiment called The Visual Cliff, that fascinated me then but resonates even louder with me now. Originally the experiment was intended to examine infant depth perception as it placed a…

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