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The campus covers about 100 acres in historic Rhinebeck, NY. Pictured here is Main Building, which houses an indoor gym, the dining hall, bathrooms, and a campers' lounge. The mural on the side was painted by campers.

Projects can be whatever campers conceive. This mural was conceived and created over the entire course of the camp season in 2015.

Our campus has several sports facilities, including a basketball court, soccer field, and gaga ball pit.

The camper's lounge is place for campers to play instruments, games, watch movies, and just hang out.

The Assembly Bell is where everyone gathers for our large group meetings.

Campers join us from around the world -- over 34 countries.

Projects can be anything -- murals, small improvements, gardens, or, like this stargazing tower built in 2008, they can be big construction projects.

A birds-eye view of the campground.

We encourage campers to express themselves through art. As a result, campers create beautiful murals all over the campground.

A camper built gazebo sits atop Cabin Hill, surrounded by Art, Drama, Hiking, and Projects Cabins,

The Clinton pond. The pond is surrounded by trails which continue into the woods beyond.

CRS 2019 girls session

The finished beamed bridge the CRS 2019 girls built.

Being away from a city has its benefits - the stars at night are spectacular.

Campers sleep on cots in wooden-platform canvas tents like these.

We love celebrating birthdays at Camp! We especially love learning how to sing Happy Birthday in as many different languages as possible. Every summer we celebrate birthdays by singing Happy Birthday in every language represented at Camp that year.

One way we explore diversity at Camp is through meals. During the season, campers cook and serve meals from their home country for the staff and other campers.

Alongside instructions, we have project time. Projects give campers the opportunity to create, build, and learn how to construct something new. Projects range from producing honey from our on-site beehives to building a new lean-to.

In addition to leadership and project management, Project time also serves to teach campers real-world skills, like how to use tools.

Campers fixing up the on-site Finnish sauna.

Instructions range from academic to artistic to athletic - some, like this one, even involve visiting guest instructors.

Instruction topics can vary from cultural, mathematical, social, political, personal topics. If campers are interested they can keep Instruction topics going into their Self-Structured Time (SST).

Campers can use Instruction time as an opportunity to teach others about their culture, history, or language.

A program involving the entire camp occurs about once per day. They vary -- some are simply games, others involve discussion on ethical, political, or social issues.