Like most of the campers yesterday, I arrived to SuperCamp LMU Junior Forum wide-eyed and a bit bewildered. I didn’t know what to pack, where to go or what to do. I was tired when I got here and dreaded being away from home for the whole week. It was my first sleep-away educational summer camp!

Yesterday afternoon I started catching the SuperCamp fever and felt reinvigorated by all the energy, funny campers, and truly amazing Facilitators. I felt way more comfortable just knowing they were in charge and had everything handled.

I knew if I could just go with the flow I would be in good hands.  A hearty dinner didn’t hurt either!

The LMU campus is B-E-A-utiful. Walking through campus was inspiring in and of itself. It lends an old-world feel with its breath-taking Sacred Heart Chapel, Sunken Gardens and Jesuit Community, yet it boasts state-of-the-art classrooms, restaurant-quality dining and inspiring views and architecture. The lawns are manicured, the dorms roomy and clean and the campus quiet and safe-feeling.

There are campers from all walks of life here and it is really nice to see them all getting along, being friendly and inclusive, learning and growing from each other. Before I came to SuperCamp, I was told that the best description for it is “organized chaos” and now I totally get it. We started right out learning a memory strategy without even realizing it! We were listening to a very entertaining story told to some of our favorite songs and before I knew it, I’d learned the first eight U.S. presidents in order! Say what?! SO COOL! This is awesome college prep!

Yesterday afternoon I was eagerly anticipating lights out but, by the time it arrived, I was wide-awake and looking forward to the morning. The Facilitators were so high-energy all day long, I couldn’t believe they could keep going at this pace all week but now I’m seeing how the energy builds upon itself and am feeling all sorts of excited to keep going.

SuperCamp is an incredible summer academic enrichment program.

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The Senior Forum
SuperCamp’s Senior Forum is an innovative, 10-day summer camp for teens that teaches teens how to unlock their hidden potential and use it to take on the challenges that they will encounter in high school, while preparing them for college as well. Students also learn the importance of critical thinking so they can apply it in their everyday life.

Here are just a few of the areas that the Senior Forum teaches in its residential 10-day summer camp:

Academic Techniques
In Senior Forum, students learn the secrets of quantum learning strategies that will help them in their quest to academic excellence. These learning strategies will be applicable and will remain relevant in any academic situation. Mastering these quantum strategies will significantly decrease your child’s information clutter and help them to work most efficiently.

Emotional and Relationship Strategies
High school is a difficult time for teens. With physical and hormonal changes bombarding their daily life, it is no surprise to see most of them succumbing to stress. To help teens deal with the overwhelming stress accompanied by their growth process and increasing academic work load, SuperCamp teaches emotional and relationship strategies to keep all aspects of their life in balance.

Reputation Management
The internet has played a significant role in this generation. Most teens thrive on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr, without realizing that they may be endangering their reputation by posting questionable content in their accounts. SuperCamp Senior Forum strives to enlighten teens by teaching them how to become responsible internet denizens. Students will realize the importance of internet ethics and will become more prudent and responsible in their social media use. Now that most college recruiters and employers use social media to screen applicants, it is in the student’s best interest to keep his image clean and protect himself against the harmful implications of a bad online reputation.

The Eight Keys of Excellence
The Eight Keys of Excellence are a set of core principles designed to mold your children into individuals brimming with excellence. This is the foundation on which SuperCamp is built, and it is the most important part of the entire Senior Forum experience. Aristotle once attributed excellence as a habit, and immersing teens in the Eight Keys of Excellence will significantly help them in becoming great individuals who will change the world. The Eight Keys of Excellence are: integrity, failure leads to success, speak with good purpose, “this is it!,” commitment, ownership, flexibility, and balance.

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