A Day at Lamplight

Note: This is the basic schedule that we kept last year on Fridays. In the future, campers and staff may decide to switch around pieces of the schedule to fit their needs.

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Arrival and Breakfast

9:30 - 10:00

Morning Circle

Check-In
Morning Games
Daily Overview

10:00 - 12:00

Project Time

Students and campers decided to build a Gaga Ball pit from scratch.

Since the Gaga Ball Pit wasn’t going to be finished in time, we decided to scrap the project and do something else with walls of the pit we’d already made…

We turned them into signs!

And this one!

We also built a trail to the edge of the peninsula.

Campers dug out a fire pit.

Some campers decided to paint this beautiful wooden sign with their project time!

In the morning, before it gets too hot, we work on different group projects together. A few projects we worked on in the last few years included:

Building benches around the fire pit
Painting a mural
Cleaning up the backyard
Painting wooden signs
Making raised garden beds

One day, Chef Kieran decided to spend 6 hours making slow-cooked pork belly over risotto. We were blown away.

Chef Kieran teaches a camper the proper technique for cutting peppers.

Several minutes later…

During clean up, we played a crowdsourced playlist of camper and staff favorites.

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

Every day, our amazing Chef Kieran provided us with a delicious lunch. Kieran made classics like Gumbo and Fried Chicken Liver but also introduced campers to new foods from all over the world.

1:00 - 1:30

Clean Up Time!

Campers developed a system for clean up where we all split into different squads and cleaned different parts of the Commons.

1:30 - 3:00

Seminar in the Sunroom

During Seminar, we played theater games, wrote stories, and discussed important issues in Marshall County.

Students surveyed community members, visited the Guntersville Museum to learn about local history, and designed skits to help pick apart problems in their schools like bullying.

3:00 - 4:30

Committee Work Time

After seminar, different committees met to take care of their responsibilities. The following committees met daily:

Labor Committee
- Managed projects like the trail and the backyard
Bunker Time
- Planned and facilitated evening meetings
Clout Crew
- Managed our social media pages, took photographs, and wrote updates for our online followers

4:30 - 5:30

Down Time

During down time, campers get to work on their own projects, play games, or just hang out. Last summer, campers decided to organize air hockey tournaments, play basketball, take naps, play board games, hang out on trees, and more. Some even tried to make a cooking show about Chef Kieran, which is still in the works and may be released at some point this year.

5:30 - 6:00

BioPix

Before dinner, the whole group gathered to listen to a staff member and a camper give 15 minute talks about their lives. Over the three weeks of Lamplight, each community member shared five pictures with the group that were special to them, telling a story about each picture.

6:00 - 7:00

Dinner and Clean Up

7:00 - 8:30

Bunker Time

Every day after dinner, the Bunker Time committee planned an evening’s worth of reflections and celebration. On Fridays, we made a campfire and watched the sunset.