Bishop Ireton completed the summer of 2010’s camp series with its largest offerings of camps and its biggest turnout of campers ever. From football and girls lacrosse to drama and music, Ireton stayed busy throughout the summer as hundreds of middle and high school students attended camp.
“The food was great” exclaimed one happy camper while dining in the school’s cafeteria at noontime. “That was music to my ears” said Ireton’s director of operations and athletics, Bill Simmons. “We had a great turnout this year, with a wide variety of activities. Certainly basketball is a popular camp, but our soccer camp was full, the drama program continues to be one of our fastest growing programs.” said the Ireton AD. “When you add in the summer school, reading programs, SAT prep classes, three groups of young people totaling nearly 500 students camping out in the school while visiting Washington, I take my hat off to our maintenance and custodial staff to make the progress in fixing, cleaning, installing everything to be ready for another school year.”
Summer camp director, Pete Hamer, echoed Simmons’ comments and suggested preparations are already underway for next summer’s camps. As the school’s admissions director, Hamer emphasized the value of introducing the school to potential students in the middle school grades. “Marketing our School is a component of what we attempt to do. We certainly think our faculties and our staff are selling points for our School. A large number of our current students were campers in our summer programs long before high school.”
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