Summer Camps in Connecticut - Buck's Rock, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Camp Wah-Nee, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Camp Laurelwood (Paperback)

Chapters: Buck's Rock, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Camp Wah-Nee, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Camp Laurelwood, Summer Institute for Future Teachers. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp is an educational summer camp located in New Milford, Connecticut. The camp was established in 1942 by Dr. Ernst Bulova and his wife Ilse, Austrian educators who had studied under Maria Montessori. Ernst (19022001) and Ilse Bulova were Austrian educators living in Germany in the early 20th century. Dr. Bulova ran an educational radio program in Berlin, but following the Nazis' rise to power he and his wife were forced to flee to England, where Dr. Bulova became co-director of the Beltane School in Wimbledon. Dr. and Mrs. Bulova, with the help of relatives who owned the Bulova Watch Company, came to the United States in 1940 to find a refuge for British children during World War II. The site chosen was hilly farmland in the Merryall region of New Milford, CT, but since crossing the Atlantic had become too treacherous, the plan was abandoned and Ernst and Ilse convinced their relatives to sell the land to them. Thus began Bucks Rock Work Camp, where the Bulovas put into practice some of their Montessori-based principles on how children learn and grow. The earliest campers came from two of Manhattans progressive schools, The Dalton School and The Walden School. In addition to learning about New Milfords small town governance, the children worked on neighboring farms to alleviate the wartime manpower shortage. Once the war ended, the camp really took off and a unique program of creative and artistic endeavors evolved. Buck's Rock RoadIn 1973 Ernst and Ilse chose Louis Simon, a New York City school supervisor and a Bucks Rock counse...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=243909