UNOfficial 1996

Program Planning Guide More planning info, very important.

WHAT:

Camp Castle Rock is the Boy Scout summer camp of the Four Lakes Council, located near Mauston, Wisconsin. 214 acres of grass and wooded campsites, with nearly a mile of shoreline on Castle Rock Lake, Wisconsin's 4th largest body of water. Several state bicycle trails are nearby. The camp is only minutes off interstate 90-94, about 20 minutes north of Wisconsin dells.

PROGRAM:

The camp offers skills training in all the basic outdoor areas which include Scoutcraft, Ecology-Conservation, Shooting Sports, Handicraft, a swimming beach and a boating beach. Instruction is provided for a wide range of camp related merit badges. The Baden Powell One program is for scouts working on Tenderfoot to First Class Skills. The Baden Powell Two program is for scouts learning leadership skills. Scoutcraft offers skills training for Camping, Cooking, Wilderness Survival, Orienteering, and Pioneering. Ecology-Conservation offers skills training for Environmental Science, Nature, Soil and Water Conservation, Fishing, and more related to the area. Handicraft offers skills in Leatherwork, Woodcarving, Rocketry and more. Shooting Sports provides skills in Archery, .22 rifle safety and marksmanship, as well as a shotgun range. The Swimming Beach provides fun and safety in the water, as well as skills in Swimming, Lifesaving, Scout Lifeguard, and the Mile Swim. The Boating Beach provides Safety Afloat skills, as well as canoeing, rowing, small-boat sailing, sailboarding, a 20 foot pontoon boat, mototboating, water-skiing, and completion of the DNR Boat Safety course. Additional Programs include a 3-day sailing outpost and a climbing tower is near completion, plus campwide games intend to build patrol teamwork, leadership, and spirit, and campfires. All this is put together to achieve the basic aims and methods of the Boy Scouts of America.

Advancement Planning Tips

Merit Badge Schedule

Weekly Schedule

ADVANCEMENT PHILOSOPHY:

To teach lifetime skills which lead to the completion of a Scout rank or merit badge. Instruction is intended to go beyond the requirements.

SPECIALTY CAMP OFFERED:

A 4-day period of provisional camping offering to groups the following: Eagle Scout badges and advancement, a Pioneering College of advanced skills, expanded Wilderness Survival, competitive sailing, marksmanship, and some can attend "just for fun".

OUTPOST SAILING:

A mutli-day experience on a 26' sailboat for a crew of five. Several sessions are offered, and can be planned to coincide with your week at camp, offering an older scout program challenge. $550 per crew of 5.

CAMPING INFORMATION:

Troops provide own tentage. The camp provides patrol equipment for cooking. Patrols prepare breakfasts and dinners in their troopsite. Menus and foodstuff are provided from the commissary. Lunches are served by the staff, so the program day has little interruption. For an extra fee, a troop can choose dining hall service.

CAMP PLANNING MATERIALS:

Information kits will be distributed after January to all troops who have applied for a campsite or who have requested information.

CAMP STAFF:

We are always seeking applicants for staff positions. Applicants must be registered as youth or leaders. We accept male or female applicants. They must be able to perform strenuous duties, with sometimes long hours, and have qualifications for the position sought. Minimum age is 15 years, Counselors in Training may be 14 years of age. We do consider applicants from other councils. Applications should be requested.

FEES:

$125 per scout, $440 per extra adult. Discounts: $15 for full fee payment by May 1, Plus $1 per Scout for F.O.S. " Blue Chip" unit or $15 per Scout for F.O.S. "President's Unit". $125 for provisional camper, $125 for dining hall option (discounts apply). $550 per crew of 5 for Outpost Sailing.

1996 DATES:

Staff week, June 9; weekly camp sessions begin June 16, June 23, July 7, July 14, and July 21. The specialty session is July 28-31. A second-year Webelos "Open HOuse" will be July 6.

INFORMATION:

Four Lakes Council, BSA
34 Schroeder Ct.
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 273-1005

HOW CAMP CASTLE ROCK HELPS TROOPS ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BOY SCOUT PROGRAM.

The program provided at Camp Castle Rock is designed around the basic aims and methods of the Boy Scouts of America. Those aims are character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness. The methods of Boy Scouting are; Scout ideals, the patrol system, advancement, positive adult role models, the outdoor program, leadership development, and personal growth. So how does our Scout camp support youth achieving these aims?

SCOUT IDEALS:

Activities throughout the week help your Scouts put into daily practice the ideals contained in the Scout Oath and Law; not just talk about them, but live them, every day.

PATROL SYSTEM:

Living in a small group, being responsible for each other, sharing the good and the bad times, sharing things, sharing the work load and the fun are all part of the patrol system. This is living democracy. Patrol cooking is our best tool to form a patrol.

POSITIVE ADULT ROLE MODEL:

A week at camp provides a leader, and a Scout, a unique opportunity to get to know each other. It is one of those few times when a boy gets to associate with an adult on a near equal level. Baden Powell wrote that "Scouting is a game in which boys are led by boy-men," meaning that the leaders have not forgotten how to be boys, or the difficulties through which boys are growing. This is a time in which Scouts can learn that adults are just human, and sometimes they make mistakes. This is a time when they can talk with an adult about what it's like to be grown up, and show to handle some of those decisions that must be made.

OUTDOOR PROGRAM:

There is no place like a Boy Scout camp to learn those outdoor skills which were commonplace for our grandparents, and still so necessary for us to understand our place in natural surroundings. Scout camp teaches us how to live in the outdoors, teaches us how to fit into the outdoors, teaches us how to enjoy and understand the outdoors, teaches how to conserve and preserve the outdoors for future generations.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT:

Scouting's outdoor program was developed on the premise that the outdoors is a great laboratory in which leadership skills can be learned. To be a good leader one must learn to be a good follower. One must learn to be concerned about the other as well as oneself. One must learn to care for others. And along with that caring comes the ability to plan and carry out, to lead.

PERSONAL GROWTH

A Scout grows through the program in many ways, but the most important growth is that of understanding himself, of accepting who he is and what he can achieve. A Scout grows in self-esteem, in self-confidence, in knowing that he can face and overcome adversity, in knowing that he has friends on whom he can count, in knowing right from wrong and that it is okay to choose right even though others choose wrong. Scouting helps a boy grow.

Camp Castle Rock's program is designed to help your Scouts, your Junior Leaders, and your adult leadership, get the most out of the Boy Scout aims and methods every day. The program is designed to test their ability, and through that testing and using their skills, to improve them, to strengthen them. The staff knows this and works at it. The adults need to pay attention to these same aims and methods and use them to achieve the objectives of the Boy Scout program: character building, citizenship training, and personal fitness.

HINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL WEEK AT CAMP CASTLE ROCK

The Scout Oath and Law, and the Outdoor Code, are the guidelines for conduct at Camp Castle Rock

You, and Your Scouts, should come to camp well prepared. Have patrols organized. Work on program ideas as patrols. Have the patrol leaders represent the patrol at camp. Schedule time for patrol leaders meetings in camp.

Let your junior leaders lead. A Scout camp is a training camp with an outstanding opportunity to build Scouts into leaders.

Scouts should try something in each program area to get a well-rounded camp experience. Sometimes they will only do this with your direction.

Take time to enjoy the natural beauty of camp don't keep such a pace that you miss the trees, the quiet stillness, and the clean fresh air. Take time to sit quietly, and show your Scouts how to "take time out."

Listen to your Scouts. What do they want to do?

Be Flexible. If your Scouts find something to do that was unplanned, adjust the schedule.

Be Prepared for the Wisconsin out-of-doors. Lots of mosquito repellent and a long-sleeved shirt are more then encouraged!

Please, DO NOT pour cold water on hot dutch ovens. Clean with hot-hot water and paper towels (no soap).

Scouts should touch only their own Buddy Tag.

No sheath knives in camp.

Cleaning materials for your latrine are available at camp. Please clean daily to control insects, rodents and the smell.

Stay away from the CLIFFS. While they are not high, they can be undercut and can give way.

SHOES must be worn at all times when walking in camp.

Walk don't run. The program will be there when you arrive.

Should you have problems, talk with the camp leadership.

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