On Friday, September 6, the seniors of Bolles were excused from all classes so that they could participate in a school held event known as Camp College. This day includes many activities and fun events for the seniors to move further along in their college application process.
The seniors started the day by arriving to school dressed in their designated color based on their college advisor. They sat in groups of 8-10 students in Cain Gym and made flags with their key values in a college as the design.
Mya Bridgewater ‘25, a senior that participated in Camp College, believes overall, the day was helpful and necessary for the strenuous task of applying for college. She mentioned that “I had a lot of fun in the day because it wasn’t all boring and all work”
Values students chose ranged widely from peace, grace, accountability, and even sleep. Bridgewater mentions, “A lot of people chose happy as their key value but mine was peace.”
The seniors continued throughout their day with other activities such as puzzles, meditation, gaga ball, and more. Sprinkled in between these fun activities, the seniors sat in a designated area with their college advisor to work on the college application process.
Bridgewater mentions that, “Students just need a break sometimes, and it helped, ”which is definitely a statement many other seniors agreed with for the day. 
Ms. DeFalco, one of the college councilors, expressed great admiration for the day and is excited to continue with more camp college days in the future. “Camp College part two will be in October on Spark day, so we’ll be with our seniors all day again,” DeFalco says.
“We wanted to strip the stereotype and reputation with certain colleges being the ones that students are only hearing about. Instead of just having you fill out your college pennant with a college name, we encouraged the students to add the values that they’re looking for to help them further and embrace what they’re looking for in their college process.
At the end of the day, the seniors gathered in Cain to make friendship bracelets. Although it may seem frivolous, Bridgewater believes “people would have gotten bored if it was only college counseling stuff the entire day, so I feel like it was necessary to have the fun parts.” 
