{"id":251,"date":"2019-04-18T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piercecamps.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2019-04-18T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:00:59","slug":"the-importance-of-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piercecamps.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Summer Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/piercecamps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stanford-grad-school-logo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piercecamps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stanford-grad-school-logo-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/piercecamps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stanford-grad-school-logo.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We love this short video shared with us by Tessa, one of our all-star Birchmont Group Leaders.  We are very encouraged to see thought leaders around the country like Stanford\u2019s Graduate School of Education are studying and validating the importance of summer camp in children\u2019s lives.  Of course this is something us camp folks already know, but great to see those in traditional education catching on too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEIg3lQ1pDg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love this short video shared with us by Tessa, one of our all-star Birchmont Group Leaders. We are very encouraged to see thought leaders around the country like Stanford\u2019s Graduate School of Education are studying and validating the importance of summer camp in children\u2019s lives. 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