CELL PHONES & TECHNOLOGY

Electronics: Killooleet’s philosophy frees children to develop their interests and skills that include face-to-face relationships with others. Relying on letters and occasional calls rather than daily chats or texts to stay in touch with family and friends at home makes the adjustment to camp easier and growth greater. As they learn to trust caring adults, camp friends, and themselves, campers become more resilient. We also are aware of the mounting evidence of correlations between screen time and mental health concerns among children and adolescents. Therefore, we are a screen-free community. Please leave all phones and screened electronics at home. We will send home phones and other devices that do arrive, unless a child needs the phone for a trip home after camp; in that case, we will store it for them.

Take a look at our current Electronics Policy.