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Each Camp Tecumseh Outdoor Education program is setup in a well planned out and easy to follow format that should help your planning go very smoothly. These are things that might be useful to know about your time at camp.

Facilities River or Lake Village? Meals Communications Sample Schedules Campfire Camp Map Trees of Camp Tecumseh

Facilities

This link will take you to a page with a list of the facilities at Camp Tecumseh. Most of the time indoors will be spent in the cabins and dining hall of the River or Lake Villages.

River or Lake Village?

Your School will either stay at the Lake Village or River Village which will be designated on your contract. The programs remain the same regardless of the village that you are in. There will be a big sign with your school name on to direct you, and your camp staff will be ready and waiting to meet you upon arrival.

Meals

Almost every school group brings sack lunches to eat for lunch upon arrival at Camp T, with dinner being the first meal that Camp T provides.

All meals provided by Camp T will be served in Scheumann Lodge or River Lodge depending on the village you are lodging in. Food is served family style, with selected table ‘hoppers’ bringing food platters back from the kitchen to pass around. We eat at large circular tables which are very conducive to good discussion over meals.

Should you have any dietary needs that are out of the ordinary please contact Brenda Schmitter (brendas@camptecumseh.org) the Food Service Director.

For adults, there is always coffee and tea available in both lodges, as well as basic snacks like bottled water, granola bars and popcorn during the day.

Communications

If your school or child is at camp and you need to contact them urgently, please call the office number (765-564-2898) and one of our office staff will be able to contact them. For after hour emergency needs only, please call the same number and when you hear the voice start talking press 5 to reach the after hours cell phone.

Cell phone coverage at camp varies depending on provider. There are pay phones available and we do have Skype (internet telephone) available for adults to use as well. Each dining lodge has internet access available (to adults) on computers and wi-fi capability if you need to bring your own laptop.

Sample Schedules

These schedules (in PDF format) give you some idea of how the time is broken down during your stay:

Foundations for Success: Two Day Schedule
Foundations for Success: Three Day Schedule

Pioneer Heritage: Two Day Schedule
Pioneer Heritage: Three Day Schedule

Earthship Journey: Two Day Schedule
Earthship Journey: Three Day Schedule

Project American Life

Discovering Nature

Christmas in the Colonies

Campfire

The campfire program can be the highlight for a lot of students and teachers. Taking place under the stars (weather permitting) the camp staff will lead you through this fun event with lots of songs, skits and jokes. This is not just their time to be up front though, as cabin groups perform skits in relation to the program of study, like Pioneer sagas, eco-dramas and Foundation skits. Parents and teachers also play important roles like rocks, sticks, barnyard animals and may even be called up by the camp staff to perform alongside them.

If you are a returning teacher and have some favorites that you would like to see, be sure to let your camp staff know during the orientation.

Camp Map

This document (pdf format) is the camp map that will give you some idea of how things are laid out at Camp Tecumseh

Trees of Camp Tecumseh

Interested in Camp's rich collection of plant life? Check out this document on the Trees of Camp Tecumseh!