Panther Camp | Be A Part of Menaul School

Get ready for Panther Camp!

Oh! The places you'll go.

Panther Camp Directors

Laurie Gilbert is a current sixth grade teacher at Menaul School. Her teaching career spans 30 years, 2 countries, 4 states, and grades preschool through high school. She is the mother of four children, now in their twenties. Laurie’s love of summer camp began at Girl Scout camp and then church camp when she was ten years old. She served as a high school camp counselor and years later as the program director of Mountain Lake Camp in New Preston, Connecticut. She was also the program director of the Hambidge Arts and Science Camp in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and for fifteen years was the director of Vacation Bible School programs at the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, UT. She worked as a counselor at Colorado Camp Cherith, and ran outdoor education programs at the schools where she taught.

Tiffany Lo-Finch teaches 7th and 8th grade Math at Menaul and has been teaching for 5 years. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and her Master’s in Teaching at Austin College. She has led church youth groups and youth ministry events for over 9 years. Throughout, she has directed several youth and children’s retreats, written curriculum for children’s ministries and helped teach Sunday School and Vacation Bible School at her church.

Approximate Adult/Camper Ratio: 1:8

A typical day at Panther Camp would include the following. Most activities would incorporate our theme/country of the week:

Daily Activities include:
• Devotions and singing
• Team-activities and competitions
• Arts & crafts
• Games
• Storytime
• Discovery lessons/ Cooking lessons
• Lunch and snack time

Once-a-week Activities include:
• Service Projects
• Movies
• Waterplay (note: we will not be going swimming)
• Team skits
• Field trips : (Tentative trips: Bandelier, Museum of Natural History, Explora!, Biopark/Aquarium, Rio Grande Nature Center, Zoo, ABQ Jump)


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Be a part of the Menaul Showcase 2010 Join us November 7, 2010 for performances, campus tours and information about Menaul Programs.

Join us for affordable and all-inclusive Summer Fun! This year's camp theme is "Oh - the places you'll go!" We will explore a different continent each week using games, music, art, stories, food, and more.

Experience God’s creation of people and places through daily devotions and community service along with fun activities and field trips. All the materials, supplies and camp t-shirts are included. Lunch and snacks are provided daily so you can just show up and have fun all summer while learning.

For more information or to register, please call or e-mail Kim Cartwright at 345-7727 or

kcartwright@menaulschool.com.