January 12th, 2010

Founded in 1978, the Gloucester Museum School Project Adventure Summer Camp undertakes daily expeditions into the remote and beautiful natural areas of Cape Ann. Our campers are immersed into nature and physically challenged by the daily hikes and high adventure expeditions. GMS strives to foster a child’s innate sense of wonder and connection to the natural world.

Since the summer of 2009, we have successfully offered two new camps in addition to our regular Junior and Adventure Sea programs:

TALL SHIP ADVENTURES and ROCK CLIMBING camp.

The intrinsic adventure and challenge of a GMS expedition teaches children the skills that foster principled inner guidance, character development, teamwork and positive group interaction. We learn by doing and encourage each other to reach our goals. We nurture both social & environmental responsibility through principles of Group Dynamics, the Full Value Contract,  Challenge by Choice and a Leave No Trace philosophy.

GMS Project Adventure Summer Camp complies with the regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and is licensed by the Gloucester Board of Health.

Keep scrolling down for more news of GMS Camp …

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Heritage Center Hosts SEASCAPE

July 19th, 2010

The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is proud to present SEASCAPE on July 24th and 25th. This 2-day festival celebrates Gloucester’s relationship with the sea through music, dance, storytelling and the visual arts. SEASCAPE is produced with grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Commission, and the McCarthy Family Foundation.

The full press release updated 7-14

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TALL SHIP ADVENTURES on the TALL SHIP HARVEY GAMMAGE

June 29th, 2010

Tall Ship Adventures

Captain Amanda and First Mate Jo-Anne have secured the Tall Ship Harvey Gammage for this year’s Tall Sip Adventure

  • For all ages over 12, and Adults too…….
  • (5 days /4 nights) $750 per person Includes all meals and lodging
  • July 26 -30

Tall Ship sailing involves teamwork, adventure, and strength of character. This is the platform off which we will explore the sea around us.

For more information, here’s the brochure

Tall Ship the Harvey Gammage

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Our Gulls are Hatching

May 29th, 2010

GBBG hatchingI looks like  out br0od of  GBBG’s are hatching.  At  least  this one  as of yesterday was begining to peck it’s  way into  the world

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SPACE AVAILABILITY FOR 2010 CAMP SESSIONS

May 13th, 2010

As always we are filling up fast, but for those of you who haven’t enrolled yet, here’s a quick synopsis of available space for our 2010 camp sessions.

Jr Sea camp – several spaces for session 1 and 2, nearly full for sessions 3 and 4

Adventure Sea- several spaces for session 1 and 2, nearly full for sessions 3 and 4

Rock Climbing Camp – Session 2 available – limited space

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GBBG nesting on our camp float

May 13th, 2010

For the first time ever,  a greater black backed gull has chosen our float as a spot to nest. We’ve had to be extra careful not to disturb her too much as we go about our spring clean up activities on the island.

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2010 Spring Newsletter

March 11th, 2010

New! GMS Camp is now publishing a quarterly newsletter. Click here to view a copy of our newest publication. You can also sign up to receive the newsletter via email by filling out the form in the right hand column of our home page.

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March 3rd, 2010

New movie The Coop life coming soon! The movie is several different cams of the chickens put to music played by Jimi Hendrix, and the Beatles. Watch more clips that will be posted until the full movie comes out. Expect a full version also.

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New Movie of the Girls

February 28th, 2010

This is  the  latest  video of  the  camp’s  chickens….take a look

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Payment Policy

January 27th, 2010

As of the 2010 season, GMS camp is set up to accept credit card payments via Paypal – under limited circumstances and when cleared in advance by our director, Jo-Anne Crawford.

Much as we would love to accept credit card payments from all of our camper families, each credit card transaction costs us a significant percentage in processing fees. We are a small non-profit organization that operates on a small budget. Please understand that we prefer to reserve any and all additional funds for our camp enrichment fund and also to assist local families with camp scholarships.

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GMS Camp Chickens

January 18th, 2010

Our Island Chickens

Last  Summer, as our  09  campers are aware, we   housed three chickens on  Ram Island.  They were  a  constant source of  entertainment and, as an added  bonus, ate their  share of Island bugs as well as our household food scraps.

Jeff built them  a luxury condo on the  mainland  for  the winter and  they continue  to lay eggs regularly… a testament to  their contentedness.

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