MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL CAMP PACKING LIST
REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE
CLASS SPECIFIC PACKING LIST (Middle School Camp)
CLASS SPECIFIC PACKING LIST (High School Camp)
DORM STUDENTS (in addition to the items listed above):
Please plan on packing for the two week session, if possible. Access to laundry is limited. SFAC provides a mattress pad, bottom sheet, pillow & pillow case on each twin bed.
SHOULD I BRING MONEY?
Students may want to bring a small amount of money to use at the camp store or in town. Camp souvenirs and snacks are offered at the camp store and range in price from $1 for a bumper sticker or snack to $45 for a sweatshirt. Money can also be added to a student's account at the camp store through the registration portal.
REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE
- Gym shoes for the gym
- Clothes that are appropriate for the classes you are taking (especially for dance classes and physical theater – sweatpants and comfortable tops that can be layered, ballet students can wear tights, leotards, or shorts)
- All music students should bring a long-sleeved, white shirt, black skirt/pants, black socks, and black dress shoes
- Water Bottle
- Comfortable walking shoes
CLASS SPECIFIC PACKING LIST (Middle School Camp)
- Piano Technique: Students should bring wired headphones (not bluetooth)
- Digital Photography: Students should bring a digital SLR camera (preferably), iPhone, or point-and-shoot camera with manual controls for aperture and shutter speed, batteries/or charger, memory cards, card reader or cord, and a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of memory
- Animation: Students should bring a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of free space.
- Collage & Mixed Media: Students bring things to add to their work: images, drawings you don’t know what to do with, text, photos, objects, fabric scraps, interesting textures, candy wrappers, printed items, or anything else you might want to incorporate into mixed media works.
- Filmmaking & Music Video Production: Students should bring a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of free space.
- Stage Combat: Come dressed to move in sneakers, signed waiver required to participate
- Acrobatics: Come dressed to move
- Ballet: Come in ballet attire, soft ballet slippers, with hair pulled away from your face. Those with experience en pointe should bring pointe shoes.
- Hip Hop Dance & Street Dance classes: Come in clean gym shoes and clothes that you can move in.
- Modern Dance: Come in bare feet with a black leotard & black leggings or black tank and black pants
- Contemporary Dance: Come in bare feet or socks and dance-friendly attire
- Shakespeare: Dress to move
- Live Event Production: Students should bring several sets of black clothes and close-toed shoes.
- Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Jazz Combos, Choir & Small Ensembles: Students should bring performance attire of black pants or skirt, white shirt and black shoes.
- Instrumental Music Classes: Students should bring their instrument and extra reeds, oil, strings, rosin, and a metronome. Trumpet and trombone players should also bring straight and cup mutes. All music students should bring a long-sleeved, white shirt, black skirt/pants, black socks, and black dress shoes.
- Percussionists and drummers should bring a stick bag complete with the full set of sticks and drum set sticks.
- Rock Band & Recording Session: Guitar & bass players should bring their instruments and a cable. Amps are provided.
CLASS SPECIFIC PACKING LIST (High School Camp)
- Piano Technique: Students should bring wired headphones (not bluetooth)
- Digital Photography: Students should bring a digital SLR camera (preferably), iPhone, or point-and-shoot camera with manual controls for aperture and shutter speed, batteries/or charger, memory cards, card reader or cord, and a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of memory
- Animation & Digital Animation: Students should bring a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of free space.
- Collage & Mixed Media: Students bring things to add to their work: images, drawings you don’t know what to do with, text, photos, objects, fabric scraps, interesting textures, candy wrappers, printed items, or anything else you might want to incorporate into mixed media works.
- Filmmaking & Music Video Production: Students should bring a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of free space.
- Portrait Painting: Students should bring 1-2 reference photos of someone they love. Photos can be printed snap shots or on their phone.
- Recording Session, Electronic Music, Film & Media Composition: Students should bring a USB flash drive with at least 16GB of free space & wired headphones.
- Stage Combat: Come dressed to move, signed waiver required to participate
- Ballet: Come in ballet attire, soft ballet slippers, with hair pulled away from your face. Those with experience en pointe should bring pointe shoes.
- Dance Jam, Hip Hop Dance, Freestyle Dance: Come in clean gym shoes and clothes that you can move in.
- Modern Dance: Come in barefeet with a black leotard & black leggings or black tank and black pants
- Contemporary Dance: Come in bare feet or socks and dance-friendly attire
- Shakespeare: Dress to move
- Live Event Production: Students should bring several sets of black clothes and close-toed shoes.
- Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Jazz Combos, Choir & Chamber Music: Students should bring performance attire of black pants or skirt, white shirt and black shoes.
- Instrumental Music Classes: Students should bring their instrument and extra reeds, oil, strings, rosin, and a metronome. Trumpet and trombone players should also bring straight and cup mutes. All music students should bring a long-sleeved, white shirt, black skirt/pants, black socks, and black dress shoes.
- Percussionists and drummers should bring a stick bag complete with the full set of sticks and drum set sticks.
- Rock Band & Recording Session: Guitar & bass players should bring their instruments and a cable. Amps are provided.
DORM STUDENTS (in addition to the items listed above):
Please plan on packing for the two week session, if possible. Access to laundry is limited. SFAC provides a mattress pad, bottom sheet, pillow & pillow case on each twin bed.
- Alarm Clock
- Sleeping bag and/or warm blanket (it can be quite chilly at night)
- Towel & Washcloth
- Soap toothbrush and other toiletries
- Flip Flops for showering
- Warm clothing—the average temperature during the day ranges from 50-60 degrees during the summer
- Clothing for warm weather—although Sitka is cool most of the time, we do see the occasional day in the 70s or (very rarely) 80s
- Warm clothes for sleeping
- Warm Jacket
- Raincoat
- Waterproof shoes
- Sleep mask if you are a light sleeper
- Comfortable clothing/shoes for hiking on recreation day (must have hiking boots/sturdy athletic shoes for moderate/difficult hikes)
- Hat and gloves
- A camera
- Medication (if applicable)
SHOULD I BRING MONEY?
Students may want to bring a small amount of money to use at the camp store or in town. Camp souvenirs and snacks are offered at the camp store and range in price from $1 for a bumper sticker or snack to $45 for a sweatshirt. Money can also be added to a student's account at the camp store through the registration portal.