Mark and Audrey
Dear Scatico Families,
We are writing you from the Main Office at camp, a verdant golf course (thanks to lots of spring rain!) visible through the window. The move to Scatico for the season never ceases to be an exciting turning point, even after all these years.
With Opening Day approaching, we want to share an exciting update: Audrey Fleischner (David and Diana’s youngest daughter, sister to Nicki, and wife of Boys Head Counselor Mark) will be joining the year-round Scatico team as an Assistant Director! After 8 years as a classroom teacher at both public and independent schools in New York City (currently, for 5th graders at PS 234), Audrey is making the transition to the family business full time!
For those who don’t know Audrey personally, she has never missed a Scatico summer since birth (following in her father’s footsteps). Passionate about working with children at an early age, she holds a Dual Master’s Degree from Bank Street Graduate School of Education in General Education (1-6) and Students with Disabilities. Over the years she has worn many Scatico hats: Camper, JC, Division Leader, Nat Coach, enthusiastic hike leader, and DJ “AFleisch” at Scatapalooza, among them. Most recently, Audrey has served as camp’s Athletics Director, and is, unquestionably, the athlete of the family.
2007 Girls Nat Champions! Audrey back row, middle.
This summer, you can still expect to see Audrey spending time on the girls athletic fields, but in her year-round capacity she will engage in camper-facing outreach and program planning. We know her years of classroom experience will enhance our work and how we support our campers year-round and beyond the 12523. Of course, we feel very lucky to have a summer Senior Leadership Team filled with educators, including Head Counselors Kerri and Mark, and Assistant Head Counselors, Dusty, Jane, Quinn, and Moises.
We are profoundly grateful to be a business in its fourth generation of family ownership, and appreciate it’s an increasing rarity in today’s world– even within the camping industry. While Scatico’s history and tradition is undoubtedly part of camp’s essence, it is the power of our community– from the youngest one-week campers and first-year staff traveling far from overseas, to Division Leaders proudly donning their 10-year fleeces– that really make Scatico what it is. Every anecdote we hear about a longtime camper extending themselves to that new bunkmate, or about two Scaticonians who never overlapped summers somehow connecting and getting into a deep dive on day-to-day Scatico life… affirms for us the warmth and spirit of this community.
Thank you for forming the fiber of camp.
Green and grey forever,
David + Nicki