Ask a “Nester” what made their experience at Eagle’s Nest so special, and you are likely to hear one word over and over again . . . “community.” This rings especially true of The Outdoor Academy, where our alums recall the joy, challenge, responsibility, and reciprocity of living so closely with mentors and peers over four months. And it’s the aspect of OA that so many semester alums recreate throughout the rest of their lives.
Community – along with Intellect, Environment, and Craft – is one of OA’s four Cornerstones, but it is also the container that holds all of the growth that happens over the course of an Outdoor Academy semester. By intentionally building the skills and personal responsibility necessary to create a close-knit community, The Outdoor Academy teaches students to live well together and be their best selves. We develop the character required for life-long fulfillment by practicing our seven core values in this unique community setting: simple living, work ethic, curiosity, integrity, stewardship, self-reliance, and gratitude. Our culture of challenge and support builds the persistence and flexibility that allow students to translate their skills to their future learning environments and their home communities.
A study of Semester Schools by Meerts-Brandsma, Riley, and Sibthorp, “identified specific features of the school learning environment that supported the acquisition and development of [participants’] learning outcomes: (a) relationships with faculty; (b) relationships with
peers; (c) pedagogical approach used by semester school teachers,” and “curricular highlights” (Learning Environments Research, 2023). They went on to report that “certain curricular highlights were seen as having an especially large impact on the student learning experience” including semester-long projects (e.g., Giving Day crafts, Place Ethic poems), outdoor programming, and “leadership curriculum coupled with leadership opportunities” (Meerts-Brandsma, et al, 2023). At OA, our “CIRCLE” program is that intentional mix of community traditions, group practices, and a carefully crafted leadership curriculum.
“CIRCLE” is an acronym for “Community, Identity, Relationships, Communication, Leadership, and Ethics.” This comprehensive program focuses on SocialEmotional Learning, personal identity development, interpersonal and relationship skills, leadership, and ethical decision-making. It is designed to equip students with essential life skills that extend beyond traditional academics. Through the CIRCLE curriculum, students engage in:
• Community Building: We participate in activities that foster trust, collaboration, and a sense of belonging among all members of the OA community. We explore stages of group development and commit to the shared labor of making our school run effectively.
• Identity Exploration: We encourage self-reflection to help students understand their values, beliefs, and personal goals. We promote self-awareness, positive mental health, and self care. We openly
Jesse Pyles, OA Director
discuss issues of diversity and belonging, including race, gender, sexuality, and privilege in a supportive atmosphere that honors a range of diverse perspectives.
• Relationship Development: We learn to build and maintain healthy, supportive relationships with peers and mentors. We identify boundaries and emphasize consent. We explore the attributes of healthy vs. unhealthy intimate relationships, including sexual education.
• Effective Communication: We regularly practice giving and receiving feedback through the use of nonviolent communication tools. We engage in active listening and conflict resolution skills.
• Leadership Training: We develop the confidence and skills to lead with integrity, empathy, and accountability. We allow teens to fill leadership roles in the community and shape their semester experience as Leaders of the Week and through regular classroom and activities leadership.
• Ethical Decision-Making: We engage in discussions and scenarios that challenge students to consider the moral implications of their choices. And we ask students to hold each other – and faculty –accountable to the community norms that we establish as a group.
The CIRCLE curriculum is woven into daily life at OA through classes, workshops, Cabin meetings, and community meetings. For instance, our weekly Community Meeting provides a platform for open dialogue, allowing students to voice concerns, share experiences, and collectively uphold the values of the community. This intentional practice not only strengthens interpersonal connections but also empowers students to take an active role in shaping their living and learning environment. When we create a sense of belonging and give teens the opportunity to exercise their agency, they almost always impress us.
Indeed, we believe that what the world needs most is people who have come alive for their own learning, who embrace and promote authentic connection with others, and who know what it means to take care of their places. The impact of OA’s community-centered approach is evident in the experiences of its students. Alumni often return to their home schools and families with a renewed sense of purpose, enhanced leadership abilities, and a deeper appreciation for working and learning collaboratively. The skills and insights gained from the CIRCLE curriculum and the broader OA experience prepare students to navigate complex social dynamics and contribute positively to various communities throughout their lives.
Welcoming Ellen Fox
Ididn’t know Ellen’s given name until I was met with confused looks when I ran into her as a 16-year-old in her hometown and called her “Wacko,” a nickname she boldly gave herself as a new 8-year-old camper. The name always seemed appropriate to me, not because she was particularly quirky, but because she had big energy and beautiful charisma that spread across camp and also drew people to her. Many years later, her camp moniker has (mostly) dropped, but her energy has only grown. With that energy, her experiences as an educator, her work in Restorative Justice, and her enthusiasm for working with children and bringing joy to the world, I can think of no better person to take the helm of Eagle’s Nest Camp.
Over my years as a teacher and leader at Eagle’s Nest, I’ve found myself joking with various campers about training them up to take my position one day. I feel confident that I shared the idea with Ellen at some point during her time as a camper, counselor, and trainer at camp, and I know that she told me on more than one occasion that she would love to take my job if I “ever retired.” As I look at Ellen’s journey from that fateful day when she showed up at 43 Hart Road until now, it’s clear that she has been training to continue to guide Eagle’s Nest Camp to be a community of understanding and compassion, grounded in education and youth development - with a healthy sprinkling of wackiness that keeps things lively and fun!
Inspired in great part by her experiences as a teacher at Eagle’s Nest, Ellen received her Master of Teaching degree in Secondary English and began working as a middle school English teacher at a Title 1 school in Columbia, South Carolina following her graduation.
After three years of classroom teaching, Ellen continued her journey as an educator and also a student. She was an Inspiring Teachers Fellow and traveled to Tanzania to partner with and coach local teachers in Morogoro. She traveled to Costa Rica to develop Spanish language skills and then taught English to adult immigrant learners. She taught art at an elementary school and also became certified as a TraumaResilient Communities trainer. She began working as a Restorative Justice facilitator and presenter for various organizations including Wake Forest University, High Point University, and Eagle’s Nest Camp while also working as the Director of Education Services for Triad Restorative Justice. Somehow she also found time to participate in a NOLS horse packing course and run a successful sleepaway camp for adults - many of whom are Eagle’s Nest alums and their friends.
From her experiences, Ellen has shared that “mindfulness practices, connection activities, experiential education, multisensory methods of displaying knowledge, boundary setting, and conflict mediation” are examples of her approach to teaching others and creating community. Further, Ellen believes that Cultural Humility is an important educational tool as it “acknowledges that each participant brings valuable cultural wisdom and lived experiences, recognizes power dynamics and actively works to share power with young people, understands that identity development is both personal and cultural, and continuously exams and challenges our own biases, practices, and policies that intentionally or unintentionally hurt marginalized populations.”
Paige Lester-Niles, Camp Advisor
Ellen is eager to help campers and staff feel “safer taking risks and making mistakes” while being engaged in “culturally responsive programming,” building “stronger community bonds through mutual respect, mutual concern, and honoring [each person’s] dignity,” and providing “enhanced problem-solving skills through collaborative approaches.” She sees the opportunity to do this through incorporating diverse cultural perspectives into program design, through staff training that will support cultural humility and opportunities for reflection and growth, and through “intentional relationship-building activities…regular celebration of
individual and group achievements [and] meaningful incorporation of family and community wisdom”. Over the last few weeks, I have had the great fortune to work with, train, and learn from Ellen. She has jumped into her new role as Camp Director with the same boldness and energy she had when she declared herself “Wacko.” She has already inspired her new camp team, and she works to continue to create an even stronger community of belonging - and perhaps a bit of wackiness, and definitely a whole bunch of fun - at Eagle’s Nest Camp.
The Edie Klein Award
Ed Haubenreiser, Assistant Camp Director
Following the winter break, the Camp and Hante Adventures team received the exciting news that Hante Adventures was nominated and selected for The Edie Klein Award for Program Excellence by the Southeastern office of the American Camp Association (ACA)! The award is given in recognition of existing programs of an exceptional nature occurring at a camp in the southeastern United States, and is honored annually at the ACA Southeastern Regional Conference in January. We were nominated by ECU professor and ACA Southeastern Chair Deb Jordan (pictured, with Ed) following a review of ACA-accredited programs.
Why Hante Adventures? For over fifty years, it has been a pillar for fulfilling Eagle’s Nest’s mission of using experiential education and promoting the natural world to aid in the development of the whole person. For three weeks, small groups of teenagers venture from camp and work together to discover meaning from a unique, shared experience. An outdoor technical skill, facilitated by diverse and seasoned educators, serves as their guide for enhancing their intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies over the course of each trip. These competencies help foster a responsibility to self, community, and the environment while teaching the importance of setting and attempting challenging goals. Regardless of the places traveled or the practiced activity, the hope for every trip is for participants to become more confident and thoughtful people who know how to think - rather than what to think - when they continue their life journey through the uncertainty and complexity of our world.
If these philosophies and experiences sound intriguing to you, please know that there is still time to join one of our award-winning trips this summer!
Hante ApEx (Appalachian Exploration), 3rd Session, 7/138/1: Embark on an opportunity to expand your understanding of Appalachia’s beautiful and storied landscape.
From Eagle’s Nest Camp’s home base in Western North Carolina, you’ll launch deep into the Smokies, onto the Appalachian Trail, through the dense mountains of Eastern Tennessee, and onto the waters of the historic French Broad River. Along the way, you will learn crafts with members of the Indigenous communities who call this land home, climb the third highest peak east of the Mississippi, assist AT thru-hikers on their own personal journeys, meet with local forest and trail conservationists, and learn how to paddle in splashy whitewater. It will be an excursion interweaving regional history, culture, and ecology through the lens of a self-sufficient small group traveling as one and sharing in a profound new experience together.
Resilience Through Relationships
Ellen Fox, Camp Director
In times when our society feels increasingly fragmented, summer camp remains a powerful antidote – a place where young people forge deep connections and develop the resilience they need to navigate life’s challenges. Since its inception almost 100 years ago, our “Nest” was intentionally woven from research and best practices around healthy childhood development. Eagle’s Nest Foundation has long known what researchers have now confirmed: meaningful relationships are the foundation of youth development and personal growth.
The Search Institute, a leading youth development research organization, has identified five key elements that make relationships truly “developmental.”
The Institute defines such relationships as “close connections through which young people discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives, and learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them.” Unfortunately, many young folks are in a relational desert: 1 in 5 young people report they have no developmental relationships, and another 20% only have one. Different research supports that just one, positive, nurturing relationship is potent enough to buffer the impact of trauma.
Camp is an opportunity to “flood” these relational deserts. In the spirit of the “experiential education” part of our mission, I’ve given a reflection question for you to consider before reading more about each element. Go ahead - jot the name of the person or people in the margins of your Eagle! However, if it’s difficult to answer, I hope you show yourself non-judgmental compassion. We are all deserving of these relationships, and it’s never too late to develop these connections with others.
When you were a young person, who showed you that you mattered to them? People you could trust, paid attention when you spent time together, made you feel known and valued, showed you they enjoyed being with you, or praised you for your efforts and achievements.
The first element, Express Care, is perhaps the most visible aspect of camp life. From the cabin counselor comforting a homesick camper, to the entire dining hall singing, “We love you kitchen staff…!” Table families swapping stories from that day’s classes, or the enormous applause that follows every Coffee House performance. These moments of genuine care create the emotional safety net that allows campers to feel seen and heard while stretching beyond their comfort zones.
When you were a young person, who pushed you to keep growing? People who expected you to live up to your potential, pushed you to go further, helped you learn from mistakes, insisted you took responsibility for your actions. In one of my exercise classes, the instructor encourages us, “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you!” Challenge Growth is the second element. Because each participant arrives with diverse experiences, growth looks and feels different from camper to camper. For one, it might be getting on stage during Air Guitar, wiggling to the choreography in front of all of camp. For another, the simple act of sleeping away from caregivers will be an enormous challenge. Then there are the skills which require failure before mastery: a bull’s eye, throwing on the pottery wheel, starting a fire. Our counselors are taught the Zones of Proximal Development: that sweet spot of challenge where learning is happening, but we aren’t pushed into a state of dysregulation.
Who helped you to complete tasks and achieve your goals? People who guided you through hard situations and systems, built your confidence, stood up for you when you needed it, put limits in place to keep you on track. Challenge, without support, is isolating. The third element, Provide Support, takes on special significance at camp. In an era when young people often feel judged or pressured to project a perfect image, camp offers a refreshing alternative. Here, we create an environment where mistakes are viewed as learning opportunities and where asking for help is encouraged. From the super-competent Health Hut crew, to cabin counselors leading a check-in after Goodnight Circle. It’s not only adults supporting kids: campers are supporting one another too! This atmosphere of kindness helps campers develop the self-reliance to navigate challenges both at camp and beyond.
Who treated you with respect and helped you understand and use your voice? People who took you seriously and treated you fairly, involved you in decisions affecting you, worked with you to solve problems, and created opportunities for you to lead. Share Power, the fourth element, might seem counterintuitive in a structured camp environment. However, Eagle’s Nest intentionally creates pathways for campers to have a voice in their experience. One of my favorite snippets of ENC history is from the late 60’s, when we created the infrastructure for young people with diabetes to enroll. These children were often homebound due to their medical treatments, and as Mo Waite wrote, “These parents saw the need for children with diabetes to learn to care for their condition and to have a secure future and fulfilling lives.” Modern-day echoes the same intentions of empowerment. Through cabin agreements, camper’s choice in their class schedule, and leadership opportunities like our Junior Counselor program, campers learn to make decisions, advocate for their needs, and contribute to their community.
Who connected you and broadened your world? People who exposed you to new ideas, inspired you to see possibilities for the future, or introduced you to others who helped you grow. The final element, Expand Possibilities, is where camp truly shines. Away from screens and social media, campers discover new interests, develop new skills, and envision new possibilities for themselves. A camper who arrives convinced they “aren’t athletic” might discover a passion for scaling the rock wall. Another who “doesn’t like art” might find joy in pottery. We are also proud of the intentional hiring of counselors. Staff come from all over the world to work at Eagle’s Nest, affording us a rich tapestry of cultures, perspectives, and identities. By exposing young people to diverse role models, camp helps them imagine a broader horizon of possibilities for their lives.
The relationships formed at camp don’t just create happy memories – they build the foundation for lifelong resilience. When young people experience these five elements of developmental relationships, they develop the confidence, competence, and character needed to face life’s challenges. They learn that setbacks are temporary, that help is available, and that they have the strength to persevere.
As we look to the future, our commitment to fostering these developmental relationships remains steadfast. In a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming to young people, camp provides a place where they can disconnect from digital devices, reconnect with nature and each other, and develop the resilience they need to thrive. Through the power of developmental relationships, we’re not just building stronger individuals – we’re nurturing the kind of connected, empathetic leaders our world needs.
Paige Lester-Niles:
Camp Director, Joy Maker, Forest Dweller
Cara Varney, Development Director
Paige is: fun loving, silly, joyful, genuine, playful, forest dweller, compassionate, caring, warm, nurturing, creative, curious, energetic, kindhearted.
Imagine 19-year-old Paige arriving at 43 Hart Road for the first time. It was summertime, and she was visiting a friend. She recalled driving up the long drive, and when she got out of her car, there were no kids! She thought it was strange to not see any campers, but it was lunchtime singing, so she could hear voices coming through the woods. It was as if they were singing for her and she thought, “Oh! I gotta be here!”
The very next summer, she started working at Eagle’s Nest and has done so every summer of her adult life. “Noni was the first person I met when I walked up the steps to the Salt Mines,” Paige recalled. “I lived and worked in Cabin 5 with the oldest girls. Parents would come on closing day and talk to me like I was a camper, lol! I taught soccer and directed the camp musical, and had a lot of fun.”
This first summer at Eagle’s Nest became the foundation for a lifetime of working with young people and being immersed in community and spreading kindness and joy. “I was always purpose driven and wanted to live a purpose-driven life,” Paige said. “I had this moment when I was thinking about my impact on the world and realized the tremendous opportunity that working at ENF provided.” Paige focused her opus of work on fostering belonging in children and mentoring staff members to inspire them to be passionate about all the things our mission stands for. “In my role as Camp Director, I could make an impact and ripple out into the world by leading adults. Protecting the environment means so much to me, and just being kind to humans. Because ENF is based on education and not recreation, this was the perfect container to make this work possible.”
After two generations at Eagle’s Nest, Paige is retiring to pursue creative arts, spread kindness, and continue to build community.
“Paige has made a profound impact within Eagle’s Nest Camp, Hante Adventures, The Outdoor Academy, and The Eagle’s Nest Foundation as a whole,” said Cain Cox, ENF Trustee and Paige’s college roommate and lifetime friend. “She approaches teaching with a focus on creating an environment that fosters joy, curiosity, and the ability to encourage kids to take risks.” Paige has been a huge advocate for our LGBTQ+ communities and our neurodivergent community. She’s helped foster teaching our students and staff the importance of empathy and learning to work together as a community.
“Having been in a community where I felt the greatest sense of belonging has instilled confidence in me that I will take with me for the rest of my life,” Paige said of what she has gained working at Eagle’s Nest. “I’ve grown up at Eagle’s Nest, it has taught me everything, but I’ve also been a part of designing this intentional community and now I have the opportunity to create those bubbles of joy in other places in the world.”
In the future, you’ll be able to find Paige from time to time frolicing in the woods at Eagle’s Nest, but also bringing kindness to the world in other ways. She plans to continue teaching and mentoring youth and young adults, and looks forward to being creative at home. This year she is growing a natural dye garden, planning some “gorilla art installations,” walking dogs in the city, and spending time barefoot, playing in the creek like she did as a child.
To honor Paige for all she has given, all she has fostered, and all she has taught over the years seems impossible. But we can start with a simple and heartfelt, “Thank You, P.” Your legacy is deep, and your work is rich.
Paige’s ENF Resume:
Seasonal Roles:
Cabin Counselor, Head Counselor
Hante Leader
Paleo Adventure Leader
Full-Time Roles:
Marketing Intern
Birch Tree Leader
Assistant Director/Hante Director
Camp Director
An Eddy in the Current
Beth Venable, Executive Director
One cannot spend time in the natural world without also experiencing joyful appreciation for the immense importance of diversity, which ensures the mutual survival of all life on this planet. To walk through an Appalachian forest favoring the white oak without understanding its cooperative roles with the many other species of the same ecosystem is to fail to see the perennial scripture of nature laid out before you. As the renowned biologist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer says, “All flourishing is mutual.” (Braiding Sweetgrass, 2013)
The Eagle’s Nest mission instructs us to, “Promote the natural world and the betterment of human character.” Just as we relish the diverse natural world, so too we promote a culture of belonging and celebrate a diverse community of employees, students, and camp participants. We’ve continued to set our course by our mission, values, and what research says is best for the healthy development of young people. We heartily encourage ongoing dialogue to make sure every member of the Eagle’s Nest community is valued and knows they belong. We lean into building intentional developmental relationships with all of the young people we get to spend time with so they can discover who they are and how to take their unique brand of leadership into the world from a base of being well known and cared for as their most authentic selves. Admittedly, sometimes this is more aspirational than actual. The work of tending the community never ends and always bears vigilance.
Like many educational institutions, we are feeling the currents of change in how diverse communities are discussed outside of our campus bubble. We have heard from families and children expressing concerns about safety, privacy, and changing policies. Worries are being expressed that the inclusion and belonging many have come to cherish at Eagle’s Nest Camp, on Hante Adventures, and at The Outdoor Academy, has
changed or will be vulnerable in some way. One of the biggest privileges we are able to provide through our exceptional programs is relief from the outside world’s currents, to be an eddy of calm in swift, rollicking waters. We live in the folds of mountains, tucked into the valley, consistent in our values and policies. This is not to say we aren’t paying attention. We’ve reviewed our policies, consulted with our counsel and leadership, and will continue to do so. That’s just good business practice. We are also the beneficiaries of incredible support from hundreds of donors and private foundations that allow us some additional steadiness in uncertain times.
Our commitment to the betterment of human character has been rooted consistently in asking what is best for all young people. By asking ourselves how we can improve the experience of any camper or students in our care, we improve the experience for all young people in our care. Though our participants’ experiences seems carefree, connected, and grounded in experiential learning, behind the scenes staff and faculty are exposed to resources like the Developmental Assets Framework or characteristics of Developmental Relationships (Search Institute, 2025).
As many of you learned in whitewater paddling when you were a camper or student here, there is sometimes a significant wobble when you cross the eddyline that divides moving and still water. For a brief second you wonder if you will stay upright or, “join the swim team.” But, if you keep your momentum and lean into the turn, it’s just the briefest second before you find yourself in the still waters, take a deep breath, glance upstream and give each other a paddle high five. For many of our campers and students it might feel like they are in metaphoric turbulent waters of changes and too many unknowns. But we here at Eagle’s Nest are excellent tandem paddlers, and this eddy is wide and calm, as it has always been and always will be.
OA: It’s Time to Circle Up!
Katie Rowlett, OA Admissions Director
Camille Wick, Annual Fund and Alumni Relations Manager
Can you believe that it’s been nearly 10 years since we’ve had an OA reunion on campus? While our Virtual “25th+1” celebration in 2021 had incredible support and engagement, we’re beyond excited to welcome back our nearly 1400 alumni, dozens of former faculty members, and their loved ones to Pisgah Forest this year to celebrate The Outdoor Academy’s 30th Anniversary.
While there are many ways to stay connected with our school, here are some details about the muchanticipated OA 30th Reunion coming up on Saturday, April 26, 2025:
CRAFT AUCTION
Part of the festivities will include a Craft Auction of handmade goods by the OA community. The silent auction will be held online so that everyone can view, bid, and win items. Want to contribute a handmade item to the auction? Email Camille at alumni@enf.org. All funds raised from the Craft Auction will go to the OA Unrestricted Fund.
PAY IT FORWARD FUND
We are committed to making the OA 30th Reunion as accessible and inclusive as possible for the entire OA community, and we have created a “Pay it Forward” initiative that allows anyone to cover all or part of the cost of someone else’s ticket. Simply add a donation on the registration form, and these funds will be allocated to folks who otherwise would not be able to attend the reunion due to financial constraints.
If you would like to request a reduced ticket cost, especially if your travel expenses will be high, please reach out to Camille at alumni@enf.org. Please also let us know if there is anything we could do to support you in getting here.
GENERAL TICKETS ARE $60
This includes the full day of fun: a commemorative canvas tote bag, activities and skill shares with crafting materials, delicious meals, a Social Hour, Contra Dance, and more. Find more ticket information on the registration pagewww.enf.org/oa-30th-reunion/registration/
OA30 T-SHIRTS & INFO
Visit the OA 30th Homepage for FAQs, registration details, and to view the OA 30th Art Contest winning artwork by Stevie McDougald, Semester 59 alum!
All reunion registrants will receive a commemorative tote bag with this logo. We are also offering the option to pre-order t-shirts with this exclusive design before March 31. We will have a limited supply available to purchase in person at the reunion, along with lots of our general OA merchandise. Note that we are happy to ship your order to you if you will not be attending the reunion. Follow this link and order yours online today.
Who’s Registered?
Alumni, parents, grandparents, and former faculty and staff. People are coming from 21 states and 2 countries.
# of Semesters Represented: 35!
Highest Participation:
Semester 57 at 59% registered
Are you ready for a semester of a lifetime?
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Welcome Hannah Herman
Ed Haubenreiser, Assistant Camp Director
Please join me in welcoming Hannah Herman to the Eagle’s Nest Camp team! Hannah is our new Outdoor Program Manager, leading the way in broadening and bolstering our outdoor staff, classes, and trips for the summers to come. They have also been excited to assist in the OA trip program this spring semester and work alongside Molly on the Foundation-wide DEI committee.
Hired in January after graduating from Warren Wilson College in December, the Camp Team was blown away during Hannah’s interview process by her thoughtfulness, professionalism, and experience in facilitating social-emotional learning for young people. She is a joyful educator with a focus on building communities and helping others to find their core values. Their time as both a camp STEAM Program Director and Ropes Director the last two summers, as well as their senior capstone on developing environmental education curriculum, has shown through in her evident passion for curating organized, safe experiences, creating opportunities for sparking curiosity. At our annual Camp Team retreat in February, for example - less than a month into the role - Hannah was full of ideas for infusing greater intentionality into both the outdoor programming and our overall Camp functioning.
We are grateful and lucky to have Hannah a part of our community! If she is not in the Program Office, Packout House, or on a trip, you will find her elsewhere on campus crafting, dancing, or stirring a big pot of butternut squash soup.
Spring 2025
NEST CHATTER
Chelsea Staunton (OA Faculty) & Ford Emerson welcomed baby Orie Platt Emerson on February 15, 2025
Miguel Botran (Camp & OA) married Anah Soble on September 22, 2024
Naomi Siegel performed in Greensboro in January and Jamey, Innes, Zanne, and Jackson converged to reconnect and watch her play the trombone!
Sidney Hayes (OA Faculty) & Alex Ngamhuy (Staff) met up with Eleanor Mildenstein (Former OA Staff) in Alex’s hometown of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
We want to hear from you! Share your stories with us and the ENF community. Email Camille@enf.org with your Nest Chatter.
