Get to Know Your Counselors!

We are very excited to meet your campers! The counselors wanted to tell you a little about themselves before camp starts. This year we have three counselors and two counselors in training.

Our Head Counselor, Jessica Bachand (back middle), graduated from Saint Michael’s College with a degree in Elementary Education and Psychology. Jessica has a hedgehog named Quilliam. Fun Fact: Jessica also has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do!  

Heather Lockwood (front middle) one of our Counselors. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Secondary Education and French. She now teaches French at a local middle school.  Heather has a rabbit named Ziggy whom she adopted from HSCC in February. Fun Fact: Heather taught English at a high school in Lyon, France from 2010-2011 and this is her first year at Camp Paw Paw.

Cameron Starkey (far left) is another one of our Counselors. She is going to be a senior in high school at Vermont Commons School. Cameron has a dog named Ella. Fun Fact: this is Cameron’s fourth summer at Camp Paw Paw.

Sonia Nussbaum (back right) is one of our Counselors in Training She will be starting her junior year at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho in the fall.  She has a dog named Linus. Fun Fact: She attended Camp Paw Paw for two years when she was younger (and loved it!!).

Sophia Bornstein (front right) is our other Counselor in Training. She will be starting her freshman year at Champlain Valley Union High School. She has a cat named Penelope. Fun Fact: Sophia used to have 19 rabbits!

We're so excited to meet your campers - The 2017 Camp Paw Paw Staff