[Links Dealing With Camps] [Links About the Long Island/New York City Area] [Miscellanea]
The following is a list of links to sites dealing with summer camps, most of which are still open, and major camping organizations.
Long Island Association of
Private Schools and Day Camps
This is Long Island's Day Camp Ruling Body. This site has a directory of several Long Island Day Camps and Private Schools.
ACA-American Camping Association
NCA-National Camping Association
The above two web pages are for the United States' major camping governing bodies. The best camps receive accreditations from at least one of these organizations.
This web page describes itself as "the Internet's most comprehensive directory of camps and summer experiences."
New York Camp Directors Association
This website has links to many camp songs. Perhaps you may find a few you enjoyed singing at a Long Island day camp!
In 1999, this Oceanside-based camp celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The web site includes a few "Memory Lane" photos from past summers.
Crestwood Country Day Camp
of Melville, NY
Founded in 1918, Pierce is not only Long Island's oldest day camp, but America's oldest as well.
North Shore Day Camp of
Glen Cove, NY
Brookhaven Country Day Camp—This camp now has its own website. Visit it at http://www.brookhavendaycamp.com. Also visit the site for its sister camp, Summer Adventures, at http://www.brookhavendaycamp.com/summeradventuresdaycamps.
New York Area Roads, Crossings, and Exits is a comprehensive unofficial history of the roads and crossings of the New York/Long Island area. The address is http://www.nycroads.com.
Long Island Info: Long Island's
Home On the Net!
While you're there, you may want to visit the Long Island Info Messageboard.
Long-Island-Websites.Com: A Directory of websites for Long Islanders.
This site is based on Newsday's historical series of the same name.
iHamptons.com--the Internet Address of the Hamptons
Long Island's Gold Coast at http://www.ligoldcoast.com.
Some past and present Long Island day camps have been located on the former estates of Long Island's North Shore. Find out about these Gold Coast mansions and estates at this website.
L.I. Leisure.com: the Long Island site for fun, leisure, shopping, and Long Island life.
LIEYE.COM, which has news and information about what is going on on Long Island.
Telecare--The address is http://www.telecaretv.org.
Welcome to Long Island's Catholic High Schools--The address is http://www.cathhsli.org.
LISOL: Long Island Sports Online--The address is http://liso.optonline.net/highsc.html.
Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame--Look for it at http://www.smithnetny.com/suf-hof.
Long Island's Public High School Football--The address is http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Dome/4739/liphsf.html. You can also click on the banner below:
Section XI--Suffolk County Athletics--The address is http://www.sectionxi.org.
Section VIII--Nassau County Athletics--The address is http://section8.powertolearn.com.
New York Catholic High School Football League--this is the official site for Catholic high school football in the Long Island/New York City area. The address is http://www.nychsfl.org.
Nassau County Sports Commission--Visit it at http://www.nassausports.org.
This site, which is at http://www.bellportfootball.com, is a celebration of one of Long Island's most successful football programs of the last 25 years.
Halftime Howie--Halftime Howie is billed as the "Voice of High School Sports in Nassau County." He has a weekly show on Cablevision. Visit his website at http://www.halftimehowie.com.
Elite Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation--This website is for a Long Island company that specializes in sports medicine. It is also a major sponsor of Long Island high school sports on Cablevision. The address is http://www.elite-sports-med.com.
Long Island Cheerleading Coaches Association--The address is http://www.eteamz.com/LICCA.
Long Island Links, which is a large list of links to all things Long Island.
When it was a Top 40 station in the early 1970s, it had as a slogan "It's Happening!" Years after changing its format, it is still Long Island's best-known rock/pop station.
BLI Online: The
Official WBLI Radio Website
WALK: Long Island's Radio Station
You just have to have memories of listening to radio stations such as Musicradio 77 during your day camp days. Check out this website! Also visit the New York Radio Message Board.
Do you remember the Mighty 1290? This web page is a tribute to a well-loved and sorely missed Long Island radio station.
Party
Lights: A WNYG Tribute Page
This new website is a tribute to WNYG through its various incarnations, including the WBAB-AM years. The address is https://www.angelfire.com/wy/wnyg.
Long Island Radio Board at http://www.radio-info.com/mods/posts.php?Cat=&Board=longisland.
Harry S. Anchan's Favorite Rare Hit Songs
Lyrics World—There are two new addresses for this site: http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/summer.html, and http://www.lyricsworld.com.
I have also found several more online sources for lyrics to the Top 40 songs you may have enjoyed at camp. Two of them are Absolute Lyrics at http://www.absolutelyric.com and Lyrics Freak at http://www.lyricsfreak.com.
This has become a very popular place for people to get in touch with former high school classmates. Register to ClassMates.com to access lists of registered classmates and to access a related messageboard. And while visiting the messageboards, ask if any of your friends if they remember going to a now-defunct Long Island Day Camp. If so, tell them about the Page of Summers Past!
Gradfinder
This new site that came to my attention covers not only high schools, but also elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools. Check it out via the link below.
The Ultimate Walt Whitman High School Alumni Directory at http://www.waltwhitmanhighschool.com. There is also a related site run by Whitman alums at http://www.whitmanwildcats.org.
The Unofficial Lindenhurst High School Class of 1982 Webpage at http://hometown.aol.com/dynasty80s/index.html.
The Levittown Division Avenue High School Alumni Page (http://www.blue-dragons.com) is devoted to remembering not only life at Division Avenue High School, but also life in Levittown as a whole over the years.
Syosset High Alumni News (http://hometown.aol.com/olofblue/index.html) also looks at both school and hometown memories.
Mepham High School Alumni Association--The address is http://www.mepham.org.
Valley Stream Central High School Alumni Page—This website can be accessed via either http://hometown.aol.com/vscalumni/index.html or http://members.aol.com/VSCAlumni.
Levittown Public Schools—The address is http://www.levittownschools.com.
Long Island School District Links can be found at http://www.freeportnynews.com/Links/LINY_school_dists.htm.
Western Suffolk BOCES School Districts
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