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The staff of Durango Mountain Camp are hand-picked professionals dedicated to the academic success and personal achievements of each student. The Directors of the camp are: |
Educational Director |
Mr. Mark Westervelt, M. Ed.
Fellow: Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
Baltimore, MD
Mr. Westervelt has taught dyslexic students for the past 33 years. He is the Assistant Head of The Jemicy School, Baltimore, Maryland and is the founder and former Director of Camp Glencoe, a boarding/day camp for dyslexic students. |
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Executive Director |
Joyce Bilgrave, M. Ed.
Fellow: Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
Austin, TX
Mrs. Bilgrave's four decades of academic and camp experience span the United States. She is the co-founder and former Director of The Jemicy School of Baltimore, Maryland, a nationally acclaimed program of excellence for dyslexic students. She co-founded and directed Camp Bombadil, a day camp for dyslexic students, and Big Rock Creek Camp, a conference center and outdoor science program in the Angeles National Forest of southern California. More recently, Mrs. Bilgrave was instrumental in founding the Rawson-Saunders School for dyslexic children in Austin, Texas.
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Assistant Director |
M.J. Bilgrav
Certified AOGPE
Durango, Colorado.
M.J. Bilgrave is a co-founder and co-director of Durango Mountain Camp, and is certified by the Orton Gillingham Academy as an OG certified language therapist. Before moving to Durango in 1996, she was the co-founder and co-director of Pacific Quest Outdoor Adventures which specialized in group outdoor adventures and educational programs in Hawaii and the Pacific. M.J. has been teaching dyslexic students for the past 16 years. She is currently a faculty member of Grace Preparatory Academy of Durango where she teaches English and Algebra. She has a private tutoring practice working with dyslexic students. She has been tutoring at DMC for ten years. |
Additional staff will include academic language therapists, instructors for each of the activities, counselors and support personnel. |
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