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Our Camp Staff
The teachers, coaches, and university and high school student/athletes that make up our staff are the heart of our camp program. Many of our staff are former campers. Most return for multiple summers, working their way from junior counselor to counselor. This creates the wonderful sense of community, continuity, and tradition that sets our program apart. All our counselors and senior staff are CPR and First Aid certified. Our entire staff, from JCITs to Directors, are extremely motivated and dedicated to create and maintain a fun, safe, educational, supportive, positive camp environment. There is one staff member for every 6 or 7 children in our program.
Meet the Directors
Steve and Heather Buddie
Parents of Molly (9) and Luke (7), Steve is a former All-American wrestler and head wrestling coach at Stanford. He has directed camps throughout the Bay Area for over ten years. Heather was an All-American soccer player at Stanford. She has also served as a longtime teacher in the Palo Alto Unified School District, currently teaching 5th grade at Hoover Elementary. They bring to Decathlon over 35 years of combined experience working with children. They direct our Woodside location year round.
Rich Wohlstadter
Founder of the Decathlon Sports Club, Rich has 50 years of summer camp experience. Rich is not sure if he should be proud or embarrassed, but he hasn't missed a year of summer camp since he was 7 years old! He holds a B.A. from Stanford (‘76) and a Masters in Education from U.C.L.A. (‘80). Rich also taught and coached for 15 years at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels.
Ron "Ronbo" Perry
Ron "Ronbo" Perry spent his first summer at Decathlon in 1988 while a sophomore at Stanford. At Decathlon, under the tutelage of Rich "Wildman" Wohlstadter, he became a world champion Simon Says caller and was crowned Connect Four Champion for six consecutive years. At Stanford, Ronbo competed for the wrestling squad where he was an NCAA qualifier and team captain. In 1990 he completed his undergraduate work in History and Economics. Decathlon convinced Ronbo that he wanted a career working with children. He earned a master's degree in Education in 1991 and has been a teacher and a coach for the last 19 years. Currently he teaches history and service-learning at Eureka High School.
He lives in Arcata California with his wife, Julie, of 23 years, and his two daughters Alley and Rachel (14 and 17). For the past nine years Ronbo has moonlighted as a professional musican playing harmonica in four different bands. In the last three years, he has played more than 200 gigs. Six years ago he returned to Decathlon as a director. This is Ronbo's 14th year at Decathlon.
Jen Adolph
This will be Jen's 19th summer at the Decathlon Sports Club! She's a triple "Hall of Famer!" ( 3 as a camper, 1 as a JCIT, 4 as a JC, 4 as a counselor, and 7 summers as a director.) During the school year Jen is a teacher at the Woodside Preschool and has been teaching there for the past ten years. While not teaching, Jen enjoys reading, fitness, walking her two dogs, and going to concerts! A bit of trivia...Jen was named Athlete of Year at Woodside High in 1998. Her sport: Basketball. |
