Campers attending OWjL select four courses from an academic program that includes mathematics and computing, science, humanities, and creative development. Cultural, recreational, and social activities round out the experience and include the annual OWjL Camp Review, the OWjL dance, swimming, campus tours, and crafts and games Attendees reside in Stuyvesant Hall on the OWU campus, where they live in a family group atmosphere with an adult OWjL counselor. Approximately 544 campers attended the 2000 OWjL program, representing more than 119 middle schools in the central Ohio counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Pickaway, and Union.
Financial aid is available.
More than 60 percent of Ohio's identified gifted students did not receive gifted or special services at school during the 1999-2000 year. For many campers, the OWjL experience is the first to confirm that being bright is rewarding, fun, and a talent worth developing. The scholarship program is designed to ensure that all qualified students can attend. The finest and most inspiring teachers are recruited and include a WBNS meteorologist, the Ohio Art Education Association Outstanding Art Teacher for 2000, and the national boomerang champion. In 2000, more than 16 percent of the campers were minority students.