Kippewa Equestrian Academy is the
Complete Equestrian Experience for Girls
We offer a 12-day immersive program for girls entering 4th – 11th grades who want to improve their riding skills and expand their equine knowledge! Girls of all ability levels are welcome. Whether an enthusiastic beginner, an advanced rider, or anything in between, academy campers enjoy their time at camp through our complete equestrian experience. Campers receive outstanding riding instruction tailored and enjoy caring for the horses from reveille to taps. In addition, they have time each day to participate in traditional camp activities such as swimming, boating, or arts and crafts, along with fun and creative evening activities.
Our Equestrian Academy is in a unique setting with cabins overlooking the horse turn-outs and rings. Girls wake up to the gentle sounds of horses outside of their bunk and can sit on their front porch watching horses graze while enjoying an afternoon snack themselves.
As a Certified Instructor with Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), Mary Paige’s first and foremost concern is teaching equestrian skills in the safest environment possible. Majoring in Equine Business at Clemson University, Mary Paige took classes in breaking and training, nutrition, anatomy and physiology, as well as some elementary and agricultural education classes to help her focus on skills for teaching children. Growing up in Cameron, South Carolina, Mary Paige spent every summer going to camp, starting in 2nd grade up through her senior year of high school. She had her first pony ride at a zoo in Canada when she was five and was hooked! She rode on the PSJ show circuit growing up doing the hunters and the equitation. She also rode at Clemson University on their Equestrian team, where she served as team President. She loves to increase her equine knowledge with clinics in all different styles of riding and training such as western dressage, calf roping, pole bending/barrel racing and even a polo class. She is a Facility Certifier and is the Regional Director for CHA’s Region 6 (including 6 New England states and 3 Canadian provinces). As a facility accreditor she keeps up with current safety standards and options for riding facilities that are in the forefront of the industry by attending the Equine Affaire in West Springfield, MA, the CHA International Conference each year, and recently worked the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, NC.
