Where to Meet

Go to the rotunda of the Capitol by 12:45pm on the Monday of your class. A TeenPact staffer will meet and direct you to the classroom. Please do NOT bring ANY luggage with you into the capitol. See the links on the right for directions and parking information.

What to Bring

What to Bring To Class:

Dress clothes for class, Bible, notebook, pens/pencils, homework, and a godly attitude ready to be challenged.

What to Bring to Camp or Host Home:

Bed linens (sleeping bag and/or twin sheets), towels, pillows, MODEST play clothes for camp life (don't forget comfy shoes), personal items, toiletries, appropriate games, Bible, notebook, pens/pencils, and a godly attitude ready to be challenged. For evening fellowship, girls bring sweet snacks; guys bring salty.

What NOT to Bring:

- any sort of knife or firearm
- CD players, iPods or any form of thereof

Parking & Directions

Directions to the Camp

Driving directions to 413 Campground Rd, Livermore Falls, ME 04254 23.0 mi – about 38 mins

Capitol St Augusta, ME 04330

1.Head west on Capitol St toward Town and Country Rd 0.3 mi

2.Turn right at Armory St 0.2 mi

3.Turn right to stay on Armory St 115 ft

4.Turn left at ME-17/US-202/Western Ave, Continue to follow US-202 8.4 mi

5.Slight right at Main St 1.1 mi

6.Turn right at ME-133/ME-41 1.1 mi

7. Slight left at ME-133 W 9.9 mi

8.Turn right at Campground Rd 2.0 mi

Camp Good News 413 Campground Rd Livermore Falls, ME 04254

Directions to the Capitol

Driving directions to Capitol St, Augusta, ME 04330 23.9 mi – about 37 mins

Camp Good News 413 Campground Rd Livermore Falls, ME 04254

1.Head south on Campground Rd toward Bamford Hill rd. 2.0 mi

2.Turn left at ME-133/Park St Continue to follow ME-133 11.3 mi

3.Take the ramp onto US-202 10.1 mi

4.Turn right at Armory St 0.2 mi

5.Turn left at Capitol St 0.3 mi

Capitol St Augusta, ME 04330

Housing Information

Residential, as always, is optional. Students may choose instead to commute or stay with a host family. For more information about host homes contact the State Coordinator.

We have a new Residential location this year. Student cost for 3-nights at the camp is $105 / 4-nights at the camp is $140.

Residential students need to stop by Camp Good News in Livermore Falls, ME to drop off their luggage BEFORE coming to the Capitol. (Due to security precautions, we cannot bring luggage into the Capitol.) Room assignments at Camp Good News will be posted, so students should drop their belongings off in their assigned room. Please drop off luggage before 11:00 a.m. This will allow you plenty of time to get lunch prior to arriving at class at 12:45 p.m. on Monday. The capitol cafeteria offers many reasonably priced lunch options. Parents will need to arrange to pick up their students luggage at the Camp after graduation on Thursday afternoon, or sometime Friday; whichever is applicable. Free parking in the parking garage on Sewall street is recommended.

Lunch each class day is the responsibility of the student. Breakfast and supper at camp are included in the residential fee.

Students will be transported by van back and forth from the capitol Monday evening through Thursday morning. Public Speaking students will additionally be transported Thursday evening and Friday morning.

Camp Good News

Dress Code

Over the years, we've found that most of our students adhere very well to our dress code, which until now has been fairly simply stated. However, we do have a consistent and small number of students and families who do not find the standards very well stated or easy to follow. We've made this standard a little more detailed, not because we believe that this is the way Christians should always dress, or because it is the way we like to dress. Some call our standards legalistic, but that by no means reflects the reasons we require them. We adopt these standards and ask that you follow them for this one week out of the year for three reasons:

1. Modesty: To be above reproach, since clothing can be a temptation for some and a reason to judge for others,
2. Protection: To ensure that these students are not placed in compromising situations with other students and Capitol staff during the class, and
3. Professionalism: To present the most professional image of ourselves in the highly respected halls of government.

See the below link for the complete dress code for the capitol and camp.

Dress Code