Outdoor School is a wonderful program where students in fifth and sixth grade get to go away for almost week to a science and social studies camp. It's an over night program, so it can be a little nerve racking for some students, especially if they have never been away from home before. Out of 16 students, 13 of mine were given permission to go and we had a BLAST!
Every day involved hiking and learning about the different plants and animals in the area. One night we did a nighttime hike and learned about some of the constellations. The students were also given choices in the afternoons between a bunch of different activities including archery, survival hiking, arts and crafts, and one day there was even a 9 mile hike! Three of my students and I decided to give the 9 mile hike a try, and it was incredible. It was very hard, and quite challenging but the reward of seeing the view at the top of the mountain was worth all that work! Here are some of the pictures from the 9 mile hike:
There was one student that was given permission to go at the last minute. He is a sixth grader and his parents felt at first that it wouldn't be fair to send him to Outdoor School since they never allowed his older brother to go. This student decided to try to convince his parents by writing them a letter. In the letter he explained why he wanted to go and why he felt his parents should let him go. He even brought up his parents' reservations because they never let his brother go, so he gave them a list of things they could so with him to make it fair. They ended up letting him go to Outdoor School and he had a blast and was one of the students on the 9 mile hike. He has a few younger siblings, and I'm hoping they will get to go once they are in the fifth and sixth grade too.
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