The one school field trip you remember the most- sixth grade camp. And the thing you love most about it? The counselors, duh. Recently I had an opportunity to become the most memorable person in a twelve year olds life. From October 8th to October 12th, I attended Foot Hill Horizons Outdoor School program for sixth graders. Twenty four hours each day was devoted to giving these children the best camp experience ever, and I think I was able to accomplish this.

This particular week differed from the normal camp weeks due to the fact that I had two sets of students from two different schools in my dorm. While this provided a few challenges, it also had its benefits. I was able to apply skills I learned from the first set of children to the second set, such as getting the children to sleep with a bedtime story called “Jumping Mouse.” But I had to learn new names, again.

Each day provided new opportunities to explore our environment and have fun. Daily routines included getting up at seven in the morning and preparing all the children for the day, which meant getting them to change, fix their beds, brush teeth, and use the restroom. Then we would continue to the flag ceremony, which is the raising of the flags by a dorm. After ushering the children to breakfast, we would eat delicious food. Then back to the dorms for a bathroom break and to fill up water bottles, or as we call them “water-bottle-fill-ups”.

After, we would go one a two hour hike with our amazing naturalists. During these hikes, loads of questions would be answered. Then we have another potty break and lunch. After lunch, there would be yet another bathroom break before we continued onto our next activity. We would learn specific things about nature and how we can help nature. Also, children, counselors, and teachers had opportunities to join various clubs like the “Polar Bear Club,” “Dirty Butt Club,” “Dirty Belly Club,” “I Kissed a Worm and I Liked It Club,” and many more! Needless to say, I joined most.

Before dinner and after another bathroom break, we would have another flag ceremony were a different dorm would bring the flags down. And depending on the day, there would be either a camp fire or a night hike and dance! During camp fires, we were all able to sing in harmony and learn about Horis the owl. My favorite dance was when we danced to Thriller. And on the night hikes, our naturalist informed us about the variety of nocturnal creatures.

And our day would end in attempting to get the children to be quiet by nine thirty until the next day. Fortunately, I was able to soothe the children to sleep with my voice during my reading.

Camp ended too quickly in my opinion, but I wouldn’t change anything about it. I not only walked out of camp with more experience, new friends, and more knowledge, I got a snazzy new name tag too. Go to camp, you will not only change these children’s lives, they will change your life.

The one school field trip you remember the most- sixth grade camp. And the thing you love most about it? The counselors, duh. Recently I had an opportunity to become the most memorable person in a twelve year olds life. From October 8th to October 12th, I attended Foot Hill Horizons Outdoor School program for sixth graders. Twenty four hours each day was devoted to giving these children the best camp experience ever, and I think I was able to accomplish this.

This particular week differed from the normal camp weeks due to the fact that I had two sets of students from two different schools in my dorm. While this provided a few challenges, it also had its benefits. I was able to apply skills I learned from the first set of children to the second set, such as getting the children to sleep with a bedtime story called “Jumping Mouse.” But I had to learn new names, again.

Each day provided new opportunities to explore our environment and have fun. Daily routines included getting up at seven in the morning and preparing all the children for the day, which meant getting them to change, fix their beds, brush teeth, and use the restroom. Then we would continue to the flag ceremony, which is the raising of the flags by a dorm. After ushering the children to breakfast, we would eat delicious food. Then back to the dorms for a bathroom break and to fill up water bottles, or as we call them “water-bottle-fill-ups”.

After, we would go one a two hour hike with our amazing naturalists. During these hikes, loads of questions would be answered. Then we have another potty break and lunch. After lunch, there would be yet another bathroom break before we continued onto our next activity. We would learn specific things about nature and how we can help nature. Also, children, counselors, and teachers had opportunities to join various clubs like the “Polar Bear Club,” “Dirty Butt Club,” “Dirty Belly Club,” “I Kissed a Worm and I Liked It Club,” and many more! Needless to say, I joined most.

Before dinner and after another bathroom break, we would have another flag ceremony were a different dorm would bring the flags down. And depending on the day, there would be either a camp fire or a night hike and dance! During camp fires, we were all able to sing in harmony and learn about Horis the owl. My favorite dance was when we danced to Thriller. And on the night hikes, our naturalist informed us about the variety of nocturnal creatures.

And our day would end in attempting to get the children to be quiet by nine thirty until the next day. Fortunately, I was able to soothe the children to sleep with my voice during my reading.

Camp ended too quickly in my opinion, but I wouldn’t change anything about it. I not only walked out of camp with more experience, new friends, and more knowledge, I got a snazzy new name tag too. Go to camp, you will not only change these children’s lives, they will change your life.

The one school field trip you remember the most- sixth grade camp. And the thing you love most about it? The counselors, duh. Recently I had an opportunity to become the most memorable person in a twelve year olds life. From October 8th to October 12th, I attended Foot Hill Horizons Outdoor School program for sixth graders. Twenty four hours each day was devoted to giving these children the best camp experience ever, and I think I was able to accomplish this.

This particular week differed from the normal camp weeks due to the fact that I had two sets of students from two different schools in my dorm. While this provided a few challenges, it also had its benefits. I was able to apply skills I learned from the first set of children to the second set, such as getting the children to sleep with a bedtime story called “Jumping Mouse.” But I had to learn new names, again.

Each day provided new opportunities to explore our environment and have fun. Daily routines included getting up at seven in the morning and preparing all the children for the day, which meant getting them to change, fix their beds, brush teeth, and use the restroom. Then we would continue to the flag ceremony, which is the raising of the flags by a dorm. After ushering the children to breakfast, we would eat delicious food. Then back to the dorms for a bathroom break and to fill up water bottles, or as we call them “water-bottle-fill-ups”.

After, we would go one a two hour hike with our amazing naturalists. During these hikes, loads of questions would be answered. Then we have another potty break and lunch. After lunch, there would be yet another bathroom break before we continued onto our next activity. We would learn specific things about nature and how we can help nature. Also, children, counselors, and teachers had opportunities to join various clubs like the “Polar Bear Club,” “Dirty Butt Club,” “Dirty Belly Club,” “I Kissed a Worm and I Liked It Club,” and many more! Needless to say, I joined most.

Before dinner and after another bathroom break, we would have another flag ceremony were a different dorm would bring the flags down. And depending on the day, there would be either a camp fire or a night hike and dance! During camp fires, we were all able to sing in harmony and learn about Horis the owl. My favorite dance was when we danced to Thriller. And on the night hikes, our naturalist informed us about the variety of nocturnal creatures.

And our day would end in attempting to get the children to be quiet by nine thirty until the next day. Fortunately, I was able to soothe the children to sleep with my voice during my reading.

Camp ended too quickly in my opinion, but I wouldn’t change anything about it. I not only walked out of camp with more experience, new friends, and more knowledge, I got a snazzy new name tag too. Go to camp, you will not only change these children’s lives, they will change your life.