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"A YMCA camp located on the east side of Lake George."
On Thursday, October 4th, 2007, the Arongen 5th grades will leave for our 15th annual trip to Camp Chingachgook. We will return on Friday by 1:45p.m. This overnight fieldtrip is a highlight of our year.
The students will attend 3 outdoor classes in the two day trip:
Teambuilding: An engaging class to bring people together, use problem solving and resiliency, build trust and cooperation, discuss leadership issues, and develop communication processes. Teambuilding introduces a spirit of playfulness and creativity into working together. It's immediate, involving, and enjoyable. Using a series of physical obstacles and non-physical challenges, the counselors focus on developing trust, mutual respect, group support, responsibility, organization, effective communication and cooperation.
Ecology Hike: While hiking up Buck Mountain, students will have an active investigation combining games, inquiry, study aides and discussion in the discovery of ecological principles. Emphasis will be on plants, habitats, succession, identification, predators, and adaptations.
Stream Study: Students begin with spring-fed Butternut Brook, exploring an Adirondack stream as it changes character from rushing brook to slow stream and how it effects its surrounding community.
The students travel in learning groups with different children throughout the day, and may dine and sleep in the cabins with a friend or two of their choosing. On Thursday night, all of the students gather for our evening program. Roy Hurd (Poncho), works with the students the week before we go to camp writing class songs with them. That night each class performs their class song for the other 5th grades. Roy entertains us for the rest of the evening with songs and stories from his culture.
The cost of the trip is $110 per student. The students will have the opportunity to defray this cost by participating in a fundraiser the first week of school. We may only bring a limited number of parent chaperones, approximately 30 for the entire grade level, and our school nurse.
We will have an informative slide show presentation at Open House on September 11th, where we will answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Mrs. DeGennaro | Mrs. Morrow | Mrs. Potter | Mrs. Taylor | Mr. Kilgallon
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