August 23, 2019
This geology-themed camp week led us to new areas and new activities! We tried to knap arrowheads, carve soapstone, and light quartz and steel striker fires while learning about different rocks and their properties. Campers got to see plenty of critters this week including a couple of box turtles, a northern water snake, and some […]
August 23, 2019
Campers this week went exploring throughout the park, and with every new place or activity a new legend or story was told! We heard stories for games like Dragon’s Egg, Windigo, and Spearfinger. We also heard the legend of Sennett’s Hole when we hiked out to that water time spot! Take a look at some […]
August 16, 2019
Fun in the sun! Our campers had the time of their lives soaking up the sun, catching critters and making waves in the creek. We also spent time learning how to skip rocks and build stick boats to float along the stream. Of course we played our most popular games like Beckon, Kick the Can, […]
August 16, 2019
Our Flying Squirrel campers had an excellent week exploring Umstead State Park. We hiked the trails and cooled off in the creek. We played running and sneaking games, practiced our mud- based face painting skills, built forts, learned about whittling using potato peelers, and much more. Of course, no week at Schoolhouse would be complete […]
August 14, 2019
Campers spent this week becoming real life lumberjacks! We wore our best lumberjack outfits (flannel) practiced our lumberjack call (Yo-hoo), and mastered our lumberjack skills such as hatchet-throwing, and cross-cut sawing. We heard stories and legends of lumberjacks around the campfire as we roasted ourselves a lumberjack snack called Woof ’ems. Along with these lumberjack […]
August 9, 2019
Our Salamander campers had a fantastic week filled with salamander activities, stories, games, and crafts! Campers had a great time playing Kick the Can and an exciting round of Scout Mission where they had to look for the magical objects (a salamander egg, slime, and a growing chamber). Campers tried their hand at making salt […]
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