Every year, Elmira High School gives juniors and seniors the opportunity to be camp counselors at Outdoor School for Fern Ridge fifth-graders, where they learn games, songs, hands-on activities, and of course, science.
Camp counselors will head to Skycamp in Fall Creek, Oregon on Sunday to prepare for the fifth-grade campers’ arrival the following day. Campers will return the Thursday in the morning, and counselors will follow soon after, tidying up camp before they leave.
About 100 fifth-graders in total from Veneta Elementary and Elmira Elementary are full of anticipation for the trip. For the kids, this is a trip where they get to learn new things, make new friendships and, probably most important of all, miss school to have fun…