The Alpine School District owns a camp up near Scofield and every year, we take our fifth graders up there and camp overnight. This year was my first year being in charge of it and it was a little bit stressful but worth it. I love being out in nature and being able to share that with your students is a pretty rare experience for most teachers. It is interesting to see which kids pause to stop and watch the deer in the meadow, which students plow right through everything without pausing to stop and consider the effect of their actions, and which kids can find snakes no matter where you go. I saw some of my students befriend kids they have never talked to before.
Besides some serious slivers, stinging nettles, and a couple of fevers, everyone survived camp. I'm glad I got to go. I love my students.
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