Soleil Happenings - CAMP Edition 5/9/2016 - 5/11/2016

Arrival at Camp and Moving into Cabins by Sydney and Sofia Marie

Photo by Lucy and Saki

When our school arrived at Cedar Springs Camp, the first thing we did was meet in Founders Hall, the big hall were a lot of events took place at camp. In Founders Hall, we met one of the counselors who taught us to play a game called ZONK. ZONK was a trivia game. When your team got a question right, the player got to choose a piece from the ZONK board. That piece could have a lot of points on it, or it could say ZONK! If you got a ZONK, you would loose all of your points for that round. After playing a lot of that fun game, we met up with our cabin groups, came up with a name, and headed to our cabins to unpack. The cabins had bunks for everyone with groups around 8 to 12 kids and 2 adults. We spent some time in our cabin groups getting to know each other, then we headed out to our first fun activity to start off our camp experience.

Meals In Camp Cedar Springs By Francine and Alexa

Photos by Evelyn and Sid

 Introduction

In Camp Cedar Springs, me and Alexa had to wait in a really long line unless our cabins came to line up early. Nether of us was happy because that means we would be missing out on our free time. But we got the reward of having our meals first. By that time, everyone was basically starving. Here are the options of food.

Day One

 Dinner

-Pasta and Tomato Sauce (Entree) -Salad (Side DIsh) -Orange, Rainbow, and raspberry Sherbet (Dessert) -Garlic Bread (Side Dish)

-Fruit -Water and Kool Aid (Drink)

Day Two

Breakfast

-French Toast with Syrup (Entree) -Fruit -Yogurt With Oats (Side DIsh) - Water and Tang/ On the go orange juice (Drink) -Coffee Cake

-Corn Dog (Entree) -Salad (Side Dish) -Fruit -Summer Swirl Cake (Dessert) - Grape Juice (Drink)

Dinner

-Chicken (Entree) - Mashed Potatoes (Side Dish) - Water and Lemonade (Drink) -M&M Brownies -Salad ( SIde Dish)

Day Three Final Day!

Breakfast

-Hashbrowns (Entree) -Scrambled Eggs (Side Dish) -Ham (Entree) -Water and Orange Juice (Drink) - Cinnamon Roll (Dessert)

Lunch

Chicken Burger (Entree) -Chips (Side DIsh) -Salad (Side Dish) Fruit (Side Dish) -Sugar Cookie (Dessert)

 Conclusion

Soleil had a fun and amazing time at Camp Cedar Springs and hopes that they could return for another fun time at Camp Cedar Springs. The lines for meals were really long but the meals were really good and it was worth the wait. Like I said, Soleil and I hope to come back to camp. And if you ever go to Camp Cedar Springs, hope that you have a great time.

                  :) THANKS FOR WATCHING! :)

Some of the Classes that Groups took on Day 1 by Amy and Braeden

Student Forestry
Photo by Austin S and Alec

Student Foresty
Photo by Austin S and Alec

Archery
Photo by Liam

Many learning groups did different classes, so the classes that my group did was Student Forestry, Rock Climbing, and Archery.  

  Student Forestry was when we used tools back then that was used for trees, so we sawed a log, chopped off pieces of wood, carried a heavy log and scraped off bark to make shingles.

  Rock Climbing was when we climbed a wall with plastic nooks, and we all tried to climb to the top. When we wanted to get down, we tapped the wall two times and because the the line that held was retractable, we were able to get down safely.

Some Classes we took on Day 2 by Ethan and Billy

Owl Prowl
Photo by Aaron G and Alec

                                   

Owl Prowl
Photo by Aaron G and Grayson

This is a rodent skull
Photo by Aaron G and Grayson

Owl Prowl
Photo by Alec and Austin

After staying at Camp Cedar  Springs for the first night most people were a little tired but still were willing to have fun. For the second half of the day we know that one group went climbing for their final class. Everyone had a lot of fun at their last full day at camp!

Evening Activities by Mira and Neha

For an evening activity on the first day, we did Nature’s Game Show. It is a bit like Jeopardy, where 5 contestants from each team goes up to answer questions, and if they get it right then they get a certain amount of points depending on the hardness of the question. It was a fun game, and everyone was very excited about it. Photo by Ezra and Aaron J

  

In the evenings, at Camp Cedar Springs, we did many activities. We played games as an entire intermediate Madrona group. We played Wolf Pack, we performed skits, Campfire, and Nature’s Game Show. All of these activities were very fun! Most of us wish we could do it again soon!

The Last Day of Camp Activities by Reed and Emilee

A clean Cabin
Photo by Ava D and Chloe

l On the last day of camp we had breakfast. After breakfast we did something called quest ( it’s pretty much a scavenger hunt) where your group had a piece of paper which had clues that led you to other spots in camp. We had a lot of fun that day and in the end no one wanted to leave camp.