Tag: Camp Cispus

Oct 01

Mt Saint Helens 2012

Last week we took 6th graders to Camp Cispus. I wrote about an unexpected change of plans where one of our 6th graders noticed that the road we normally take to Windy Ridge and Spirit Lake to see Mt Saint Helens was closed. Luckily, the Johnston Ridge Observatory, facing the horse shoe shaped crater and …

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Sep 20

Funny Story, Serious Problem

My last post included the big trip we got coming up next week. We’re taking about 80 6th graders along with 14 high school camp counselors to Camp Cispus, about fours on bus from here. One of the highlights of the trip, from a Science teacher perspective, is getting to take the kids to Mt …

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Sep 17

Beginning of Year

I teach 6th and 8th grade Science. I have all three of our school’s 6th grade Science classes and two of the three 8th grade Science classes. I’ve been teaching 6th and 8th grade Science for a few years now and I really enjoy getting kids as they enter the middle school and getting many …

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Sep 20

Mt Saint Helens

Last week at Camp Cispus I was able to take about half of our 6th graders to Mt Saint Helens on Sept 15 (the other half went the next day). We have enough time to visit Meta Lake and the miner’s car, walk up Windy Ridge, and go down to Spirit Lake. I put together …

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Sep 11

Great First Week!

What a great first week of school! I am lucky enough to get to work with three classes of 6th grade Science and two classes of 8th grade Science. Thanks to Mr. Rice’s Play with a Purpose blog we did a fun activity on the first day of school with oobleck. I had to take …

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Aug 20

Class Syllabi and Intro Letters

It's on the syllabus

I finally have some rough drafts done after much toiling and procrastinating for days. I’ll need to read over them again and make changes but at least I’ve got something to start with. The reason I’m toiling and stressing is because there is so much I want parents and students to know. I want to …

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