What is a day group?
In addition to the sixth grade teachers of the Old Adobe Union District, high school and college counselors and adult volunteers will also be present at camp.
During the day, study groups of approximately 30 campers are paired with at least one teacher and 6 to 8 counselors. During the evening and night hours a team of teachers will patrol the student sleeping areas.
Camp counselor and campers are assigned one day group for the entire week and it provides an organized and logical means for the staff to arrange what activities the campers participate in each day.
Counselors are put into ten teams (one team stays in camp and does Kitchen Patrol [K.P.]). There are about 8-10 counselors per team. Each counselor team has a mix of new and veteran counselors, with at least one strong counselor who has led each activity in the past. Counselor groups, as well as student groups, are rotated each day, so that teachers will work with a variety of counselors and different students. Each day counselors are specifically assigned to a day group. This means that that counselor group will be providing supervision for the campers for the entire day and participate in all of the activities with the campers.
Teachers also rotate from activity to activity, and have an opportunity to experience all of them. Special requests by teachers are always considered and many times it is possible for teachers to trade assignments to fit their special talents.
During the day, study groups of approximately 30 campers are paired with at least one teacher and 6 to 8 counselors. During the evening and night hours a team of teachers will patrol the student sleeping areas.
Camp counselor and campers are assigned one day group for the entire week and it provides an organized and logical means for the staff to arrange what activities the campers participate in each day.
Counselors are put into ten teams (one team stays in camp and does Kitchen Patrol [K.P.]). There are about 8-10 counselors per team. Each counselor team has a mix of new and veteran counselors, with at least one strong counselor who has led each activity in the past. Counselor groups, as well as student groups, are rotated each day, so that teachers will work with a variety of counselors and different students. Each day counselors are specifically assigned to a day group. This means that that counselor group will be providing supervision for the campers for the entire day and participate in all of the activities with the campers.
Teachers also rotate from activity to activity, and have an opportunity to experience all of them. Special requests by teachers are always considered and many times it is possible for teachers to trade assignments to fit their special talents.
HikesThere are two hikes the counselors and campers experience while at camp. There is River and the Coastal hike. Each one has something new and different and the day groups have at least one of these activities.
When doing the River hike, hikers will get to walk up through camp. Passing through slightly elevated terrain, and provides good examples of natural springs, vegetation, viewings of small animals, and has views of the surrounding area.Once through the camp grounds campers will walk down to the river that runs adjacent to camp. At the river, they will eat lunch and play some camp games before participating in team building activities and trekking back to camp. On our Coastal Hike we start by leaving camp in buses and heading to Shell Beach where campers will take part in a hike with coastal views. Campers will be able to see marine life from a distance and coastal vegetation. Campers will meet and visit with Father Nature, while he explains the costal region. After a day of costal exploring, we head back to the buses and back to camp. |
In CampIn Camp consists of a series of activities designed to develop placing trust and confidence in your fellow campers. The tasks involve working with others to accomplish goals that cannot be completed working alone. The activity culminates with a trust fall that requires a person to fall off a table backwards while a group of people act as catchers. The trust course can be complimented by an archery lesson, ropes course, and plenty of games.
The physical skill section involves a series of strength, mobility and courage activities that are designed to give campers confidence and faith in their ability to meet physical challenges. Examples of these types of challenges include: balance rope, going down a zip line, and climbing a rope to the top of a giant redwood stump.Working together to figure out the treasure left by the camp legends the River Kids. |
SurvivalThis activity combines a morning and afternoon session. It is held in the upper valley across from the discovery wooded area. Usually two study groups are combined in this activity. In the morning, the groups start out by walking to the meadow where they use their senses to become aware of the physical environment. After playing an icebreaker game or two, the group is given a survival scenario. In small groups they work on building survival huts using natural material they can gather. The culmination of the activity is an explanation of each small group’s survival strategies. The group returns to camp for an in-camp lunch, then heads into the main meadow for games and capture the flag.
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Olympics Day!
After a fun-filled and physically involved week, we end with a day full of free choice activities such as face painting, lanyard making, Capture the Flag, a dance competition, a food eating competition and much more. After all that we have a final camp show, dinner, final dance, and a night with an extended curfew where cabin groups come together, sit around the campfire and reflect on their week.