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Home Grades 4-6 Adventure Classroom What to Bring
Spring
2012 Adventure Classroom for Home Schoolers (Grades
2-3)
In the outdoors, children find excitement, intricacy,
and wonder. The eyes widen when we
discover deer prints, beaver-chewed wood, and birds’ nests, when we compare oak
leaves to pine needles, and when we find huckleberries. This spring, WILD GUYde Adventures will invite 2nd and 3rd
graders and parents to experience some of the simple and beautiful treasures of
the wild outdoors.
Format: Two hikes and
a paddling experience will get us into the outdoors for these ˝-day
adventures. Activities might include
scrambling on boulders, visiting a fire tower, trying a low intensity tension
traverse across a mountain stream, and exploring a lake for clues about water
fowl. Children who enjoy the outdoors
learn to value and protect it; the group will do some trash pickups, and be
introduced to Leave No Trace practices in the National Forest.
Logistics: Adventure
Classroom groups meet in town and then travel out to activity sites by private
vehicles (parent participants). All
sites are within 30 minutes of Harrisonburg, VA. At least two adults will accompany each
outing.
What to bring: WILD GUYde
Adventures will provide all group and
specialized activity equipment (First Aid kit, Personal Flotation Devices,
etc.). A personal equipment-to-bring list for participants will be
provided.
When? Selected
weekdays in May and early June, 2012:
·
Hiking on the Cliff Trail - Tues., 5/23 or Thur., 5/31
(choose one)
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Hiking to Lower Hidden Rocks – Tues., 5/29
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Paddling at Lake Shenandoah- Wed., 5/23 (AM) or Mon.,
6/4 (choose one)
Overflow dates will be announced in April.
How much? $20 per person for each trip, or $55 for all three.
Is it safe? The outdoors
is not a safe place. Part of what adventure
means is that not all risks are eliminated.
By teaching proper skills and precautions, and using the right
equipment, we attempt to manage risk.
Participants will be asked to complete a Medical Form, and sign a
Participant Agreement acknowledging various dangers.
Memorabilia: Participants
will receive a trip card from WILD GUYde for 1 trip, and a Smokey patch outdoor info. bandanna
if registered for all 3. Students are also encouraged to bring a camera to save
the memories.
Sign-up: Students and
parents may register for 1, 2, or all 3 adventures. Day trips are limited to 12 participants
each; priority registration will be given to early commitments, and to students
registering for multiple dates. Download
a Medical Form
and a Participant
Agreement from www.wildguyde.com
and mail with payment to WGA, 1047
Stuart St.,
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And finally, who are
these WILD
GUYdes? Lester R. Zook is a professor at EMU,
and director of the Outdoor Ministry program there. He has been leading wilderness adventures for
college students and camp groups for the past 20 years. He is a Wilderness First Responder, and is a
certified member of the American Mountain Guides Association (Single Pitch
Instructor). He and his wife Robin have four children,
attend Weavers Mennonite Church, and have home-schooled their children
through elementary school). Ethan Zook has been a camp counselor and adventure leader at
numerous camps. He is a Red Cross
Lifeguard, a Virginia EMT-B, and a member of Rockingham-Augusta Search and
Rescue. Aaron Zook is a
climber, caver and paddler, a Red Cross Lifeguard, and has been through
Wilderness First Aid. WGA is a permitee with the George Washington and Monongahela
National Forests, and is an equal opportunity provider and employer. |
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*Hiking
locations are rotated on a biennial basis, so participants from last year can
expect some exciting new sites!