Outdoor Education

In Papillion, sixth graders do something called Outdoor Education. The two classes went camping overnight at the end of September. They left early in the morning (that's when this photo above was taken) and returned the following evening as everyone else was getting out of class. I am still amazed that the schools here are able to coordinate such an event and have so much fun doing it. The kids stayed in small groups with adult supervision. They slept in cabins, took hikes, wrote poetry, did some trust courses, and generally just had fun learning about nature and spending time together.

I wish we could have done this as kids, it really sounds like a lot of fun. Payton doesn't look so thrilled in that picture, but believe me, Outdoor Ed was all she (and all the other kids) talked about since school started this year. She was beyond excited.