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Our last day! (Friday)

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  Our last post brings us heavy hearts.  We were up early packing our things and moving out of our cabins,  Waffles with strawberries, whipped topping, and maple syrup was a sweet surprise at breakfast then off to clean our cabins.  The finale was a very active game of survival where students and counselors ran around participating as a predator or a prey.  After lunch, chicken alfredo, we took a traditional photo at the gong, got autographs, and boarded the buses.  Thank you for all the adult chaperones who took time out of their busy schedules to make this week awesome!  Thank you for sharing your students with us for a great experience at Keewaydin!

Our second full day at camp! (Thursday)

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  We started our day with improved cabin inspection scores... 9s and a 10. We are struggling with getting closer to zero waste at meal time; but we are slowly decreasing our waste!  We are so proud of this 5th grade! Today began our second half of the week where jobs were switched out.  If students were a prepper, hopper, dishwasher, recycler, wood carrier, composter, or weather watcher the first half of camp then they are off duty and a new student takes their place. Today's weather was presented by, Layne.  Great job! Today is Choice Day!!!! Students got to choose their 2 investigations today.  One was in the morning from 9:30-1:30 and the other was in the afternoon from 2:30-4:30.  Their choices were:  hiking to Silver Lake, hiking all day which led to cave explorations, canoeing, batiking, disc golf, wild skills, climbing wall, the X-Stream hike, disc golf, candle making, dam building, painting a mural, playing field games, or visiting the Morgan h...