HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Here is a video of how they celebrate birthdays, KEEC style.  The Gray Squirrel song is their extra tradition...

Welcome to Keewaydin!

Our students have all found their cabins, their study groups, and their tables in the Dining Hall. Lunch was yummy grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. Always a favorite. Dinner was spaghetti, meatballs, and garlic bread and salad. Loads of tasty treats enjoyed by all.
-Frank Kelley

The Boys of Cabin 6. Looking good!

Opening Fire Circle Meet and Greet!

The Dining Room Scene

The Build a Bridge Team Building Activity

Video of Team Building Activities

Study groups, kids that work together during the week in investigations and for the final skit performance,  worked to build a cooperative team through the use of various activities, including the rockin' Whale Watch see-saw...

Small groups meeting around KEEC

Settling In to Cabins and first Circle

After arriving by the beautiful shores of Lake Dunmore and having a name tag made, students moved into their cabins for the week.

We then had our first group meeting at the fire circle by the shore.  Adults introduced themselves and then small group tours began of the campus, followed by lunch!

And We Are Off!

We are off to KEEC, please check back often for updates during the week!  Feel free to use the comments section to send us support and encouragement...

KEEC Information links

Here is a link to KEEC documents, including packing list and typical schedule

http://www.keewaydin.org/keec/plan-trip/

Soccer Bake Sale

Ball Mt Dam Hike

The entire 5th and 6th grade class visited Ball Mt Dam and hiked along the trail connecting it to Jamaica State Park downstream.  Student journal their nature findings 'Keewaydin Style' along the way.

Bake Sale Success

On September 21st some of the 5/6 students, with parent help, held a bake sale during the Sale on the Green in Chester.  We raised about $230 during the day selling treats and water.  That is about the amount of money needed to send one 5/6 student to Kewaydin environmental education camp, KEEC for short.