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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
Outdoor
School
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so we have worked very hard to
bring back Outdoor School to
our students in some fashion.”
There are a wide variety of
activities available to the stu-
dents at camp, many of which
are impossible to offer in the
traditional classroom setting.
“Hands-on learning is an
extremely important aspect of
learning,” Marohl said. “Many
of our students are kinesthetic
learners (who learn by doing)
and our ODS provides numer-
ous experiences that we simply
can't do at school; such as the
boating stations (canoeing and
kayaking), archery and fish-
ing.”
The four days students spend
at Camp Cleawox allow them
not only to get valuable hands-
on experience with outdoor
equipment and activities, but
also gives opportunities for
bonding
and
mentorship
between students from different
grades and backgrounds.
“About four years ago, we
included both fifth- and sev-
enth-grades at camp. They are
the cohorts who will be in sixth
and eighth grades the following
year. We have setup a model in
which fifth-grade students are
paired with a seventh-grade
student,” Marohl said. “Our
goal is to provide some aspect
of mentorship and for the
incoming middle school stu-
dents to have some familiar
faces when they reach middle
school. Ideally, the older stu-
dents can help mentor younger
students in middle school.
“This pairs nicely with our
WEB
(Where
Everyone
Belongs) program at SMS.”
Obtaining funding for the
PHOTOS BY ETHAN DOUGHERTY AND
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw School District’s Outdoor Adventures 2017 at Camp Cleawox featured fifth- and
seventh-graders as well as school staff and community volunteers. Students participat-
ed in four days of hands-on learning about archery, water activities, wildlife and more.
Outdoor Adventure Camp has
been a challenge, but Wells said
they came up with some inno-
vative methods to get the
money needed to run the camp.
“Outdoor Adventures runs
on about $14,000. The district
helps us out when we fall short
on fundraising. Every year the
fifth- and seventh-grade teams
run fundraisers like dances,
candy bar sales and a ‘read and
run’ day,” Wells said. “We are
always looking for new spon-
sors and thank all that have
contributed.”
Siuslaw School District
depends on mentors and profes-
sionals from the community to
guide and instruct campers in
the activities offered.
This assistance is invaluable
to the school administrators
that send students to Cleawox.
“Andy and I quickly learned
that not all volunteers want to
come into school to read or
grade papers, but to teach,”
Wells said.
He listed Tom Gray, who
received a Level 2 Archery
Certificate to lead students, and
Jesse Beers, who teaches about
Native American topics such as
traditional tools and ethnob-
otany. Beers also displayed the
dugout canoe that the Siuslaw
Indians use for pilgrimage trips
to Portland.
Other community partners
this year included Western
Lane Ambulance District, U.S.
Forest Service, Three Rivers
Casino Resort, The Lady Elks
of
Florence,
Florence
Community PTA, STEP and
the Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw.
Wells is optimistic about
the future of Outdoor Adven-
tures, simply because of the
affinity that residents here have
for the natural world.
“There needs to be those
components of learning and
outrageous fun that are a huge
part of our Northwest recre-
ation culture,” he said. “The
more we teach our students to
recreate responsibly, the greater
the chances of them truly hav-
ing an opportunity to enjoy life
a little more and desire to be
great stewards of our forests,
lakes and rivers.”
Baby to Graduate
2017
Abby Watkins
Jonathan Duchscher
Parents:
Gary and Jami Thomas
Grandparents:
Nancy Flatley and the
late Jim Flatley, the late
Daryl Thomas and the
late Linda Thomas
Kyle Rose
Siuslaw
High School
Born:
February 23rd, 1999
Siuslaw
High School
Born:
August 31st, 1999
Parents:
Doug and Kim
Duchscher
Grandparents:
Bill Duchscher
Virginia Silva
Born:
June 10th, 1999
Parents:
Joyce and David
Dalbeck
Grandparents:
Kitty Halverson
Bill and Roberta
Dalbeck
Conner Wheeler
Siuslaw
High School
Born:
May 25th, 1999
Parents:
Ned Hickson and
Alicia Wheeler Hickson
Grandparents:
Delma and Lupe
Luevano,
Susan Weathers,
Dale and Lennie
Wheeler
Tyler Packebush
Mapleton High
School
Born:
October 23rd, 1998
Parents:
Rodney and Terresa
Packebush
Grandparents:
Duane and Gloria
Packebush
Born:
December 18th, 1998
Siuslaw
High School
Daysen George Thomas
Thurston High
School
Parents:
Neil and Vanessa
Grandparents:
Stan and Barbara
Ecker,
Phyllis Beall
Parents:
Jim and Diane Watkins
Grandparents:
Don and Dorothy
Briscoe
Bob and Pat Watkins
Born:
December 18th, 1998
Born:
January 26th, 1999
Brandy Dalbeck
Siuslaw
High School
Siuslaw
High School
Jenicah Ecker
Parents:
William and Elizabeth
Rose
Grandparents:
Mary Mathews
Gary and Sally Rose
Elise Koby
Siuslaw
High School
Born:
October 14th, 1997
Parents:
Les and Lori Koby
Grandparents:
Frank and Faye Koby