Children can learn skills they may need to survive in the wild at the SurvivorKids Day Camp and the Advanced SurvivorKids Camp, offered by Monroe Public Schools this summer at the Knabusch Math and Science Center in Bolles Harbor. Classes are offered to students from 1st grade through 6th grade.
Four one-week long sessions are offered starting June 22 with young students in the morning and older students in the afternoon. An “advanced” camp also will be offered the week of July 27 with younger campers in the morning and older campers in the afternoon.
“The Knabusch Center is one of the learning community’s gems and works perfectly for camps like these,” said SurvivorKids camp developer and leader Nicole Shaughnessy, who also teaches science at Monroe High School. “We have put together a week of activities which includes instruction in fishing, tracking, boating, identification, survival skills, campfire cooking, wetlands and archery, which is offered only to the older kids.”
The weeklong camps run June 22-26; July 6-10; July 13-17 and July 20-24. Junior campers, or those in 1st through 3rd grades, attend daily from 8 a.m. through 11:30 a.m. For the seniors campers, 4th through 6th grade, session run 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Advance SurvivorKids Camp is designed for those who have gone through a previous SurvivorKids Camp, including this year. Besides expanding on the basic skills shared with campers in the SurvivorKids Camps, the advance classes also include such skills as orientation, fire-building and conservation skills. Those sessions run the week of July 27. Junior campers attend in the morning, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with the senior campers attending 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost of the camp is $95 and the camps are open to any Monroe County student in that age group. Need-based scholarships also are available for Monroe Public Schools’ students. Registration forms will be available (starting May 26) at each of the Monroe Public Schools’ elementary schools or at the district’s Administration Building at 1275 N. Macomb St. Parents with questions can call 734-265-3551.