Project St.E.E.P. at Camp Grady Spruce

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Fishing, hiking, skipping rocks and singing songs by the campfire are what school should be about, right?  Right!  When the fifth grade goes to Camp Grady Spruce every year for Stonewall's Environmental Education Program, that’s what happens while the kids learn the water cycle, the food chain, fossil formation and so much more. 

The naturalists at the camp are the teachers for the week.  They not only teach basics of science, but also the basics of survival, so the fifth grade students learn how to make a fire, shoot a bow, and ride a horse.  They even have a fishing class.  

Flint and steel are not as easy as they look.       But after a while, the students make a fire.

How do you find your way when you are lost?  Find north?  But how do you use a compass?  Fifth grade students find out how.

The best part about camp is just being together.  All year long the kids and teachers remember the cool things they saw on a hike, or the teamwork they used to accomplish a task.  Ask any fifth grade Stonewall alum, “What’s the best thing about fifth grade?”  The answer is always, “Camp Grady Spruce.