6th Grade Camp at Camp Wartburg

The OLS six graders spent 3 days at Camp Wartburg.  The first day included a nature hike and creek walk,  pond study, campfire, prayers, songs and s'mores.  The second day was challenging and fun with a high ropes course followed by the zip line. On the third day, the students had some quiet time to write, sketch, and just reflect on their time at camp and then more time of course for LOTS more gaga ball!! (That's the group in the octagonal "pit" for playing gaga ball.)

Below recaps are from 6th, 7th and 8th graders!

 This week the OLS sixth grade went to Camp Wartburg for three days.  On one of those days, they did the high ropes course and the zip line.  On the zip line, they had to wait outside the tower to get a ride on the fun ride.  The height for the zip line was 30 feet.  It starts out slow, but gradually gets faster and faster.  It is a long zip line and with the help of the teachers and some of the students, they successfully got down without any injury.--6th grader Eli M.

The 6th graders went to Camp Wartburg last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Most of us went on the high ropes course and finished it.  We all loved to play Ga-Ga Ball.  We had a lot of fun working and playing together.  The bus came about two hours late to take us home, so for two hours we played Ga-Ga Ball and waited.  It was the best experience of 6th grade.--6th grader Ada L.

 Every year the sixth grade class at OLS goes to Camp Wartburg.  At Camp Wartburg the best thing there was the high ropes course.  You are 30 feet up in the air and there are 7 challenges.  You had to put on a harness and a helmet and they attached you to a line above you.  You had to say, "Permission to transfer 1."  Then if they say yes, you take off one of the crab claws and attach to another line.  The same thing with the second crab claw, "Permission to transfer 2."  Then you say, "Permission to go."  If they say yes, you can go on to the next challenge.  The challenges were you had to walk across a line with rope. Another one was the leap of faith.  It's where you have to jump to the platform.  There are many others, but you have to go there to find out what the rest are.  It was scary up there because the wood poles that held everything were shaking, but I still had a good time.--6th grader Ned M.

Camp Wartburg Creek Walk--Camp Wartburg was awesome.  We went on a creek walk through freezing water.  Ducky, our camp counselor, took us through the hour long creek walk.  People were complaining at first, but then we all got used to it.  A lot of people fell in and splashed each other in the creek.  The rocks were covered in moss and were really slippery, so slippery that Maria R. fell in a million times.  When the creek walk was over we had to walk through a corn field to get to the cabins.  The creek walk was a blast.--6th grader Gabe B.    

A 7th grader Remembers Camp Wartburg:  This week the 6th graders went to camp in Illinois.  Every 6th grade class goes to Camp Wartburg to learn all about leadership and most importantly Jesus.  This camp is very religious and they treat everyone like their own.  When going to camp, you get assigned leaders. The leaders are very nice to everyone and they know how to take charge.  I bet if you ask your kids if they liked camp, they all say yes.  Camp Wartburg is an amazing experience for each and every one of us.--7th grader Brian N.

On April 13th, the 6th graders left for Camp Wartburg, and returned on the 15th.  While there, they improved their group skills, while also having fun by doing various things.  On one of the days, the 6th graders got to climb the high ropes, which is like an obstacle course which is thirty feet off the ground.  All the 6th graders had a great time and can now play Gaga ball with the rest of the upper grades, since they learned the rules.--8th grader Clayton C.

 
The weather was perfect and we all had a blast. And except for the bus company not sending the bus to pick us up, which got us back two hours later than we were supposed to, camp was fantastic!