Session 5 campers arrived yesterday. Check out this weeks video to see how fun the day was!
August 3, 2014
Session 5 is Here!
Camp is half way over, but there is still so much fun to be had! Welcome to camp session 5!
July 27, 2014
July 26, 2014
Magic at Camp
A local Orcas Island magician, Matthew Laslo, came to camp to amaze campers and staff.
July 20, 2014
July 14, 2014
Session 2 All Camp Event
Here is a short video of campers having a great time at All Camp Event last night.
July 13, 2014
Session 2 Arrival
Session 2 has begun! Here is this weeks arrival video. Check back for more photos and videos this week!
July 7, 2014
Session 1 Arrival Video
Session 1 is well on it's way! Here is the arrival video from the first day of summer 2014 at Orkila.
June 22, 2014
Teen Staff Getting to Work
Our 2014 expedition staff is getting ready for trips and for campers to get here. They spent the whole day yesterday in the water learning skills, safety protocol, and team bonding.
June 13, 2014
Camp from the Air
A rainy morning at camp has turned out to be a beautiful day! 21 days until campers are here.
June 2, 2014
Musical Open Rec!!!
Hi, Howdy and Hallelujah!
We've got some fun and exciting news from our Spring Outdoor Environmental Education program.
I'll give you a hint... it has to do with making sounds, so sweet and silly, trying your hand (or foot) at keeping a rhythm, and perhaps even giggling with glee.
Yup! You guessed it! (or maybe you didn't and that's okay too) We now have a Music Station at open rec time. Students are jamming out together with drums, tambourines, penny whistles, harmonicas, vocals, guitar, ukulele and whatever else they can think of. It is so great to watch because you can just see the fun and creativity flowing from these kids! When there are not so many folks around, some students get individualized guitar lessons.
We sure are excited about this new addition to our Open Rec time, allowing for more creative and collaborative activities in addition to our wily and active Open Rec stations.
I just have one question for you now... How will you inspire creativity and collaboration?
We've got some fun and exciting news from our Spring Outdoor Environmental Education program.
I'll give you a hint... it has to do with making sounds, so sweet and silly, trying your hand (or foot) at keeping a rhythm, and perhaps even giggling with glee.
Yup! You guessed it! (or maybe you didn't and that's okay too) We now have a Music Station at open rec time. Students are jamming out together with drums, tambourines, penny whistles, harmonicas, vocals, guitar, ukulele and whatever else they can think of. It is so great to watch because you can just see the fun and creativity flowing from these kids! When there are not so many folks around, some students get individualized guitar lessons.
I just have one question for you now... How will you inspire creativity and collaboration?
May 2, 2014
Fun Happenings in The Marine Salmon Center
Great things are happening in The Marine Salmon Center this spring season!!! What kinds of great things are happening?... you might be asking yourself... Are the instructors turning into Salmon? Are the hermit crabs crawling out of the touch tank and performing educational musicals for all of the students?
Well... Not quite, but we now have a Marine Specialist, Brett Jensen who is working hard to make The Marine Salmon Center, and really all things to do with water and aquatic creatures at camp, AWESOME!
First of all, after many of our salmon became a lipsmacking dinner for a hungry river otter this winter, we just restocked the salmon pond with a fresh batch of Coho and Chinook salmon frye.
Second, we are growing bull kelp nereocystis luetkeana in our jewel tanks to demonstrate different types of biomes present in the San Juan Archipelago.
Lastly, some staff and students conducted a species biodiversity survey of our eelgrass ecosystem along the shores of Camp Orkila by wading through the water by our dock at low tide while dragging a seine net and through the eelgrass. One teacher from Christ the King School pronounced that she had been coming to Camp Orkila for several years and this was the coolest thing that she had ever seen! What an opportunity for students to get involved in science and exploration!
Photo taken by: Anna Mueller
What did they find??? 310 living creatures! Holy Smokes! Some of the abundant species include: tubesnout fish, pipe fish, three-point stickleback fish, saddleback, crescent, and penpoint gunnel fish, lion nudibranchs, grass shrimp and delicate kelp crabs.
Photo taken by: Anna Mueller
What do you notice about a lot of the animals in the tub above? One thing we noticed was that a lot of them are long, green or brown, and thin... but why? If you think about where they live (in the eelgrass - also long, thin and green/brown)... They are trying to camouflage! Nature sure is neato!
Can't wait to update y'all with some more fun happenings around Camp Orkila soon!
Until then, if you want to keep yourself updated on the current events of the local marine world, take a peak at this article: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/mysterious-epidemic-devastates-starfish-population-pacific-coast/#.Uu0LB_C2M6A.facebook
If you take a trip to the beach, keep your eyes out for seastars. If you see any sick looking ones, you can take a picture and post it with #sickseastar or you can report it to the department of fish and wildlife at (360) 902-2700.
So long and happy beach walking!
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