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I just put my daughter on a bus for 6th grade camp. She originally didn't want to go, but decided to about two months ago.

I helped give out sweatshirts and stuff this morning and she wanted me to leave after I was finished. I told her that I wouldn't, I wanted to stand around with the other parents and see her off.

My house is going to be quiet.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I just put my daughter on a bus for 6th grade camp. She originally didn't want to go, but decided to about two months ago.

I helped give out sweatshirts and stuff this morning and she wanted me to leave after I was finished. I told her that I wouldn't, I wanted to stand around with the other parents and see her off.

My house is going to be quiet.

What kind of camp?

Sixth grade science camp. The kids go hiking every day and learn about science. They will stay until Friday.

Sixth grade science camp

I went to one of these in sixth grade! I loved it. I wasn't particularly scientifically inclined, but it was my first (only) adventure at a sleep away camp as a child. Emma(?) will have a great time.


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When Maddie went to 6th grade camp, it was a different situation, she had been going to Girl Scout camp every year and it wasn't new.

Emma has never wanted to go to Girl Scout camp. She likes being at home, being able to cook for herself or watch tv or take three showers a day.

I am shocked that she wanted to go, but I am happy that she is taking advantage of the opportunity.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has never wanted to go to Girl Scout camp. She likes being at home, being able to cook for herself or watch tv or take three showers a day.

Boy that sounds like my younger granddaughter! (The one that had a baby six months ago.)

Bob Juch wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has never wanted to go to Girl Scout camp. She likes being at home, being able to cook for herself or watch tv or take three showers a day.

Boy that sounds like my younger granddaughter! (The one that had a baby six months ago.)

I am lucky, Emma is independent, but not boy crazy at all. We had a family friend get pregnant at the age of 16 and even at the age of 11, Emma realized that she was ruining her life.

Some of our friends have a philosophy with their kids, "Don't get pregnant, don't get dead." They are good words to live by.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has never wanted to go to Girl Scout camp. She likes being at home, being able to cook for herself or watch tv or take three showers a day.

Boy that sounds like my younger granddaughter! (The one that had a baby six months ago.)

I am lucky, Emma is independent, but not boy crazy at all. We had a family friend get pregnant at the age of 16 and even at the age of 11, Emma realized that she was ruining her life.

Some of our friends have a philosophy with their kids, "Don't get pregnant, don't get dead." They are good words to live by.

Oh! I wasn't suggesting Emma might follow Brittany's pattern!

I didn't read it that way, either, Bob. I saw the independent, likes to be by herself in her home thing more than the baby thing.

I can see where PSM was coming from, though, in retrospect. Good for a chuckle.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Sixth grade science camp. The kids go hiking every day and learn about science. They will stay until Friday.

Sounds like fun - I wish they'd had things like that when I was in school. Or my children, for that matter.

Bob Juch wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

Bob Juch wrote: Boy that sounds like my younger granddaughter! (The one that had a baby six months ago.)

I am lucky, Emma is independent, but not boy crazy at all. We had a family friend get pregnant at the age of 16 and even at the age of 11, Emma realized that she was ruining her life.

Some of our friends have a philosophy with their kids, "Don't get pregnant, don't get dead." They are good words to live by.

Oh! I wasn't suggesting Emma might follow Brittany's pattern!

I wasn't quite sure if you were or weren't.

After seeing what some of my friends are going through, I feel lucky every day that my girls aren't boy crazy.

earendel wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Sixth grade science camp. The kids go hiking every day and learn about science. They will stay until Friday.

Sounds like fun - I wish they'd had things like that when I was in school. Or my children, for that matter.

The girls are lucky. Many districts are cutting back on Science camp, but our district still has it. Parents have to pay $375 per child, but if we chose to, there are two years to fundraise. (I was able to earn $50 on eScrip towards Emma's camp, just by shopping.)

Part of the cost goes towards a sweat shirt, a sixth grade party at CSUF, a memory book and graduation breakfast for the kids. In addition, the Outdoor Education committee usually helps pay for the kids who can't afford to go. The year that Maddie went, our committee paid for 10 kids to go to camp. Out of about 150 kids, only a handful chose not to go this year.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: Out of about 150 kids, only a handful chose not to go this year.

Is this a vacation week for those kids or do they have to go to their regular (if empty) classes?

The end of November just seems like an odd time to go to camp. Must be a California thing!

MarleysGh0st wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: Out of about 150 kids, only a handful chose not to go this year.

Is this a vacation week for those kids or do they have to go to their regular (if empty) classes?

The end of November just seems like an odd time to go to camp. Must be a California thing!

They are supposed to go to school, so the school gets ADA, but most do not.