Spring break brings animals, snacks and enjoyable for Camp Fire Central Oregon

Spring break brings animals, snacks and enjoyable for Camp Fire Central Oregon

Published 7:30 am Saturday, March 28, 2026

Kids ran pell-mell by way of the Amity Creek Magnet at Thompson School gymnasium on Thursday, enjoying collectively earlier than Camp Fire Central Oregon’s spring time without work camp formally acquired began. Later that day, youngsters explored the habitats of desert snakes by making sand slime and reducing out and coloring paper ribbons.

Spring break was this week for a lot of Central Oregon faculties. With the climate cool within the mornings and sunny within the afternoons, it was the proper week for a lot of space youth to go for a hike, go to the High Desert Museum or take part in a day camp. The camp is for kindergarten by way of fifth graders, with youngsters cut up into three teams by age.

Camp Fire Central Oregon’s spring break camp targeted on studying about how animals adapt to their atmosphere and the place they dwell, mentioned Kamryn Sherman, the STEAM (science, know-how, engineering, arts, arithmetic) coordinator for the nonprofit.

“(I hope) they have a new interest or a new passion that they’d like really like to learn about,” she mentioned. “Whether it’s like a career or just for fun or a new hobby or a new adventure.”

At Thursday’s morning assembly, counselors went by way of the schedule for the day, together with the foundations that campers and counselors got here up with. One camper advised including a rule to not harm the atmosphere, which counselors famous was very on theme.

Thursday’s actions targeted on snakes, and children have been excited to study extra in regards to the desert, mentioned Sherman.

Many Bend-La Pine Schools have been closed March 18-20 as effectively, so a number of youngsters had been attending Camp Fire day camp since.

“It’s gone really good,” mentioned Sherman. “It’s been nice to have some more kiddos and just seeing how their excitement for the camp has grown in just two weeks.”

Over spring break, the camp had between 20 and 23 youngsters per day. During conferences, further youngsters got here from Three Rivers School in Sunriver, so there have been round 40 youngsters then.

The day camp is split up between exterior playtime, the primary exercise, a snack break, lunch, video games and the primary craft. Though camp runs from roughly 9 a.m. to three p.m., there’s prolonged care for teenagers who want to remain till 5:30 p.m., mentioned Sherman. Campers deliver their very own lunch and snack.

“I hope that they learn. I hope that they find out something that they didn’t know before,” she mentioned. “I hope they also get excited about coming back and wanting to do more hands-on activities. Learning differently than they can in school.”