Grade 8 sets record for having entire class pass advanced orienteering during the middle school's Sept. 25-26 Wilderness Experience at Amigo Centre.

In the course, each canoe group must find hidden clues on the lake using a compass and clues on how to get from one location to the next. As a fun incentive, canoe groups get a utensil for their evening spaghetti supper for each task successfully completed. This is the first class to have all groups earn all their utensils.

The grade 8 class also spent the day and a half camping and learning other outdoor survival skills such as building fires, cooking over a fire, and canoe rescue, Grades 6-7 stayed in cabins and rotated among 6 different classes. This year's courses were introduction to orienteering, papermaking, canoeing, marsh study, archery, and cooperative games.

During the evening worship time, Gwen and Les Gustafson-Zook of Mennonite Central Committee led the group in worship songs around a campfire. Gwen also shared a story of peacemaking and the importance of listening to understand others

Using a compass to find the location of the next cluse in Advance Orienteering.

Practicing a water resuce with canoes.

Fire building.

Seventh grader Katie Hurst shoots a bulls-eye on her way to scoring a 27 out of 30!

Students and a parent volunteer learn to work together and problem solve tasks in cooperative games.
Students learn to make paper from recylced paper and leaves.

Social Studies teacher Tim Lehman makes some early morning coffee over a fire.