Radney School Day Camps Increase Science SAT’s

Radney School 5th graders, from Alexander City, kept our staff and volunteers busy over a 3 day period as the 276 students participated in and enjoyed environmental education programs. The day camps, offered April 23-25, saw about 90 students each day and were the result of a push by the school to introduce their students to environmental issues and give them “hands on” exposure to assist in learning.

This event was sponsored, in part, by the Tallapoosa Watershed Project.

Since Radney has started participating in environmental programs, both at camp and through the local Extension Service, administrators report an increase in Science SAT scores. They believe this directly correlates to the outside programs and relating it to the students Course of Study.

Each student that came was able to do water testing on the lake, including use of an Aquascope to assist in determining water clarity. Students learned about birds indigenous to our area and were able to build blue bird houses as well. Tree identification, learning about the hydrologic water cycle and earth layers related to water, were also part of the program. Everyone learned about our land, water, and sky at the Dunn Environmental Center and learned team building dynamics at the pavilion. We look forward to having top Science Scholar Bowl students back in August and hope to have a program to serve all 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in the 2007-2008 school year. Did you know that Camp ASCCA is in Facebook? If you are too, please go on over and “Friend” Camp ASCCA. This way you may keep up with what we’re doing all the time. Join the Camp ASCCA Facebook group, too.