Overnight at Calwood

Our second trip to Calwood was a great success. We arrived to BEAUTIFUL weather, hiked to our base camp, made natural shelters, partook in a cooking competition, practiced our fire skills, and then played stalking/night games till we couldn’t keep our eyes open any longer! On day two we learned about fire mitigation and helped Calwood out by cutting down trees. Our group cut so fast we were able to end the service project early, play a few more games, and get a little bowdrill practice in! We had a great time!

Natural Shelters:

Sam builds his natural shelter

Dionte tries his out!

Matthew practices one-match fires

Cottonball fires

Camping at Golden Gate Canyon

Our first overnight to Golden Gate Canyon State Park was a blast! For most of the students it was their first time camping overnight in a tent. We practice many skills including map and compass skills, fire skills, leave no trace principles, cooking, and nature awareness. We also went on a long hike and few of us bravely ate some grasshoppers. Here are some pictures we’d like to share:

The whole group overlooking the Continental Divide

Tavier and Kenia enjoying our hike

Zach and Kenia practicing their fire skills

Zach roasting grasshoppers

Jacob tells us ghost stories around the fire

Oktobre and Kenia practice the bowdrill

Edward finishes our LONG hike!

Pre-Course Survey, 2nd Quarter 2008

Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we
need to get some feedback about your outdoor experience, your thoughts
about the environment, your community, etc. Please answer this survey
honestly and to the best of your ability. The good folks who fund this
class use this information to assess the performance of the class and
this information will help us acquire new grants. Please Click Here To Take The Survey.

CAP Post Course Survey, 1st Quarter 2008

As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest
feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for
future students. This information will not affect your grade, but
please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by the school, the
Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help us secure funding to make this class accessible to other
high school students. Please Click Here to Take the Survey.