Highland Forest in October

Twice a year the students at The New School camp out overnight at Highland Forest. It is a magical two days at Pines Camp. On Thursday night parents join us for a potluck dinner and songs around the campfire. On our Thursday hike, after reading a book about birds nests, we challenged children to create a nest out of found twigs and branches. Later we added tie die designs to our New School t-shirts – each one as unique as our children. We also scheduled our traditional Teddy Bear Picnic in Highland Forest for the first time. All the teddy bears and animals agreed it was a much better place to play Hide and Seek. On Friday after feasting on a breakfast of buttermilk pancakes we set out to hike once again. The younger children learned more about forests to support their habitat unit and the older children learned about the food chain found in the forest and searched for evidence of 39 critters and plants.