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Can anyone guess what animal the students are trying to call?📞 St. Matthias Montessori was so much fun today! 😊🦆 ✨Mystery Monday ✨ afternoon views from Camp Leopold 🌅 Happy Earth Day 🌎🌱🌳 We had so much fun with Pocalla Springs🛶🐞 ✨Mystery Monday✨ 🌈🌈🌈 ✨Mystery✨ we just love our waterfowl aviary! Can you name a duck you have seen while on-site? 🦆🦆🦆 CMS Clifdale was able to attend Camp Leopold last week, and it was our LARGEST GROUP in the HISTORY OF CAMP and THIS YEAR! We had the opportunity of having Hugh McLaurin of Big Lake Duck Calls out to teach the students about sounds different species of ducks make as well. Thank you to Big Lake Outdoor Products, and thank you to CMS Clifdale. We hope to see you soon! Leopold PLUS+ visits are some of our favorite things to do! We love coming into schools to teach one of our six classes: Their Blood Runs Cold, Wonderful Wetlands, Creatures of the Woods, Waterfowl Adventures, Spineless Wonders and Scarecrow and the Plow. Can you guess which class the students had the opportunity of participating in? Camp Leopold has LOVED having Ware Shoals this week! While their visit ends tomorrow, we just wanted to share a few quick photos of the past two days! Some students have found some interesting bugs, tracks, and eggs! Scroll through to see their findings. Last Friday, we had the opportunity to teach St. Paul Presbyterian and their wonderful group of students that arrived. While the weather was not cooperating for most of the day Friday, the kids were still excited and happy to be there. We hope to see them again. Jackson Creek Elementary was able to come for an on-site visit yesterday and today. This is the schools 5th year involved with the Camp Leopold program, and we hope to see them again next year! Our Camp Leopold+PLUS program is specialized to bring fun and learning to your school. Our in-house classes are designed to engage your students with hands-on learning while also providing a change in the environment. Many of these classes include a visit from one of our animal ambassadors–either a snake, turtle, or duck–that the students can interact with hands-on! These visits are provided FREE OF CHARGE thanks to the generous support of our local corporate partners. In order to sign up, please fill out the registration form linked below. For this Leopold +PLUS class, we brought a Wood Duck, a species of waterfowl. BLOOD RUNS COLD! Reptiles and amphibians are important to the balance of ecosystems where they are native. Camp Leopold has different species of animals used to aid in the education of our students. We will study these creepy and crawly creatures and spend the evening dispelling myths and fears about these wonderful animals. Does this sound like something you would want to be included in? 🐍🐢 we are ready for another week of hands-on learning ⭐️⭐️⭐️ We love our animal ambassadors! Swipe right to learn about what species of waterfowl we are holding. We can not wait to have schools back on-site soon! With the addition of a new boat house AND low ropes course, the adventures students will have at Camp Leopold will now be even MORE fun. Stay tuned for updates 🛶🛶🛶🪢🪢🪢 Last week, we were able to host Cayce Elementary for the entire week with two groups. We all had a busy week together, but it was well worth it. Bo, Tiny Tim, Tina and Amber were the highlight for many students and were able to help teach our Blood Runs Cold class. Did you know that our turtle, Tina, is a musk turtle meaning that when she feels threatened, she releases an odor to protect herself from predators. Amber, our corn snake, is amelanstic meaning that she lacks dark pigments, something different than an albino. Lastly, do you know what the term ectothermic means? If not, come to Camp Leopold to find out! This week, we have been hosting Pine Ridge Middle at Camp Leopold for a three day session. Yesterday, several groups enjoyed nature journaling and blood runs cold. Have you ever nature journaled? If not, you should try it! Check back in with us later today to see what this school has been up to. Sometimes Camp Leopold calls for a photoshoot with your best friends! Earlier this week, we were able to have Manning Elementary out for a two day visit. The students were all very excited to be there and were FULL of energy! When students are excited to be at Camp Leopold, it makes our job 10X more fun. Are you familiar with Camp Leopold? If not, check out our website for more information below. We hope to see you and your school on site soon. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at SCWA, Camp Woodie, and Camp Leopold. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with their friends and family. We will be back in the office on Monday! Until then, take care! 🍁🦃 Today, our class was very observant and found lots of different animals including frogs, snakes, grasshoppers, worms and salamanders! What can you find in your backyard? We were thrilled to have our first three day session of 2021 with this group of students! They were great while switching from different activities and experiencing what Camp Leopold has to offer. This week we had the privilege of hosting Jay Keck from the South Carolina Wildlife Federation. He was able to come out and teach the staff about native snake and bird identification. The staff was able to enjoy some classroom learning followed by a morning nature walk where they found many different organisms-high and low! The highlights of this walk included sightings of brown-headed nuthatches, a variegated fritillary and a red-shouldered hawk. How exciting! Earlier this week, we were able to host Dorchester Academy at our Wildlife Education Center. With this being our second group of the year, we were excited for the opportunity to help teach this group about wetland habitats, spineless creatures and much more! Scroll through to see how much fun everyone had. Bird Fest 2021 is right around the corner. If you are near Moncks Corner on October 2nd, come check out the Camp Leopold and Camp Woodie booth. We will be discussing what our programs entail and would love to speak with you if you have any questions. It will be a fun filled day with live music and food. Come check it out! Several Sumter School District administrators came to Camp Leopold today for a staff meeting. Their primary goal was to be able to focus on finding new opportunities for their students as well as bond as a team to prepare for the upcoming school year. As part of our day together, we introduced everyone to our friendly corn snake, Amber. Overall, the weather was beautiful and we were thankful to have another group attend a Camp Leopold session. We are hoping to have Sumter School District students and educators on site in the future as well.