Vol. 52, No.30
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
August 06, 2014
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Mountain View School District Students Enjoy the Great Outdoors by Michele Earle El Monte
Hiking, nature, campfires, star gazing, fun, games and friendship are a few of the many elements that make up Mountain View School District’s Camp Mt. View experience for students. The camp, owned and operated by the school district, has been providing a fun, educationally enriching and memorable summer camping experience for Mountain View students for over 45 years. Nestled in the beautiful Angeles National Forest in Wrightwood, Camp Mt.
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While on a field trip to the Devil’s Punch Bowl Nature Center, students learn about bees, long horned owls, barn owls and venomous and non-venomous snakes on display at the center. Taking a moment to cool off in a real mountain stream, students enjoy splashing around in the crystal, clear water at Big Rock Creek.
View enables students to escape the city for a fourday, fun adventure in the mountains. Students have great time up at camp and learn a lot while experiencing many new things like being in the mountains and hiking on a nature trail. Teachable moments are abundant at Camp Mt. View where the native plants, rocks, insects and
clear night sky provide the perfect setting for learning about geology, ecology, reptiles, arachnid, insects, stars and the stations of the moon. Camp Mt. View is located about 75 miles from El Monte at an elevation of 7,000 feet, and is equipped with a dining room, a fireplace, a large kitchen, rest rooms and showers, and secure cabins with bunk beds.
The 2014 summer camp program ran for four weeks with approximately 25 students arriving at Camp Mt. View each Monday morning, ready for their camping adventure. The entire camp experience including transportation, lodging and food is paid for by the District. In addition to the activities at the camp site, students enjoy field trips to Big Rock
Siddall as well as dozens of family members who came
to celebrate many of the
Creek for water play and to the Devil’s Punch Bowl Nature Center for an up close look at reptiles and animals who call the mountains home. The nighttime activities at Camp are just as fun-filled and include camp fire singalongs, marshmallow roasting, dances, crafts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes and archery.
El Monte Troop 551 Holds Rank Advancement Ceremony by Mark Peters El Monte
El Monte Troop 551 held their annual rank advancement ceremony at the end of July, on a Tuesday evening at the American Legion Post 261. Members and family of the community gathered to celebrate the achievements of the Troop as a whole throughout the 201314 school year. Troop 551 leaders in attendance were Scout Master Bill Durini, Cub Master Terry Lopez, Assistant Scout Master William Milkoff, Webelos Den Leader Erick Bonilla, Assistant Cub Master Mark Peters, and Former Scout Master Richard
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