ZOOBOO!

Halloween came with a trip to ZOOBOO on Friday, October 28th as we loaded up to the Maryland Zoo. There was a costume change then off to see the wild animals! Students saw many creatures including chimpanzees, penguins, cheetahs, birds, giraffes, and lions that were so close you could touch them. Later the students went trick- or- treating, navigated through a maze and gathered pumpkins. What a scary day it was!

First few weeks in the Creative Arts Studio

These first few weeks in the art studio have found the BUGS students discussing why people make art & why they personally make art (see Maurice), constructing their first self portraits (value self portrait projects pictured below), sewing journals, and completing a basic print making project. It's going to be a year full of glue, paint, clay, hula hoops, sewing machines, learning, fun & growth!

Why Maurice makes art: "I make art because it's really really fun!!"

Below: Shoniqua works in her hand sewn self expression journal.

Value Self Portrait Projects

Students filled their traced profile with images of their personal values and objects they liked and then wrote an artist autobiography.

Working on the Bridgers' Community Values Banner

End of Summer/Fall Gardening

Recently in gardening component, students completed a gardening scavenger hunt in which they identified many plants like kale, lettuce and sunflowers.
They did plenty of harvesting and planting and created beautiful gardening journals to record their activities and progress.

How Many Seeds In A Tomato?

Students dissected tomato seeds. Using their estimation skills, they tried to determine the number of seeds in several tomatoes based on the number they counted in the first one. Their estimation skills improved greatly from their first tomato! 

Students were amazed at how many tomato plants can be grown from the seeds in just one tomato!

Some End-of-the-Day Rec Room Fun

Camp Puh'Tok Day Trip

New students from Commodore John Rogers got to experience their first trip to the legendary Camp Puh'Tok! They saw and touched many exciting animals and got to cool off in the pool.

Baltimore Orioles Game

On June 8^th
B.U.G.S. watched the Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland. As we munched on peanuts
and popcorn, we cheered and cheered until we could not wait any longer. The Orioles won 3-2!

Hula Hooping Fun In The Summer!

BUGS Students Participate In A Variety Of Activities

For the students of the BUGS Summer Program there was never a dull moment! Students participated in many different and fascinating activities throughout their weeks of camp. In light of many comments made by students they seemed to very much enjoy their time at the program and all of the various activities they did.

For example, students went on a very intriguing field trip to the Irvine Nature Center. During the trip students saw many animals and learned a lot about nature and wild life. As you can see, students seem to be very happy observing the animals.

Back on campus students continued to have fun doing other things. BUGS students have four basic components during their days on campus. These components include cooking, gardening, dancing, and service learning. During the gardening component of the day students learned how to harvest multiple crops.

Students harvested potatoes:

harvested garlic:

and even cherry tomatoes:

Throughout the days of camp, students were kept busy doing all of the wonderful activities. Some activities, such as the aerial dancing, were very tiring while being out in the sun all day long. So students were able to take a break and cool off in the sprinkler! It was so much fun and all the students enjoyed the time to just cool off and relax!