Camp Wooten gives kids time for learning, bonding

All Odessa sixth graders, teachers Julie Wehr and Tim Larson and parent chaperones Peggy DeWulf and Danielle Scrupps went to Camp Wooten September 23-26.

Camp Wooten is an environmental camp serving multiple schools. Activities involved hands-on science-related survival instruction and classes on soils, wind energy and wildlife. It was also a bonding time for the sixth-grade students who were paired up and spread out among the many cabins with kids from other schools. It was a fun time and the students had lots to share with each other when they came back together.

Attendance at the camp was m...