Be Nice Out There: Bright Elementary goes to camp
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Courtesy of Natasha Shelton
PreK-6 Integrated Arts
Bright Elementary
The morning of Wednesday, Sept. 14, the Bright Elementary sixth-grade class – accompanied by eight teachers – loaded the buses. The destination was Camp Kern for an overnight stay.
They were off to what has become the fourth annual trip to BNOT Camp. BNOT stands for Be Nice Out There.
This is a version of Project Trust geared toward middle school-aged children. An easy way to explain the camp is to say that it is “Anti-bullying, without saying anti-bullying.”
Students are grouped into families that work, play and eat together. Activities are focused on building mutual respect, understanding of differences and discovering similarities.
The Bright Elementary group worked all through Wednesday and ended at a campfire meeting. Students and staff shared the highlights of the day’s events and rested up for Thursday’s busy agenda.
Groups continued working to solidify a positive community. Students also brainstormed and planned ways that they could bring back and share this BNOT message to the rest of the school.
It is a two-day camp, but the ultimate goal is for students to incorporate this message of positivity into their daily lives, continuing the sense of fellowship and unity into the future.
PreK-6 Integrated Arts
Bright Elementary
The morning of Wednesday, Sept. 14, the Bright Elementary sixth-grade class – accompanied by eight teachers – loaded the buses. The destination was Camp Kern for an overnight stay.
They were off to what has become the fourth annual trip to BNOT Camp. BNOT stands for Be Nice Out There.
This is a version of Project Trust geared toward middle school-aged children. An easy way to explain the camp is to say that it is “Anti-bullying, without saying anti-bullying.”
Students are grouped into families that work, play and eat together. Activities are focused on building mutual respect, understanding of differences and discovering similarities.
The Bright Elementary group worked all through Wednesday and ended at a campfire meeting. Students and staff shared the highlights of the day’s events and rested up for Thursday’s busy agenda.
Groups continued working to solidify a positive community. Students also brainstormed and planned ways that they could bring back and share this BNOT message to the rest of the school.
It is a two-day camp, but the ultimate goal is for students to incorporate this message of positivity into their daily lives, continuing the sense of fellowship and unity into the future.