Sunday, 3/30/25

3

:00 PM

ETA IS STILL 4:30 PM.

1:55 PM

We are off the 243 and on I-10. ETA is 4:30 PM.

12:50 PM

We are just departing Astrocamp! I will give you an ETA once we get off the mountain.

6:45 AM

Good morning Spartans! Can you believe that we are already up! The students are getting dressed and packing up their last few items into their bags. This morning we have breakfast, dorm check out and our last two classes. Around noon we will have a picnic lunch in the meadow before heading home. 

I will update the Blog as we travel home. I anticipate that we will arrive back at AE Wright between 4:00 - 4:30 PM. Please be on time to pick up your student. Thank you!

Saturday, 3/29/25

9:15 AM

Good morning AEW families! We had a restful night's sleep and were up before 7 AM for our 7:10 breakfast. After breakfast we had some free time and just began our morning class sessions. We are very excited for our full day of fun and learning! Some classes that our students will participate in before lunch are Atmosphere & Gases (they get to experiment on how different gases effect items) and Lights & Lasers (they learn about how our eyes work and different light frequencies). Stay tuned for more photos throughout the day! 

10:15 PM

What a busy but fun afternoon and evening we had! After our morning classes we had lunch, free time, and visited the AstroCamp store to purchase some swag! The students had two more afternoon classes. Today the students were able to build and launch rockets, which is always a blast! AE Wright is very lucky because after the Expedition Valles Marineris class (where the students rock climb) they took them out to the camp's zipline! Almost all of our students took the challenge and were able to go on the zipline once. This was a first for AE Wright and it was so fun watching the students conquer their fears. Tonight the students had a night time activity based on the game show "Price is Right" where they had to test their knowledge from the past few days. After that we came back to our dorms, packed up for tomorrow and went straight to bed. They (and us teachers) are tired! We can't believe that we we be back tomorrow. Time sure does fly!

Friday, 3/28/25

1:45 PM

We made it to camp around noon. The students ate their lunch, played in the meadow, moved into their dorms and are currently on a tour of camp. It's a beautiful day! It's about 51 degrees, but it feels much warmer in the sun. After the tour the students will have their first two classes. Stay tuned for more updates and pictures as the day goes on!

9:45 PM

What a fun day we had today! We have been able to load lots of pictures today with more to come, so stay tuned! Some of the classes the students visited today were Cosmic Lander (where they had to build and test a safe vessel to land a water balloon on a planet's surface) and Electricity & Magnetism (where they were able to play with lots of magnets). We had a dinner of chicken, rice, salad, vegetables, and desert! Our night ended with some free time outside and a class called Messier Madness (where it was a fun and activity scavenger hunt around camp). Most students fell asleep quickly because they were so tired! We have an early breakfast tomorrow! Stay tuned for another awesome day at camp!