Science Camp is ALMOST HERE!!

Camp dates are September 8-12 (Monday-Friday)

Please check out the Science Camp Checklist

• Quick Camp Reminder!
  Have you finished everything your child needs to go to camp?

Paper form, online registration, and full payment all need to be completed. We’ve sent emails and made calls to those who still need to wrap things up. Thanks for taking care of it!

• The anticipated arrival time to Magnolia on Monday, the 8th, is 6:45 am. The buses are scheduled to leave by 7:30 am and arrive by 1:00 (please remember we will stop in Cordelia Junction Community Park to stretch, eat lunch, and have a restroom break)

  • A BrightArrow Message will be sent to let you know we arrived

  • Students should bring their own food for the way there

  • Camp will provide lunch on the way home

    • We will stop at the Cordelia Junction Community Park

• Please remember to keep all digital devices at home. There is no service, and the devices will be confiscated and returned to you when we get home.

• The anticipated return time on Friday, September 12th, could be between 4-5pm (we hope to leave camp around 10:00 am). Magnolia will send out an all-call when we get closer to the campus.

• Please make sure to do a health check of your child before you go. The last thing we want to happen is for your child to get sick. If they get sick during camp, we will be asking you to drive down and pick up your child.

  • If your child has meds, please drop them off at the office 

    • Preferably before Monday, September 8 if at all possible

    • Please note that your child should not carry OTC meds on them

• When students arrive, please take your child’s luggage to the truck and trailer located at the basketball courts across from Magnolia, near Cottage Hill

  • A packing list is attached to this message for you to look at, just in case it has been misplaced

  • Please remember to put names on bags, including a large bag containing a pillow and a sleeping bag

    • Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Lukenbill will be there to assist you.

  • Tie a pink, yellow or green string on your child’s luggage; luggage and the bag for a sleeping bag and pillow (This will help identify which bus your student is riding to and from camp.)

    • Mrs. Adams will hand out ONLY 2 strings to tie on your child’s 

    • Makes it easier to find when the luggage is unloaded

• Your child will then need to go to the Quad

  • They will get their Magnolia camp shirt

    • Mr. French will be handing out camp t-shirts at a table

  • Then go to the small gym and find their Advisory Teacher’s Name on the wall to wait for the time to get on the buses

    • Mrs. Stroud will help direct if help is needed

  • Please remind your child that it is also a good time to use the restroom

• Cabins will be announced on Monday

Thank you from your 6th-grade Science Camp Team

Fall 2025 - Sixth Grade Science Camp

Each year the 6th graders at Magnolia have the wonderful opportunity to attend Science Camp, an extended coastal/environmental studies field trip to the Santa Cruz Mountains. For most students, this will be one of the most memorable experiences they will have in their school life. 

Purpose – Academic and Social Growth

This program enables the students to participate in a wide range of classroom instruction and then apply their classroom knowledge and skills in the field (outdoors, in a unique learning environment). The children become aware of the interrelations of various organisms through observations and activities within their natural surroundings. Totally outside the conventional classroom walls, the children and teachers get to see one another in a completely different light than would be possible within the usual classroom environment. Often, a child who may not do well in the strictly academic structure of the classroom excels in the outdoor and small group settings.

Science Camp Information:

DATE: In the Fall, Date TBA (we are anticipating the beginning of September) after June 2025

LOCATION: Camp Jones Gulch, 11000 Pescadero Creek Rd, La Honda, CA 94020

TRANSPORTATION: Durham Transportation school bus.

FACILITIES: There are 4 separate camp villages, with a campfire circle in each area of the camp. 

Twenty-nine cabins house 10-18 people each in dormitory-style cabins with bunk beds.

SUPERVISION: Magnolia sixth-grade teachers are in attendance the entire week.

Additionally, each small group of students (same gender) is supervised at all times by a counselor (high school sophomore, junior, senior, or college student). Your child’s safety and well-being are a top priority.

COST: Magnolia’s campers' cost is $555 per student, including accommodations and food. Our Pleasant Ridge School District will be providing the cost of transportation.