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Spring & Fall 2020

We are excited to have a spring semester full of returners and new faces!
Go to the "Plan a Trip" tab above to see field trip content info and to contact us about reserving dates for your group. 

Peace of Christ Church Retreat
Round Rock, TX
January 25, 2020​

While the parents and other adults of the church were participating in a day of reflection, prayer, and rejuvenation, their kids went adventuring on a fun-filled day of outdoor ed activities! We made observation journals for written and illustrated descriptions of our surroundings, hiked and challenged our senses, bird-watched, built reading forts, and crafted our way through the day. This group of  explorers were anywhere from 3-12 years old and were insightful, observant, and so creative!
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Outdoor play is integral to healthy physical, cognitive, and emotional development. 
Curious about planning an outdoor adventure for your own group? Check out the "Plan a Trip" tab on the menu bar above!  

Fall 2019 - Trips & Updates

CUB SCOUT PACK 159
Fall Family Camp Out
November 1-3, 2019

Cub Scout Pack 159, Austin Texas was chartered on October 1, 1971, Pack 159 is one of the older and more established Cub Scout packs in the Northwest Austin area.  They welcome scouts and families from all different backgrounds. Pack 159 is open to boys and girls in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Complete their Contact Form, email join@pack159.org, or visit their website for more info!

ODA - Science Leadership Seminar
October 28, 2019

This group of middle to high school aged students came out with One Day Academy leaders and volunteers for a full day of team building challenges and leadership discussions. Their trip activities focused upon personality traits & leadership qualities, goal setting & personal growth, working as a team to reach your goals, group dynamics, self-reflection practices, canoeing, orienteering, track, scat, and native plant identification, water conservation, and the importance of using our interests, gifts, and education to have a positive influence upon the people and the world around us.

Texas Hill Country Homeschoolers
Fall Field Day - Friday, October 18, 2019

Over a hundred local kids and their parents came out to enjoy a fun filled day of games and activities for the annual Field Day organized by THCH & LTH. Events are differentiated for kids ages 4-6, 10-12, and 13-18. Each participant brings an in-kind donation for camp as part of their entrance fee. This year they collected 4 giant tubs of materials including board games, construction paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, paints, bracelet-making thread, and pencils for use in our Outdoor Education, Afterschool, and Summer Camp programs!! 

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated for your donations & continued support!
If you live in the Burnet or Llano Counties and are interested in learning more, discussing curriculum/resources, or participating in local educational events, get connected with this group through their facebook page, Texas Hill Country Homeschoolers ! 

SPICEWOOD ELEMENTARY, MFISD
​Teacher Inservice / Staff Development Day

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
From team-building in low ropes and an SEL session on teacher self-care to friendly competition and goal-setting in archery, we had a great time with the teachers and staff of Spicewood Elementary yesterday! We wish this dedicated group of teachers a great school year and an even better first day of school. Consider Camp of the Hills for your staff development day!

August 8-9, 2019
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Marble Falls FFA Retreat

"Our Chapter Officers and Ag teachers spent the past two days bonding, facing fears, building trust, planning for the year, climbing and jumping off of things, and enjoying time in the great outdoors! Thank you @campofthehills for hosting us and being a part of bringing our team closer than ever. We are ready and super excited for the 2019-2020 school year! "
- Marble Falls FFA Chapter

We loved hosting these amazing women at camp for an overnight team-building retreat! 
Use the Plan a Trip tab above to contact us about bringing out your own group.

May 24, 2019

Tippit Middle School​
​6th Graders
​Georgetown, TX

Theme: 
Ecosystems & Symbiotic Relationships

Academic Content:
Within the garden: Pollinators, Decomposers, Raised Beds, Container Gardens, Aquaponic Systems
Within the wild: Native Plants, Local Wildlife, Tracks & Scat, Natural Resources 

​Adventure Activity Choices:
Canoeing, Archery, Orienteering/Hiking, Team-building Challenges,

Artistic Activity Choices:
Rock Stacking, Natural Dyes/Painting, Nature Collages, Recycling Art.

May 20 / May 23, 2019
MFISD 5th Graders
​Moving to Middle School
​Team-building Camp!

Marble Falls ISD has four different elementary campuses that all combine to form one big middle school campus. With so many new people and experiences, the change from elementary to middle school can be tough.  In hopes of easing this transition, all the 5th grade students spent a day out at camp doing activities that focused on team-building, self-evaluation, goal setting,  and encouraged them to get out of their comfort zones.

MFISD Highland Lakes Elementary - 2nd Graders

May 2, 2019
 75 students and close to 25 parents/teachers braved the stormy weather and were so flexible and positive! Even though we had to change up the day's plan, we still had a lot of fun and managed to bring the outdoors inside or under cover.  We built reading forts, learned about local wildlife and tracks, planted herbs and succulents, learned about composting worms, and made some beautiful wildflower art!
Thank you HLES for being such wonderful campers!
FORTIS ACADEMY
LIBERTY HILL, TX

April 8, 2019

Kinder, 1st, & 2nd grades came out to camp for a wonderful day full of activities! Content included canoeing and water front safety, pictographs and painting with natural pigments, rock stacking and rock art, building and reading inside tent forts, and a garden tour making observations of the veggies and looking for garden friends like pollinators, protectors, and decomposers! 
These littles had BIG imaginations and we were so impressed with their teamwork and creativity. 

Middle School Day Camp

in partnership with the after-school program at Marble Falls Middle School

February 16, 2019

The students registered in our after-school program at MFMS earned this trip as a reward for their participation throughout the Fall '18 semester. They did the High Ropes Course, Archery, Canoeing, Fishing, and had a great time building up their friendships with each other and with us! 

Peace of Christ Church Retreat
​January 26, 2019

During their parents' weekend retreat, these kids ages 2-8 had adventures in our green house, observed worms that help convert food waste to compost, went on hikes looking for tracks, scat, and plants, built forts to read in, and built towers out of rocks! Our goal was to be outside and explore as much as possible. They loved it and were such troopers; rain or shine they were ready to go!

One Day Academy 
​​November 26, 2018

One Day Academy is an organization that helps supplement and support homeschooling families all across Texas. A group from the Hill Country Region of ODA coordinated a half day trip with us that focused on:
- Leadership & Stewardship
- Personality Styles, Strengths & Teamwork
- Orienteering & Nature Hikes
- Track, Scat, & Plant Identification 
- Water Conservation
It was a wonderful day of personal growth and reflection as well as a wonderful opportunity to integrate content from the various classes they are studying into hands-on activities and extension projects!

Highland Lakes Elementary Teachers
August 13, 2018 

More than 80 wonderful teachers spent their first day of in-service in team building activities, strengthening relationships, and discussing a book called The Fundamental 5 which is about simple strategies and routines that make a big difference when used consistently in the classroom. 

Faith Academy Teachers
September 25, 2018

​Faith Academy teachers from elementary to high school created a staff development day around the book Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire which focuses on ways of engaging your students in authentic ways, the importance of providing real-world applications for the material, and the benefits of integrating cross-curriculum activities.