Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Our Next OIMY Session

Our next OIMY session is coming up pretty fast, it will be Thursday, November 13th and Friday, November 14th on Saturna. We expect that the travel times will be the same as our last SEEC adventure. What will be different this time is that all OIMY students will receive Exploratory selections next week, so we can all sign up for our preferred activity, whether that is cooking, art and nature, geocashing, etc.

An updated schedule of events will be posted here next week as well!

The main building at the SEEC site on Saturna

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Travel Times to SEEC

Here are our arrival and departure times for next week:

Departing Wednesday morning (Oct 15) by water taxi:

GANGES HAWK
(Mayne) Depart Miner’s Bay 9:15
(Galiano) Depart Sturdies 9:25
Arrive Lyall Harbour 10:00

GRADUATE 
(Phoenix) Depart Ganges 8:45 a.m.
(Pender) Depart Port Washington 9:20
Arrive Lyall Harbour 10:00

Returning Thursday afternoon (Oct 16) by ferry*: 

Arrive on Mayne at 4:45pm
Arrive on Galiano at 5:45pm 
Arrive on Pender at 6:40pm

*Phoenix will take the regular water taxi run back to Salt Spring arriving at 6:30pm

(When travelling on the water taxis students who weigh 80 pounds or less MUST have their own lifejackets.)

OIMY @ SEEC for Term 1 of 2014

For Term 1, OIMY is teaming up with SEEC! SEEC is the Saturna Ecological Education Centre, a unique program in our district. Last year OIMY students travelled to Saturna to get a taste of what SEEC offers; this year we'll get a much more comprehensive experience.

OIMY students will travel to Saturna Island, where the SEEC high school students will pair up with our OIMY students to explore and experience ecological learning. The OIMY students will work through a process of developing leadership skills that can be applied to leading ecological learning activities on their home-islands. This year's program will consists of two back-to-back days with an overnight camping experience. Such a format will create the opportunity for rich place-based learning, integrating academic competencies, explorations, physical education, and significant social opportunities. The first session of this year's OIMY program will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 15 and 16, 2014. Here is a link to an outline of activities and the "what to bring list".

Also check out the SEEC site to learn more.

Group challenge at SEEC Spring 2014.