• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
The Greenway Foundation

The Greenway Foundation

Revitalizing Rivers. Reconnecting Communities.

  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Our Team
    • Employment
    • Blog
    • Annual Report
    • Contact Us
  • SPREE
    • Elementary
      • Field Trips
        • Preschool SPREE Field Trip
        • Kindergarten SPREE Field Trip
        • First Grade SPREE Field Trip
        • Second Grade SPREE Field Trip
        • Third Grade SPREE Field Trip
        • Fourth Grade SPREE Field Trip
        • Fifth Grade SPREE Field Trip
      • Camps
        • Summer Camp
        • School Break Camp
    • Middle School
      • Leaders In Training
    • High School
      • River Rangers
      • Greenway Leadership Corps
    • Families
      • Family Events
      • Camps
        • Summer Camp
        • School Break Camp
      • Just for Kids
  • Stewardship
    • Clean Water Challenge
    • Nautilus
    • Gutter Bins
    • Volunteer
  • Projects
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Family Events
    • Stewardship Events
    • CROSSCURRENTS
    • Reception on the River
    • Gala on the Bridge
  • Give
  • SPREE
  • Elementary
    • Field Trips
      • Preschool (ECE)
      • Kindergarten
      • First Grade
      • Second Grade
      • Third Grade
      • Fourth Grade
      • Fifth Grade
      • Field Trip Signup
      • Field Trip Feedback
    • Camps
      • Summer Camp
      • School Break Camp
    • Scholarships
  • Middle School
    • Leaders In Training
  • High School
    • River Rangers
    • Greenway Leadership Corps
  • Families
    • Family Events
    • Camps
      • Summer Camp
      • School Break Camp
    • Just for Kids
    • Scholarships

River Rangers are Out and About

Check out all that our 2023 High School River Rangers are up to this spring! This year we were able to work with two different groups to meet our goal of educating and fostering passion in teens. We have three River Rangers from Kipp Denver Collegiate, and six River Rangers volunteering with us through Groundwork Denver.

Animal Babies Spring Break camp

This spring break our river rangers attended a day of or animal babies spring break camp. Their goals for this day was to be a kid! This was their first day of their internship and they did amazing. Not only were they interactive during our activities but they also went out of their comfort zone and worked on their management techniques. They came out of their shell quickly and were playing twister before we knew it! Needless to say all of the campers for the week loved the “teenagers” as they called them. Our river rangers were so exited throughout the day but most of all they loved Critter Crawl. We even showed them how to hold a crawdad!!

The KIPP River Rangers have already had their three excursion days. The KIPP River Rangers are teaching at our 5th grade excursion which takes place in Overland Pond Park. For their first day they were able to go through a day of excursions without kids and see the lesson they chose being taught. This gave them time to ask questions about the lesson and day in general. It was also an opportunity for them to meet our team and have some fun!

This helped prepare them for their second day Which was meant for them to teach the beginning part of their lesson. However, during their second day all three of our River Rangers taught most if not all of their lesson and did so confidently!

Sofia taught all about pollution and how to prevent it through a story, Uli taught about water quality testing, and Jisela taught about all of the physical adaptations of a beaver. We ended a great day By taking the Rangers on our Raft into Overland Pond.

For their third and final teaching day the rangers taught their whole lesson confidently twice! We were very lucky during these three days with good weather but we got even luckier today for our final day, two of our three river rangers caught their very first crawdad! (see pictures below)

Published: April 17, 2023
Category: High SchoolTag: River Rangers, youth programs
SPREE

About SPREE

South Platte River Environmental Education (SPREE) has been introducing Denver area youth to the river through school excursions, day camps, weekend events, internships, and summer employment for over 40 years. Learn More

Previous Post:Russell Square Park: Grand Opening
Next Post:Party for our Planetparty for our planet 2023 childrens museum_jillian

Sidebar

Current News

Park Day: May GLC Event

For our May GLC event we had a fun park day all planned out. This event was largely affected by weather but despite that we had an amazing day! We …

More Blog Posts

Creative Juices Flowing at CSU Spur with Art on the River

GLC Spring Stewardship Day 2023

Pacifico Preserves Spring South Platte Stewardship Day

Snowy Spring Stewardship❄️

Blog Categories

Blog Archive

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014

The Greenway Foundation

1820 Platte Street, Denver, CO 80202

info@greenwayfoundation.org

303.481.1974

FEIN: 51-0193575

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
1% for the Planet Nonprofit Partner
About Us
SPREE
Stewardship
Projects
Events
DONATE TODAY
SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST
CONTACT US

Copyright © 2023 · The Greenway Foundation · All Rights Reserved