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Elementary

Fall Colors Holiday Camp

November 3, 2015

SPREE CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT FALL ​SPREE campers recently enjoyed a break from school and some beautiful weather while learning about autumn. This one-day holiday camp took place on November 2nd, …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Art on the River and Panning on the Platte Recap

October 29, 2015

Art on the River  On October 3rd we meet at City of Cuernavaca Park for our annual Art on the River.  With plenty of green space to share with our …

Elementary, Events, Family, SPREE
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Underground Investigation at Holiday Camp

October 22, 2015

​UNDERGROUND INVESTIGATORS AT SPREE HOLIDAY CAMP ​How fast can a mole dig? What creatures might we find under a dead log? The first fall camp for SPREE’s Adventures Outside program …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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History Detectives Week At Summer Camp

September 3, 2015

​HISTORY DETECTIVES WEEK Mountains, seas, and prehistoric creatures! SPREE summer campers became history detectives in the final week of summer camp this year.  We learned about prehistoric oceans and the …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Summer Campers Explore Denver History

September 2, 2015

​WEEK 10 CAMPERS EXPLORE THE RIVER AND DENVER HISTORY Have you ever traveled through time? SPREE summer campers have! We spent our tenth week of summer camp exploring the history …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Campers Become Water Engineers

August 15, 2015

​WEEK 9 SUMMER CAMPERS BECOME WATER ENGINEERS Do you know what flocculation means? SPREE campers do! At SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Camps, we spent our week discovering the power of …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Amazing Animal Adaptations at SPREE Summer Camp

August 15, 2015

​WEEK 8 CAMPERS HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS At SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Day Camps, we spent the week learning about the incredible talents of the animals of Colorado. …

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Campers Enjoy Outdoor Adventures Week and SPREE Camp Out

August 1, 2015

CAMPERS ENJOY OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WEEK AND SPREE CAMP OUT Week 7 was an exciting week for campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Camps. After a week of camping games and …

Elementary, Events, Family, SPREE
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Campers Explore Life Underwater

July 27, 2015

SUMMER CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT LIFE UNDERWATER In Week 6, campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Camps explored below the surface of the River. We started off the week learning about watersheds …

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Mad Scientists Week at Summer Camp

July 19, 2015

​CAMPERS USE NATURE TO INSPIRE INVENTIONS Week Five at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Day Camps was all about experimenting and inventing! We learned a lot from nature, took apart old machines, …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Campers Welcome July With a Splash

July 12, 2015

CAMPERS ENJOY A WEEK OF SUMMERTIME FUN IN JULY  Campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside camps had a fun start to the month of July. They learned about the properties of …

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Birds, Monarchs, and More at Summer Camps

July 5, 2015

SUMMER CAMPS WEEK 3: THINGS WITH WINGS In our third week of SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Day Camps, campers learned all about things with wings. Here are a few of …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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River Artists Get Creative at Summer Camp

July 1, 2015

SUMMER CAMPS, WEEK 2: RIVER ARTISTS Spree campers became river artists in our second week of summer camp, creating amazing works while learning about their environment.  Campers at Johnson Habitat …

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Summer Camps: Special Agents Clean Up the River

June 20, 2015

​CAMPERS BECOME SPECIAL AGENTS, CLEAN UP THE RIVER Campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside summer day camps have been having fun while learning about the environment. In the first week, campers …

Elementary, Family, SPREE, Stewardship
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Summer Day Camps are in Full Swing for 2015

June 14, 2015

​SUMMER DAY CAMPS IN FULL SWING SPREE’s Adventures Outside Day Camp is in full swing and we are excited to have a talented team of new and returning summer staff.​ …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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APRIL 13, 2015 HOLIDAY CAMP: REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE RIVER

April 15, 2015

We had a blast becoming herpetologists and studying reptiles and amphibians! ​Reptiles:First we learned about some of the cool adaptations that reptiles have by dressing up as one! We dressed …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Spring 2015 SPREE Excursions Are Underway

March 17, 2015

The weather is warming up and the SPREE team is excited to get back out in the parks, teaching children through hands-on experiences along the River. Nearly 5,000 elementary students …

Elementary, SPREE
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Register Now: Summer Camp is Selling Out

January 29, 2015

Looking for a way to get your kids outside and active this summer while you are at work? Don’t want them to stop learning just because it’s summer? Then Adventures …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Scram, Store, or Snore

November 26, 2014

These two days were dedicated to discovering what animals do to survive the winter!  On Monday we realized that many animals disappear over the winter months. Some animals migrate to …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Mammal Mysteries

November 14, 2014

Campers looked at different bio-clues like tracks, scat, pelts and skulls to discover these mammal mysteries.  Our first task of camp was to discover what it means to be a …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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2014 Excursion Recap

November 14, 2014

2014 was a great year for SPREE Excursions! We expanded capacity to take an additional 1,000 students on Excursions. In total, over 4,400 ECE – 5th grade students attended our hands-on …

Elementary, SPREE
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Event Recap: Family Fishing Day 2014

October 27, 2014

Thank you to all families, friends, partners, and supporters who made Family Fishing Day 2014 a huge success!​ We had a great turn-out at 2014 Family Fishing Day!  Over 70 …

Elementary, Events, Family, SPREE
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SPREE Holiday Camps: Creatures of the Night

October 22, 2014

October 20 and 21, 2014: Creatures of the Night Explore bats, owls and more as we look into the creatures that go ‘bump’ the night here in Colorado. This week …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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