AUGUST
9, 10 & 11th 2024
Riverside
Science & Adventure camp
About us...
Summer camp is always an exciting and fun-filled experience for kids, and ARCHES day camp is no exception. Our summer camp offers a wide variety of activities, including science, arts and crafts, outdoor adventures, and more for boys and girls ages 7-16. We pride ourselves on creating a safe and inclusive environment where kids can make new friends and create lasting memories. The mission of ARCHES is to support community oriented organizations and individuals, particularly involving young people involved with recreation, education, arts, conservation, and humanities, in the state of Alaska. Our Board Of Directors recognize the diverse and important nature of many altruistic endeavors and seek to support as many of those efforts as possible.
$120 for 3 days!
June 11th-13th
10am-4:OOpm daily
Areas of Interest
ART
SCIENCE
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Nature focused crafts
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Weaving
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Clay Imprints
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Mud Paint!
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Rock Painting
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3D river modeling
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Learn about invertebrates
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Sealife Science!
NATURE
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Nature Hikes
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Shelter Building
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Native Plants identification
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Stick Raft Building
Meet the Camp leaders!
Martie Krohn
Certified in Elementary and Early Childhood, and Special Education for Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Issues, Martie ran a small private school in Homer for many years prior to retiring. In addition, Martie has taught music and shotokan karate. Martie’s camp experience includes running the Silver Spurs Horse Camp, as well as leading three student trips to Mexico to work with biologists from the University of Guadalajara on sea turtle projects.
Jodi moved to Alaska in 2005 on a teaching adventure. She fell in love and ended up staying in bush Alaska for 13 years. She finally made the trek to the road system and landed in Ninilchik as the fairgrounds manager and an elementary school teacher. Jodi has two dogs, and loves to be outdoors, exploring and enjoying nature.
Jodi Grewe
Bio coming soon!
Jack Money
Originally from Oregon, Penny Connealy and her family came on vacation in 1999 and knew immediately they wanted to live here. After earning her BS in Education at Western Oregon College in 2005, they made the move to Alaska. Penny spent two years teaching in remote, fly-in only villages before landing at Ninilchik School in 2007. Her love for science took her to a week long outdoor wilderness school in Jackson Hole, WY and was one of six teachers in Alaska awarded a $10K Alaska SeaLife Scholarship. Penny has received extensive training in Alaska’s Project Wild curriculum. Her hobbies include sewing, bee keeping, greenhouse gardening, food preservation and increasing her knowledge of local native plants as food and medicine. She is also an artist and some of her future goals include learning to weld.
Penny Connealy
Hannah Stearns
Hannah grew up exploring the rolling hills of California, soaking up sunshine and a love for nature. In 2011, her family traded those rolling hills for Alaska's majestic mountains, and the Last Frontier became her new home. Art has always been in her blood, and when she's not creating, you'll likely find her exploring the wilderness. For the past 10 years, she's turned her passions into a career, crafting events that bring people together through music and the wonders of nature. This summer, Hannah's excited to be at Riverside Adventure Camp, sharing her love for nature, art and helping campers become plant identification rockstars!