1. YMCA Camp Seymour
Outdoor and Environmental
Education Program
www.campseymour.org

2. Outdoor and Environmental
Education Goals:
• To foster an awareness of the natural world
• To increase knowledge of ecological concepts
• Understand relationships between them and the
natural world
• To strengthen social relationships
• To support students in reaching the Washington
State Essential Learning Standards.

3. Goals Continued:
• To promote growth and self confidence
• To increase understanding of the effect of
choices that students make
• To increase students enjoyment of and
comfort in the outdoors
• To foster the YMCA values of
Responsibility, Caring, Respect, Service,
Honesty and Forgiveness

4. YMCA Camp Seymour -1905

7. E S T U A R Y!

8. Glen Cove

9. Camp has 150 Acres of
second and old growth
forests.

10. The Living Machine

14. Are you
excited yet?

15. You carry your own luggage from the parking lot
to your cabin. Protect your luggage and yourself
from the rain; we’ll be outside all day.

16. Cabins

22. The Triangle

23. Learning Groups

24. The Camp Seymour Naturalists come from all over the U.S. with
college degrees in science and education. They live and work
at Camp for the entire school year.

25. Powell Marine Science Center

26. Marine Science Class

28. Marine Invertebrates

29. High Tide

30. Low Tide

31. Marine Science II

32. Belly Biology

34. Boating Class

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39. Co-op

40. Living Machine Class!

42. Forest Classes:
1. Forest
Ecology
2. Tree-ific
3. Discovery
Hike
4. The
Underworld
5. Sasquatch

43. Ornithology: Birds Class

44. My
favorite
class is
reptiles!

47. Climbing Wall

48. WILDLIFE
ECOLOGY
Wildlife Ecology

49. Squid
Dissection
Class!
Not,
“Ew, gross!”
but…
“Hmm, how
interesting!”

51. Recreation Time:
Arts and Crafts
Bouldering
Touch Tanks
Reptiles
Archery
Boating
Ball Courts
Swimming Pool

52. Bouldering at
the Climbing
Wall

53. The Touch Tanks at Rec Time
Spend
more
time
with
the
marine
animals
and the
…

54. Reptile
Room

55. Archery

58. Ball Courts

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61. The Dining Hall

63. Evening Activities

65. Adults: I know what question
you’re all thinking. The
answer is yes!
Every day from 7 am to 10 pm!

66. YMCA CAMP SEYMOUR

68. Camp Seymour: Wonders for a lifetime
“Thanks again for the great camp
experience. The students, teachers, and
parents really loved it!!! You have it
down to a "science"! It was the best
camp I've ever been to in 33 years of
teaching!
-Janis Smith, 6th grade teacher
from Villa Academy
“We enjoy the organization of Camp
Seymour. Camp is very important for our
community building. Also, we love
providing the opportunity for outdoor
education; they learn so much and
experience many things not attainable in
the classroom.”
-Ruth Bookwalter, 6th grade teacher from
Pine Tree Elementary

69. We are very excited to have
your school at Camp Seymour!