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River Valley Waldorf School Offers Exciting Summer Camp

Allow summertime to be an exciting time of personal growth and development for your child with River Valley Waldorf School Summer Camps.

The youngest campers will revel in the outdoors: water play, picnicking, crafting and canoodling in the sunshine and shade of the amazing playground. Consistent with the principles of Waldorf education, activities will stimulate imaginations, encourage social harmony and exercise both large and small motor skills.

Our Old Fashioned Camp, for grades 1-3, harkens back to earlier, simpler times. These campers will build, craft, sing and play games, jump in the sprinkler and eat lots of watermelon—the perfect way to spend a summer day.

Back by popular demand, Circus Skills will engage and challenge campers from grades 2-6. Juggling, stilt-walking, clowning and riding a unicycle are some of the activities that will be practiced. Circus Skills camp builds confidence, self esteem and teamwork. Kids love this camp.

Week-long camps span July 20th to August 7th. Not all camps are available each week.

Location: River Valley Waldorf School, 1395 Bridgeton Hill Rd., Upper Black Eddy, PA. For information, call 610-982-5606, email [email protected]. RiverValleySchool.org.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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