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Date 3-13-06
Contact Linda Skupien (228) 872-4273
Ocean
Springs—The University of Southern Mississippi Scott
Aquarium has announced the addition of half-day sessions for 5-
and 6-year-old campers for the 2006 edition of Project Marine Discovery
Sea Camp.
Featuring a
“Pirates of the Coast” theme, the popular marine science day camp
for ages 5-14 will be held at the Scott Aquarium’s interim location
at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), located at the intersection
of East Beach Drive and Halstead Road in Ocean Springs.
Camps will be
offered June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30; July 3-7;
July 10-14; July 17-21; and July 24-28. Camps for ages 13-14 are
available the last three weeks in June only.
The five-day
sessions run 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., with the exception of the half
days available to 5- and 6-year-olds. Six-year-old campers may attend
half-day or full-day sessions. Half-day sessions are from 8 to 11
a.m. or 1 to 4 p.m.
"As recovery
has progressed, we find that we will have facilities available for
the half-day sessions," said Dr. Shelia Brown, coordinator
of educational programs. "We also acted on the recommendations
of Sea Camp teachers who have observed that some of our younger
6-year-olds would benefit from half days. Their parents now have
the option of the half-day program or full-day program."
Cost per week
is $155 for ages 8-14, $140 for ages 6-7, and $75 for half-day sessions
for ages 5-6. Prices include supplies, field trips, and arts and
crafts projects.
“Campers will
experience discovery through hands-on activities and live animal
encounters,” explained Brown. “They will crab, fish, seine and sieve.”
New to the program this summer will be trawling aboard the pontoon
boat that survived Hurricane Katrina. Field trips will also take
participants into beach and salt marsh habitats.
“We are excited
about our new beginnings at the interim Scott Aquarium in Ocean
Springs and look forward to sharing a fun-filled summer with our
new and returning campers,” Brown said.
Katrina inflicted
an estimated $298 million in losses on Southern Miss, including
the devastation of the Aquarium in Biloxi. Dr. Sharon H. Walker,
Scott Aquarium administrator, said offering the Sea Camp is an important
part of recovery for Southern Miss, for families and for the coast
community.
Registration
is now underway. For more information, call 228.818.8890 or e-mail
scott.aquarium@usm.edu.
Registration forms are also available online at www.usm.edu/aquarium.
The J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium is a unit of
the GCRL in the university’s School of Ocean and Earth Sciences,
College of Science and Technology.
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Last updated:
03/13/06
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