What lies beneath…

Posted June 6, 2017

I have always wanted to get underwater video of the Common Snapping Turtle in the pond. Perhaps anticipating egg-laying, she has been hanging around the edges for a few days, so I took the opportunity. Check it out!

Outdoor and Environmental Education

The Outdoor and Environmental Education Department (OEE) has been hard at work visiting schools and getting students outside to engage with nature in their home communities.   We are excited to continue these wonderful school visits while also reopening our centres to classes! What OEE does: Deliver high quality, contextual and immersive experiences in nature at […]

Camp Heidelberg

The Centre The Camp Heidelberg OEEC became a full-time Outdoor/Environmental Education Centre of the WRDSB after partnering with and leasing the site from the K-W Optimist Club in the fall of 1997. The property is 73 acres and features a hardwood bush, cedar swamp, a beautiful pond, early successional fields, and a Class 1 Provincially […]