Schools detail sixth-grade trip to Camp Michindoh, outline packing, health and supervision rules

School and camp staff outlined logistics, supervision and medical procedures for upcoming sixth-grade trips to Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale, Michigan, telling parents that completed health forms and labeled medication are required and that students must bring only two pieces of luggage and separate bedding.

The information was presented by Matt Smith, principal at Paul and Timber Field School; Bethany Kolhor, director of the outdoor education program at Camp Michindoh; and Robin Fritz, who said she is the person in charge at the camp. They described an outdoor-education program on roughly 250 wooded acres with a 25-acre lake, where students attend hands-on classes, participate in activities such as rock climbing and archery, and stay in cabins with adult and high-school cabin leaders.

Kolhor emphasized the program's educational goals. "We are very hands on, very interactive, very team building," she said, adding that students should be encouraged but never forced: "Nobody is forced to do anything that they don't want to do or that they are uncomfortable with." She told parents to label all items and limit…