Hey Everest Academy 6th Graders! Everest Academy has been invited once again to attend this camp which is held at the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center. Camps held at this site usually run about $600, but you can go to the Be Ready Camp for FREE!!!! This is an awesome camp. My daughter attended this several years ago and still talks about it!
The original deadline was June 30; however, it has been extended. I received the following email from an Everest student today:
Dear Mrs. Spradlin,
I had the opportunity to attend Be Ready Camp last year through Everest Academy. I have the opporunity to attend again this year, due to the amount of time I have spent promoting the camp in the past year. The only requirement is that I must sign-up at least 3 additional people for the week of September 18 - 22. Like last year, camp attendance is free and because of how close the dates are, Marguerite Long has streamlined the application process.
Be Ready Camp is a five day training retreat, for sixth graders. Be Ready Camp is September 17th-22nd at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. This camp provides an opportunity for sixth graders across Alabama to become Youth Preparedness Delegates, receive a commendation from Governor Robert Bentley, and carry the message of preparedness and safety to their schools, communities, and families. Be Ready Camp utilizes a modified Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training as its foundation and broadened to include additional lessons. Be Ready Camp curriculum includes: emergency preparedness, introduction to survival and first aid, developing an emergency kit, creating a family disaster plan, water survival, light search and rescue, disaster psychology, triage, career exploration, and terrorism awareness. The camp concludes with a mock disaster, where the youth perform victim search and rescue alongside professional first responders in a realistic setting. Students are tasked with bringing the message of preparedness and what they have learned back to their families and their communities. Be Ready Camp is free to participants who are selected. It is the responsibility of the participant’s parent/guardian to provide transportation to and from Huntsville, Alabama.
Contact Marguerite Long at 334-954-7451 or Marguerite.Long@ServeAlabama.
When you contact Ms. Long, please include the fact that you heard about it from me, the child's name, address, telephone number, school, and county. She will send an acceptance package to you when she has received that information. If you have anymore questions, please feel free to contact my aunt, Teri Keel, at 205-790-5335 or theresalkeel@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your anticipated assistance.
Sincerely,
Sarah Flowers
Be Ready Camp Dates and Location
September 11 - 15 & September 18 - 22
Be Ready Camp is located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Registration is from 11:00am to 1:00pm on the first day of Be Ready Camp. Graduation is at 9:30am on the last day of Be Ready Camp and parents are encouraged to attend graduation. Graduation is the conclusion of Be Ready Camp and the campers leave afterwards.
Overview
Be Ready Camp is an innovative and unique program that promotes citizen preparedness and participation to sixth graders in Alabama using multiple approaches to learning. Be Ready Camp uses instructional techniques that expand traditional classroom instruction with tool kits, hands-on learning, exercises, take-away materials, and the use of technology to a diverse audience of sixth graders. Incorporated in Be Ready Camp are multiple means of assessment that allows diverse learners to demonstrate their knowledge.
Be Ready Camp is a five-day full immersion residential camp during National Preparedness Month in September. Be Ready Camp is located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Intertwined throughout Be Ready Camp is the involvement of personnel with homeland security responsibilities at the local, state, and national level. The capstone of Be Ready Camp is a full scale mock disaster exercise incorporating the camp participants with first responders and citizens.
Curriculum
Be Ready Camp utilizes a modified Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training as its foundation and broadened to include additional lessons. Be Ready Camp curriculum includes: emergency preparedness, introduction to survival and first aid, developing an emergency kit, creating a family disaster plan, water survival, light search and rescue, disaster psychology, triage, career exploration, and terrorism awareness. Throughout each lesson, the participants have the ability to demonstrate their knowledge with hands-on demonstrations in addition to traditional assessment.
The camp concludes with a mock disaster, where the youth perform victim search and rescue alongside professional responders in a realistic setting. The participants are tasked with bringing the message of preparedness and what they have learned to their families and their communities. Parents are invited to graduation, held the last morning of the camp, to reflect on the events of the past week and to celebrate the newfound skills of the participants. At this ceremony, each student is recognized individually for their efforts by receiving a commendation by Governor Robert Bentley and are tasked to educate their community on the importance of preparedness
What is the Cost of Attending Be Ready Camp?
Be Ready Camp is free to participants who are selected. It is the responsibility of the participant’s parent/guardian to provide transportation to Huntsville, Alabama.
Who Sponsors Be Ready Camp?
Be Ready Camp is supported by multi-agency coordination at the local, state, and national level with the involvement of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (GFBCI), the Alabama Department of Homeland Security (ADHS), and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) partnered with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and the Madison County Emergency Management Agency.
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has state of the art facilities and has extensive experience in hosting residential programs such as Space Camp, Space Academy, Aviation Challenge and X-Camp.
