The application is now posted online for the Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Education Summer Camps.

The DEC Environmental Education Camps offer campers experiences in sportsman education, games, lessons, hands-on activities, swimming, hiking, canoeing and other outdoor activities. Through these activities, campers will learn about forests, water quality, nature and more.

There are four different camps kids can attend, Camp Colby, Camp DeBruce, Camp Rushford and Camp Pack Forest. Campers will participate in discovery groups and will complete six lessons. These lessons include group dynamics, explorations of different habitats and human impacts on the environment.  Science, problem solving, games, journal keeping and wildlife activities are also part of what campers will experience.

Camp starts on July 1, 2012 and goes until August 18, 2012. Campers can attend multiple times during the seven, week-long sessions.

The tutoring program with Tech Valley High School and Sage College was launched earlier this year and matches college student in work study programs with Tech Valley High School students who need help with a subject.

According to a statement, the program is the brainchild of TVHS teacher Jen Hower and Andrea Pike, library commons specialist at The Sage Colleges. The college students meet with TVHS students during school hours.

"It came about through a brainstorm session between Andrea and I on how to better help the students. It's sort in a trial run stage right now, but we expect it to expand in the fall with we hope to be more organized with tutors in the class and after school," said Hower.

The Sage students are all working towards varying degrees including Chinese studies, physics, math and physical therapy and some have expressed an interest in teaching.

Tech Valley High School students have been accepted into dozens of colleges including Union, Northeastern, Wells, RPI and more.

Below is a list of other colleges students from the class of 2012 have been accepted to:

·        Ithaca College

·        Siena

·         St. Rose

·         Iona College

·         Hobart & William Smith College

·         Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

·         Drexel

·         Pace

“We are extremely pleased that universities continue to recognize the value of the education our students receive,” said counselor Dean Walker.