Katherine Boyk returns at Camp Leader for 2017!
We’re lucky to have Katherine return to co-lead camps this summer! After her Big Sky Watershed work in Bozeman, with local watershed group Greater Gallatin Watershed Council, she took her love of teaching and working with kids to the afterschool program at Hyalite Elementary School, here in Bozeman. When she is not exploring Bohart Ranch with BNC, she works as a leader with another summer program as well. Katherine is expert at spotting and identifying the feathered citizens of the sky, and brings her passion for birds and the natural world to BNC camps.
About Katherine
I have been an AmeriCorps member with the Greater Gallatin Watershed Council, where I did work including classroom education, field research, and communications. I graduated from Northland College, on the shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin, in 2013 with degrees in Environmental Studies and Writing. I’m enjoying living in Bozeman and the chance to hike, trail run, bird, and cross-country ski in and around the Gallatin Valley!
Camp Leader and Bridger Nature Center Director: Rose Vallor
About Rose:
Rose Vallor is the director and founder of Bridger Nature Center. She has been teaching outdoor science for over 10 years. She feels being outside is vitally important for all of us, but especially for children, because playing in and learning about nature helps keep us sane and healthy, and it’s fun! Rose has worked to spend as much time outdoors as possible in her time on the planet.
A bit about Rose: She is a Montana certified science teacher, a naturalist, and geologist. She has lead summer camps in Bozeman, Ennis and internationally for over 20 years. She taught science in many of the area schools for Science in Residency programs. She developed and taught the Zoom Science program at the Children’s Museum of Bozeman, and was a long-time staff person at Montana Outdoor Science School. She has led teacher workshops in environmental education curriculums such as Project Learning Tree and Project WET. She taught skiing for over 20 years. Rose is currently teaching student teachers about teaching science in elementary classrooms as a doctoral student at Montana State University.
She lives, gardens and plays in Bozeman with her family and cats.
Previous Camp Leaders
Alixa Clark, Camp Leader for 2016 camps
BNC is fortunate to have Alix as one of the camp leaders for Summer 2016!
Alix has lived in Montana all of her life, frequently spending time outside camping in the summer and snowboarding in the winter. She graduated from Montana State University in December of 2015 with a degree in Elementary Education K-8 with an option in science. She student taught science and communication arts Fall of 2015 at Chief Joseph Middle School in Bozeman, where she spent her next semester substitute teaching. When she’s not teaching, Alix can be found on the lake with her family or hiking with her bloodhound, Mator, on the local trails in the Gallatin
Camp Leader for 2015 and 2014: Katherine Boyk
2014 Summer Staff:
About Benton:
Originally from the western suburbs of Chicago Benton developed a love for the outdoors during his adventures in Boy Scouts of America and ultimately earned the rank of Eagle scout. He earned a degree in forestry with a concentration in biology from Colorado State University. Benton is an avid disc golfer and has been playing tournaments since 2007. In his spare time he enjoys to hike, camp, backpack, or any other escape into nature.
2011-2013 Camp Leaders:
Amy Shambarger
Deia Schlosberg
Clarissa Werre
Derek Jones