On Monday, some 400 Encinitas schoolchildren will pile into buses and head up to Cuyamaca State Park for sixth-grade camp. Their trip will mark the 70th anniversary of this San Diego County tradition.

Select a location below. Scene from the county Office of Education’s 6th Grade Camp in the Cuyamaca mountains. Image via Facebook The San Diego County Office of Education encouraged people to ...

The showers and toilets are blackened ... Johnson first came here in 1953 after running a camp along Lake Erie. “I was so disappointed with Lake Cuyamaca — it was like a pond,” she said.

For 70 years, Cuyamaca Outdoor School — better known as sixth grade camp — has specialized in such hands-on, low-tech assignments. Even today there’s a decided lack of laptops or iPads ...