Programs
June 2019
Backpacking Wheeler Peak
Ages 11-15 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available | Two Overnights Camping
This backpacking trip will teach campers how to prepare and pack for a backpacking trip, as well as provide them with opportunities for outdoor leadership and teamwork.
Find out more »Wonders of Water
Ages 5-9 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Campers will learn the importance of water as a precious resource in the Southwest: we'll learn where our water comes from, purify water to drink and have fun swimming in natural water sources.
Find out more »Wilderness Skills
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Survival shelters (and forts!) will be a key activity this week. Campers will learn how to prepare for a hike and the basics of staying safe in the wilderness.
Find out more »Photo Safari
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Join us for a week of fun hiking, learning about photography and capturing the beauty of nature on camera.
Find out more »July 2019
Mud, Clay and Camouflage
Ages 5-8 & 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available | We will have camp on July 4th
Playing in mud is a great joy of childhood. It also has advantages! This week we will learn about the uses and benefits of mud, clay and camouflage --while having fun getting dirty.
Find out more »Robin Hood’s Secrets with Archery
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
This week celebrates the legend of Robin Hood and how this merry band survived in the forest. We'll explore archery, learn age old secrets of living in the woodlands and encourage many jolly adventures.
Find out more »Forest Survival with Archery
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
During this week we will explore survival basics: fire, water, shelter, first aid and archery. Campers will gain hands-on experience with valuable survival skills, and also have time to run, play and sit quietly to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Find out more »Secret Language of Birds & Bugs
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Learning the secret language of birds opens up a whole new way of understanding our forests and what is happening around us.
Find out more »Survival Hunting Tools
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
We will learn how to make survival tools that ancient people used to capture animals in the wild. Campers will make their own survival bow and arrow, spear, and rabbit stick.
Find out more »Wonders of Water
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Campers will learn the importance of water as a precious resource in the Southwest: we'll learn where our water comes from, purify water to drink and have fun swimming in natural water sources.
Find out more »Bikes and Boats
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
This fun-filled camp offers time on mountain bikes, in kayaks and hiking on trails. We'll learn new skills, gain confidence and make new friends in the outdoors.
Find out more »Wilderness Skills
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Campers will learn how to prepare for a hike and survival skills for staying safe in the wilderness. Survival shelters (and forts!) will be a key activity this week.
Find out more »Forest Survival Skills with Archery
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Campers will learn survival basics: fire, water, shelters, with a focus on exploring trapping techniques that our ancestors and native peoples used to feed and clothe themselves.
Find out more »August 2019
Muddy Buddies!
Ages 5-8 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Playing in mud is a great joy of childhood. This week we will learn the different qualities of earth, mud and clay and how to build, paint, use it therapeutically and create with it in a variety of ways.
Find out more »Mud, Clay and Camouflage
Ages 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
Playing in mud is a great joy of childhood. It also has advantages! This week we will learn about the uses and benefits of mud, clay and camouflage --while having fun getting dirty.
Find out more »The Artist’s Adventure
Ages 5–8 & 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30–4pm | Early & After Care Available
The world of nature provides endless resources and materials to inspire our creativity. This week we will use natural materials like rocks, water, earth, willow and wool to create and express ourselves.
Find out more »Cooking Adventures in Nature
Ages 5-8 & 9-13 | Monday - Friday | 8:30am–4pm | Early & Aftercare Available
Campers will learn to identify and forage for the edible berries, leaves, flowers and roots of our bio-region. We'll prepare and then eat delicious meals using the ingredients we found out in nature.
Find out more »September 2019
Wildschool
Ages 5 - 11 | Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays | 9 am - 2pm
Wildschool is a nature immersion program for children. Our days are filled with nature awareness games, primitive skills, tracking, crafting, natural movement and story.
Find out more »Wildside: Monthly Wilderness Skills
September-April | Monthly Sundays | 11am-4pm | Ages 9–13
Wildside is a monthly skills building program which runs throughout the school year, culminating in an (optional) backpacking trip in June.