Outdoor School At A Glance
We're excited that you are sending your child to UCC Outdoor School. If this is your first experienceat Outdoor School we want to provide you with answers to some of the questions you may have.
It is our purpose to provide a hands-on, science based, spiritual learning experience that your childrenwill remember positively for the rest of their lives. We've briefly outlined what the Outdoor Schoolexperience is below.
An outdoor school sponsored educational experience for 5th and 6th grade students in Upper Columbia Conference
(70-120) students/week)
Outdoor School is characterized by:
Hands-on discovery methods
Outdoor classroom settings
Decision opportunities for JesusAdventures in cooperative learning
Earning AJY honors
Great food
Dedicated Staff
Nature/survival curriculum
Inspirational singing and stories
Wildlife experts
Challenge Course
Our goal is to increase knowledge about nature and the out-of-doors and to better know one another and Jesus.
The staff is sponsored and coordinated by Upper Columbia ConferenceOffice of Education and directed by Sandy Mason and staffed by MiVodenstaff, teachers and volunteers.
"So far as possible let the child from his earlist years be placed where thiswonderful lesson book of nature shall be opened before him. In no otherway can the foundations of a true education be so firmly and surely laid."
Education, 100-101
Clothing and Equipment Checklist for Outdoor School.
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