Cost:
Four-Day, Three-Night
School Program
Only $848 per attendee
based on a 20-student minimum
Program Description & Fees
Introdution: Hi, I'm Christopher Pyle, owner, director and designer of this incredible outdoor education program.
I'm very proud of this program and terribly excited to share this experience with you and your youth.
There is a tremendous amount of learning in this experience, regardless of whether you are a child, a teenager, an administrator, or a program leader.
I could go on all day about the fantastic opportunities that this program offers, but here, I will try to hit the highlights. I encourage you to request more detailed information if you wish to read it.
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If you take advantage of our offerings, this program will last throughout the year, pervade all course subjects and impact many teachable moments throughout your academic year. The learning that you gain will carry you through to next season's visit!
Preview Trip - Once you've committed to a visit, you'll be invited to a "preview trip". This trip allows you to come here, raft part of the river, enjoy a meal and meet with our staff to help brainstorm and design your teachable moments while you're here. Up to four chaperons may attend for FREE based on a 6:1 ratio of chaperon to student.
All meals bought, prepared and served by Nature's-Classroom: Four lunches, three dinners, three breakfasts
Team Building and Educational Moments not found in any other program in the region: Educational interpreters are included on each rafting day, with morning and evening educational presentations on wild animals, music, interconnectedness exercise, professor hike with ARC, and a high and low ropes course.
Sample Itinerary for Four-Day, Three-Night School Program
Day 1:
9-10:30am - Arrival, Introductions, Camp Setup, Campground Orientation
10:30am–5pm – High and low ropes course, team building and lunch
5pm - Head back to camp
5:15-5:30pm - Arrive at camp
5:30-6:15pm - Clean up/Shower - ready for dinner and evening activities
6:30-7:30pm - Dinner
8–9pm - Camp Presentation: Music night
9–10pm - Campfire
10pm - Lights Out
Day 2
6–7am – Wake up, clean up and prepare to eat
7–8am - Breakfast
8-8:30am - Get 'river ready'
8:30–9am - Shuttle to put-in
9–10am - Gear fitting, safety talk, paddle crew assignments
10am–3pm - Rafting with floating classrooms, lunch, rafting
3–5pm - Free time, clean up time, opportunity for you to teach, journaling, snacks out
5–6pm - Camp Presentation: Professor Hide, interconnectedness
6–7pm - Dinner
7–8pm - Showers, down time
8–10pm - Campfire, reflection, opportunity for you to teach
10pm - Lights Out
Day 3:
8-9am - Wake up, clean up and prepare to eat
9-10am - Breakfast
10am–11pm – Education time, journaling, reflection
10am–11pm – Education time, journaling, reflection
11am–1pm – Team Building in camp and at waterfront
1pm–2pm – Lunch on the waterfront
2-5pm - Team building, take to the water with rafts, inflatable kayaks
5-6pm - Clean Up, down time, opportunity for you to teach
6-7pm - Dinner
7-8pm - Camp Presentation: Native American Folklorist
8–10pm - Campfire, reflection, opportunity for you to teach
10pm - Lights Out
Day 4:
7-8am - Wake up, clean up and prepare to eat
8-9am - Breakfast
9-10am - Camp Presentation: Wild Animals
10am–11:30pm –Breakdown camp, get 'river ready'
11:30–4:30pm – rafting with floating classrooms, lunch, rafting
4:30–5:15pm – Shuttle back to camp
5:15–5:30pm – Hugs, smiles and depart for home!