DISCOVERY
Grades 5-7

A new world to discover - New directions to explore
Duration: 3-4 days

The Discovery Program offers students a New Compass, which can serve as a guide and touchstone for students as they are confronted with the many personal and societal challenges of our time.

The cardinal points of the Discovery Compass are Nature, Sustainability, Ethics and good Work.

Students explore these “directions” through a program of field games, team initiatives, interpretive hikes, workshops, ocean exploration, group discussion, forest activities, and campfire celebrations.

During this program students will:

  • Build community with their classmates

  • Participate in wild skills and deep thinking workshops

  • Paddle big canoes

  • Sit alone in the forest

  • Play forest games

  • Get up close and personal with all manner of slimy things

  • Be able to use their New Compass to guide them to individual and community actions that will lead to a more sustainable and resilient connection to themselves, others and the natural world.

The compass metaphor and its interconnected directions provide students with a different way of seeing the world, supporting them to feel more grounded, authentic and caring.

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