Buses will pick fifth grade students up at three or four different elementary schools for their trip to the Outdoor Education Center. The bus trip will take about two and a half hours. You will arrive at the center at around 12:00 noon where you will unload and go through a short orientation. You will meet our principal who will explain the Outdoor Education Center rules and procedures. You will meet your cabin teacher who will take you and your group to lunch.
Don't be worried if you and your best friend end up in different groups. There will be other students from your school in your group and it will be surprisingly easy to make new friends. Plus, just think; the new friends you and your best friend make can all become friends. Friends multiply.
You and your new friends will be forming a community in your cabin. Cooperation is the key to building this community. Remember that everyone in the group is important and can contribute to the group.
During the week your cabin group might go to a short movie, cookouts, campfires, night hikes, or other activities. The cabins usually have about 12 students each. Of course, boys' and girls' cabins are in different parts of the center.
During the day you will be attending instructional activities. The classrooms here have trees for walls, the sky for a ceiling, and the carpet is made of leaves.
A Typical Day:
| 7:00 | Rise and Shine |
| 7:45 | Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Instructional Activities |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | More Instructional Activities |
| 5:30 | Supper |
| 6:15 | Cabin Activities |
| 7:15 | Nightly Program (campfire, movie, or other program) |
| 9:30 | Lights Out |