Since 1990, secondary students at Open School students have had the
opportunity to participate in the annual Outward Bound Service Adventure.
Groups of 14 to 18 students travel to Outward Bound base camps all over the
country to do a week of service activities that help Outward Bound get
ready for their summer programs. Projects have included building doghouses,
laying gravel trails, clearing brush, painting, splitting wood, assembling
hundreds of first aide kits, repairing rubber rafts and lots more. Students
have worked in Ely, Rio Grande, the Sierras, Oregon, Joshua Tree, Colorado,
and Washington State.
The students collaborate to raise all the funds for transportation. In
exchange for the hard work, the Outward Bound schools give us a place to
sleep (sometimes a pine forest!) and feed us. Says founder Julie Doble, "We
work really hard on the logistics for their summer programs, but we also
get to spend one day doing a fun, scary adventure such as rock-climbing,
canoeing, orienteering, or a high ropes course." For more information about
this great learning opportunity, contact Megan at megan.hall@spps.org
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