Shady Creek Outdoor School & Events

Shady Creek Outdoor School is a residential environmental science camp designed for 5th and 6th grade students. We offer four and five day residential programs.

 

Our goal is to teach to the whole child including: developing a feeling of personal responsibility to help preserve, conserve, and enhance our environment; developing heightened observation skills to appreciate the beauty and diversity of the natural world; and developing a feeling of self-confidence and self-acceptance while also instilling the ability to cooperate with and appreciate the diversity of others.

 

All of our classes are designed to be hands-on experiences and the curriculum for each class meets the 5th and 6th grade California State Science Standards. Our classes include Creek Ecology or Forest Ecology, Geology, Avian Ecology, Sensory Awareness, Survival Skills and Team Building activities.

 

Students are encouraged to learn by using scientific inquiry, observation skills, cooperative activities, language arts, music and drama.

 

Knowledge alone, however, will not motivate significant life changes. So, within every experience is woven an element of caring.