Outdoor Adventure
Enthusiasm is the key to enjoying the outdoors. Outdoor skills development enables girls to gain self-confidence, strength, and expertise with various outdoor activities in a supportive and professional environment.
- Rock climbing
- Surfing
- Hiking
- Trekking
- Whitewater Rafting
- Backpacking
- Yoga
- Ultimate Frisbee
- And more…
“So far this trip has been great. It is so much better than regular school. I have been having such a great time, and the people here are now like my sisters. Just to think that I probably would have never met these people if I hadn’t entered into this school. The semester is going by really fast.
So far my favorite part of this trip was river rafting.
"Do you hear that? The river is calling our names,” Lander, our teacher, said to us as we slowly headed towards the rapids.
The rapids were huge, bigger than I had expected.
"Just keep paddling,” Lander said. So we did.
We worked together like a team of sled dogs. Several times I had almost fell out. The river tossed us around as a child does an old toy. I was having a blast. The river became still. We had finished our first set of rapids. We all smacked our paddles against the water then victoriously raised them in the air.
"The next rapids that are coming up are small, so if you want you could swim them, but you must swim with your feet in front of you and on your back."
We all jumped in except for Annie. Annie was pushed in by our guide. We floated down into the rapids holding hands, grinning like Cheshire cats. It was so much fun.
-Alexandra, Vermont, sophomore