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Sierra Nevada Recreation Corporation, Vallecito, contact: Carolee White, Expiration 12/13/06. Sierra Nevada Recreation Corporation has been providing underground adventures in California since 1978. We operate four caverns (Boyden Cavern, Moaning Cavern, Black Chasm and California Cavern) and a gold mine (Sutter Gold Mine) providing education and fun on our family tours and thrills and challenges on our extended expeditions. SCHOOLS can utilize our comprehensive school program as an adjunct to a field trip, or as a unit in and of itself. We designed it to give students a memorable and lively education on the unique geology of caves and caverns, on the uses that caves have been put to over time by man, and on the cave life that can be found within. School lesson plans are located on this website and information on the program can be found by clicking HERE to go to our Education pages. What could be more appropriate when learning about California's Gold Rush than taking an underground tour into a real gold mine? At Sutter Gold Mine, your students will actually traverse deep inside the Mother Lode - the gold bearing quartz vein structure that runs beneath the historic Gold Country, and inspired the dreams of thousands. The school program at all of our locations includes optional above ground activities related to the study area. You can customize your field trip to suit your schedule, budget and interests. We value our school groups and do all we can to make your trip the best ever! |
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Healthy
Living Academies & Wellspring
Camps, Reedley; Jessie Dean; Expiration 5/3/07. Healthy
Living Academies operates summer Adventure
Camp programs
and a year-round residential boarding school with an adventure program, Sierra
Adventure Program, for overweight adolescents. HLA focuses on nutrition
education, behavioral therapy, and outdoor activity to help initiate making
positive choices that lead to living a healthy lifestyle.
Contact information: Healthy Living Academies & Wellspring Camps |
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Calvin Crest - See Mariposa County, below, for full listing |
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Green Meadows/Jack L. Boyd Outdoor School, Fish Camp, California. See Merced County, below, for full listing. |
Hume Lake - (expiration 2/24/2005) See Expired Member page
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Sequoia Natural History Association, Three Rivers, California. See Tulare County, below, for full listing. |
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Sierra
Outdoor School, (formerly Regional
Learning Center)
Sonora, California. Contact: Traci Fesko; Expiration 12/16/08
(Clovis City Schools).
The SOS outdoor education school offers science, history, and challenge
programs ranging from an afternoon of study to a 5 day stay, especially
designed for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. We offer a variety of day
classes and evening activities at the SOS site, as well as a number
of exciting field trips. Students stay in rustic dorms equipped with
bathrooms and showers, and eat in our dining hall. Our classroom
is the beautiful Stanislaus National Forest. The LAIR (Life's Alternatives
Involving Risk) Adventure Academy is geared for 7th to 12th grade
students offering a variety of adventure activities that integrate
science concepts and help to build leadership skills. Programs are
tailored to the individual needs of each group, and range from 1/2
day ropes course program to 5 day stay. Overnight tent cabins, food,
instructional materials, equipment, and instruction are all provided.
There are on-site and off-site classes available year-round. Choose
from a variety of classes and activities, and tailor your program
to your group and time frame.  Certified
by COSA |
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Sierra Nevada Recreation Corporation, (Boyden Cavern, Moaning Cavern, Black Chasm and California Cavern and Sutter Gold Mine). See Calaveras County, above for full listing |
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| Inyo County Outdoor Education Programs / Inyo County Outdoor School, Big Pine; Lo Lyness; Expiration 12/14/07. The Outdoor Science School program has been in existence in Inyo County for 40 years. It is a five-day, four-night program for 5th and 6th graders and their classroom teachers. Students participate in on-site field lessons taught by qualified instructors, and an all-day field trip to the nearby lava tubes. Children are supervised 24-hours a day. The Outdoor Education Program is learning in real life situations. It is discovering the world firsthand. It is using all the senses: hearing, seeing, feeling and doing in the Outdoor Classroom. Children and adults tend to learn most effectively through direct and firsthand experiences. Students explore, discover and share adventures which lead to more effective learning. Through direct experience, students begin to appreciate the interdependence of living and non-living things and to understand their connection to the natural world. The Outdoor Education Program enhances and enriches classroom activities and makes material in books come alive. |
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Kern
Environmental Education Program (KEEP) Cambria
and Los Osos; Tom Anspach; Expiration 12/8/07. The Kern Environmental
Education Program (KEEP), opened in 1968, provides a five-day residential
environmental education program for Kern County's fifth and sixth
grade students. Operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Office, KEEP's two campuses serve over 7,000 students each year.
This means ALL children. Besides fifth and sixth graders, KEEP
staff host and serve the visually and orthopedically handicapped,
deaf and hard-of-hearing as well as children and adults with mental
disabilities. KEEP consists of two separate and beautiful coastal
campuses: KEEP Ocean at
Montaña de Oro State Park and KEEP
Cambria Pines in Cambria. Our curriculum stresses the most
up-to-date concepts and hands-on activities in the environmental
education field, directly correlated with the California State
Science Content Standards. A range of 80 to 112 students can be
accommodated each week at each of the campuses. The outdoor school
sites consist of student cabins, restroom/shower facilities, separate
teacher cabin, dining hall and learning center. A professionally
trained staff of naturalists, food service workers, and maintenance
personnel manage the day-to-day operations. The curriculum is taught
by staff naturalists who also lead hikes and conduct evening and
campfire programs. Classroom teachers participate as learners and
help with student management and health care.The non-profit KEEP
Foundation provides scholarships and other financial assistance
to support KEEP. Participating students gain an educational and
social experience at KEEP that cannot be matched in a classroom
setting. Should you be interested in giving your students an outdoor
school experience they'll remember, or need further information,
please contact the KEEP office at 661-871-1883. |
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THE
OAKS Camp and Conference Center, a ministry of World
Impact, Inc, 18651 Pine Canyon Road, Lake Hughes; Dan Harbuck,
Adventure and Outdoor Education Director; Expiration 11/20/06. We
provide 2-5 day custom outdoor education camp experiences for private
Christian schools in Southern California including schools from Santa
Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside and
Orange Counties. We are located in Lake Hughes at 3700' in the Angeles
National Forest Castaic Range. Our 647 acres of property, local lakes
and proximity to the Pacific Crest Trail make for a wonderful learning
and growth environment. Our facility is accessable all year without
the worry of needing chains. We are only an hour and a half from
northern LA County, the San Fernando Valley and the Ventura Coast.
We work with teachers and adminstrators to design unique and pertinent
programs for their students. We primarily serve fifth to seventh
graders, but create programs for second to twelfth graders. We have
over 35 class choices to select from including a roaring interpretive
stream hike to a 25' waterfall, and a tasty native foods class. All
of our naturalists incorporate scriptural principles and applications.
Our programs can include an overnight tent camping component as well
as adventure and team building aspects. We are ACA
accredited  and
a member of the Christian
Camp and Conference Association. |
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Calvin Crest Outdoor School, Oakhurst; Bill Dodge; Expiration 1/19/08. Welcome to the Calvin Crest Outdoor School - Lessons from the "Range of Light" The Spanish explorers who first observed these mountains, called them the Sierra Nevada, the "snowy mountain range." John Muir characterized them as "The Range of Light." Calvin Crest's goal as an outdoor school is to provide valuable lessons from this "Range of Light." The Calvin Crest Outdoor School was established in 1977 to serve public and private schools by providing a high quality residential outdoor education program. The Calvin Crest Outdoor School curriculum presents a variety of natural science, environmental education, wilderness skills, and historical topics. Subjects included in the courses and activities are in the disciplines of astronomy , biology, botany, conservation, ecology, geology, history, meteorology, nature study, outdoor recreation skills, and zoology. Teachers and administrators often remark that the week of Outdoor School at Calvin Crest is possibly the most significant experience of their students' elementary school education |
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Genesis Account, Oakhurst, and several sites throughout California; Bob Frembling; Expiration 1/22/07. Genesis Account & American Outdoor Schools' curriculum provides natural science and environmental education with an emphasis on stewardship, that applies California Science Standards for 5th - 8th grade students with 3 - 5 day programs for both public and private schools. Sites in San Diego (2), Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Nevada, and Sonoma Counties. |
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Green Meadows/Jack L. Boyd Outdoor School, Fish Camp, California. See Merced County, below, for full listing. |
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Wild Women Workshops, El Portal; Heather Sullivan; Expiration 4/25/07 Wild Women Workshops offer adventures integrating the tools
of yoga and creative writing in wilderness settings. Our courses are designed
to foster self-exploration, expression, and empowerment within a safe and
supportive community. We combine the richness of the disciplines of yoga
and creative writing in natural environments. We seek to create community
among women from all phases of life. We teach wilderness self-sufficiency,
and believe in the healing power of wilderness, through self-discovery,
spirituality, and creativity. We are dedicated to keeping our trips affordable
thorough scholarship. |
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YNI-Yosemite Institute Yosemite National Park; John DiDiego; Expiration 4/1/07. The Residential Field Science Program is a two to five day residential, academic, field studies program. We stress an interdisciplinary approach to environmental understanding. Instruction is provided by highly qualified professionals in the fields of natural history and environmental interpretation. Our campus is located in Yosemite National Park. Schools must supply one chaperone/teacher per 12 students. Free time and recreation are supervised by the chaperones. Program evaluation by participating chaperones is requested. |
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Green
Meadows Outdoor School,
Fish Camp,
Peter Leinau; Expiration 1/18/08. The Jack L. Boyd Outdoor
School at Green Meadows is located at 5,000 feet
elevation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains right next to the south entry
gate to Yosemite National Park. Green Meadows is a full service Outdoor
School, under the auspices of Merced County
Office of Education and Certified
by COSA. The school provides outdoor education to Merced County 5th
and 6th Graders during the traditional school year and is used year round
for other educational groups. With forest, meadow, stream and pond ecosystems,
and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias nearby, Green Meadows is ideally
located for teaching natural science concepts to students by exciting their
interest and curiosity - "the best science classroom has no walls." |
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Mono Lake Committee / Outdoor Experiences, Lee Vining; Santiago Escruceria; Expiration 1/1/2010. The Mono Lake Committee Outdoor Experiences program hosts teenagers from community and youth groups on tours of Mono Lake designed to connect Los Angeles-based water conservation programs with the natural resource they are helping to protect. Los Angeles community groups have taken the lead in assisting with the implementation of water conservation programs throughout the Southland, creating jobs while reducing by billions of gallons the amount of water the City of Los Angeles needs to import from places like Mono Lake. The Mono Lake Committee also offers educational programs for school visits to Mono Lake and can arrange a variety of tours to fit the needs of your school from first grade through college. |
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San
Joaquin Outdoor School, La Honda, Dan Randup;
Expiration 1/07. Nestled in an old growth redwood forest in the Santa
Cruz mountains, Camp Jones Gulch and Redwood Glen provide a unique
setting to study forest and riparian ecology. The tide pools, marsh
and ocean of Pescadero serve to provide the ultimate experience for
children in outdoor education. Academic instruction is centered around
the California Science Content Standards, and integrated to the degree
possible with Language Arts and Mathematics. Profound learning takes
place during the many teachable moments on the trails and at the
beach. Certified
by COSA  ACA
Accredited |
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Camp Tawonga, For full listing - see Tuolumne County, below |
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| Foothill
Horizons Outdoor School, Sonora, Dan Webster; Expiration 1/1/08. At Foothill Horizons, the natural world provides an exceptional
setting for outdoor
education. Our 143 acre campus is located within an oak woodland
that includes six species of oaks, large pines, and stands of beautiful
manzanita. A perennial creek adds a cool, riparian zone for study. In
the spring, wild flowers abound. Gray foxes, squirrels, raccoons,
and mule deer are abundant. Sixteen acorn pounding-stone sites
on the school property offer evidence that the Me-wuk people once stood
on the land where the students now study that culture. All of our lessons
address California State Science standards for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.
We are operated by the Stanislaus
County Office of Education and Certified
by COSA |
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Healthy Living Academies See Fresno County, above, for full listing. |
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CORE - Creative Outdoor Recreational Edventures,
Three Rivers; Petit Pinson and Stephanie Strickland; Expiration 1/4/07.
CORE is a non-profit educational adventure organization that integrates
life skills, physical challenges, environmental awareness, and classroom
curriculum into Sequoia/Kings Canyon wilderness based experiential Edventures
for youth. Through these wilderness based experiential Edventures, CORE
inspires students to be life-long learners and pro-active stewards of
the environment. Contact Information: C.O.R.E., P.O. Box 31, Three Rivers, CA 93271, 559-561-4789 |
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Montecito-Sequoia
Lodge (Family Camp and Winter Sports Resort), Los
Altos (camp located in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park area, Central
Mountains Region); Virginia C. Barnes, Ed.D; Expiration 6/1/07. ACA
accredited Founded by Virginia C. Barnes in 1946, Montecito Sequoia Lodge is open 365 days a year, and is located on a spacious 42 acres at 7,500 feet elevation on Lake Homavalo. The lodge was rated as one of the top ten family camp resorts in the country by Travel Smart Newsletter, and offers families and groups an ‘all-inclusive’ experience in a friendly, low-key environment. Montecito offers 35 guided family camp activities in the summer and 20 in winter for all ages. Rekindling a ‘love for learning’ with guided hikes with local naturalists, an astronomy program, seven different summer horse riding programs, and an adventurous cross country ski resort in the winter. With ‘free choice’ activities, parents are welcome to join in with the kids while they ride horses, swim, snowboard or learn about the forest habitat; or learn to rock climb. Parents can also choose to get a massage, relax in the hot tub or warm up by the fireplace after a day of skiing. Guests often remark how they ‘completely forget their cares and worries’ when they visit Montecito Sequoia Lodge. |
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SCICON,
Springville; Rick Mitchell; Expiration 12/1/07. SCICON is the outdoor
school
of science and conservation operated by the Tulare
County Office of Education. Over 13,000 students per year attend
this eleven hundred acre campus in the Sierra foothills of Tulare County.
SCICON is a product of over 40 years of school and community involvement.
Community support has enabled this state-of-the-art environmental education
school to become a model for similar programs throughout the country.
SCICON
is host to its own natural history museum, raptor center, planetarium
and observatory, and tree nursery. |
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Sequoia Natural History Association
/ Sequoia Field Institute
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Sequoia Natural History Association, Three Rivers; Mark Tilchen; Expiration 12/14/07. The Sequoia Natural History Association is the primary non-profit education partner for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. We operate the park bookstores, assist visitor center operation, run the Sequoia Field Institute, operate Crystal Cave tours and the Pear Lake Ski Hut, and provide funds for National Park Service education and visitor programs; protection of caves, and black bears. We offer a wide variety of educational programs for the public and school groups in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Learn to appreciate the birds and wildflowers that you see. Capture the beauty of nature through photography, or explore the High Sierra Trail on a guided backpack trip. You’re sure to find a course that creates a memorable adventure of learning and fun. The Sequoia Natural History Association is committed to enriching the experiences of visitors and promoting public awareness of the significance of national parks through educational programs, publications, and financial support. |
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Foothill Horizons, Sonora, See Stanislaus County, above, for full listing. |
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Sierra Outdoor School, (formerly Regional Learning Center) Sonora, See Fresno County, above, for full listing. |
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Camp
Tawonga, San
Francisco/Groveland; Lom Friedman; Expiration 3/12/07 (camp located
in Tuolumne County, adjacent to Yosemite) Located just 10 miles west
of Yosemite National Park, Camp Tawonga runs 4th grade Gold Rush school
programs,
weekend
family
camps, group-building
challenge course programs and 10 weeks of summer camp. We actively engage
children and teens in our nature center, on backpacking trips, in our
large organic garden, and on adventure travel trips across the western
United States. Combining life sciences with life experiences, this group-centered
camp teaches by creating a community that lives in harmony with its environment
and each other. |
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Genesis Account - See Mariposa County, above, for full listing. |
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