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WILDE Thursdays & Fridays
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Every Child Deserves to get a little WILDE!
WILDE Thursdays & Fridays are part time, hands-on, curriculum-aligned learning experiences that take students outdoors, blending academic content with wilderness skills, leadership development, and ecological literacy.
About WILDE Thursdays & Fridays
What are WILDE Thursdays & Fridays?
Wild Thursdays and Wild Fridays are part time enrichment opportunities for children to get immersed in wilderness and inspired about curriculum topics in science, art, language arts, PE, and core competencies.
This is a one-day-a-week program separated into three semesters: fall, winter, and spring.
Our goal is to make outdoor education a normal & accessible part of every child's school experience, helping students connect with nature while strengthening academics, wellbeing, and leadership.
Why Outdoor Education?
Research shows that learning in nature improves attention, creativity, resilience, and mental health.
By embedding curriculum in outdoor experiences, we help students build academic competence alongside a sense of responsibility to the environment.
We integrate Permacognitive cycles (Observe → Design → Implement → Adapt) to ensure each program is responsive and sustainable. This supports teachers to deliver high-quality programs which adapt and adjust to the student with a living curriculum.
Learning takes place in our outdoor "Natural Learning Campus" where these programs run year-round.
Program Details
WILDE Thursdays and WILDE Fridays
- 1 day/week (choose Thursday or Friday)
- September to June
- Ages 5 to 12
FAQs about WILDE Thursdays & Fridays
"Every Friday feels like an adventure. I learned how to make a fire safely and now I feel like I can actually do things on my own."
Christina
Student
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