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Outdoor School

A couple days of education in the great outdoors!
The Fall 2021 Outdoor school was postponed to May 2022.

The Fall 2022 Outdoor school is September 20-23, 2022.

This event has limited space. Because of this, we limit it to elementary students currently enrolled in a Northern New England Conference School.

Outdoor School is similar to summer camp, but especially focused on learning in the outdoors. Kids are able to choose between activities like nabbing critters in the wetlands, finding reptiles in the woods, or tracking animals in the mud. After a morning of adventuring and learning about their findings, they spend the afternoon in recreation: swimming, paddling, climbing, and playing. Each evening ends with a time together learning about Jesus and why having a relationship with him is so vital.

Philosophy

For a Christian, exploration and interaction with nature provides opportunity to renew the soul and connect with the Creator of the universe who has promised that Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–His eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse (Romans 1:20). White (1903) in the book Education, wrote that the study of nature is a means of understanding the Creator and a vehicle for developing young children into lifelong learners.

“To those who learn thus to interpret its teachings, all nature becomes illuminated; the world is a lesson book, life a school… To a little child, nature presents an unfailing source of information and delight… So far as possible, children from their earliest years should be placed where this lesson book is open before them. Let them look at the glorious scenes painted by the great Master Artist on the shifting canvas of the heavens; let them become acquainted with the wonders of earth and sea; let them watch the unfolding mysteries of the changing seasons and in all His works learn of the Creator.” (White, 1903, p.60)

Aim

Recognizing that kids benefit not only intellectually and physically from experiencing the natural world, but spiritually as well, the Northern New England Conference hopes to encourage students to engage in activities in God’s classroom, so that they might discover God through His creation and by discovering Him seek to know Him more deeply. We hope students will learn naturalist skills of: observation, reflection, investigation, and journaling. It is our desire that students will learn scientific curiosity and method, environmental ethics, social responsibility, lifelong learning motivation, and spiritual values.

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