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Outdoor Education Program
Throughout their stay at Oneness, students learn to work in and with the natural environment.
At the Preschool/Kindergarten level, this means regular walks to the park and exploration of nature through growing plants in the classroom and working in the OFS Gardens.
At the Junior and Senior Elementary levels, the students continue their study of nature both in the classroom, on field trips, and on occasional camping trips.
The Middle School outdoor education program includes Friday wilderness adventure studies, extended camping trips during end of cycle immersion weeks, and shorter activities during the week. See Slideshow below.
The wilderness adventure studies component includes an emphasis on land and water-based interaction with the environment, including units of river kayaking/canoeing, and backpacking. Each year, students have the opportunity to spend one week canoeing and kayaking along Antietem Creek and the Potomac River from Boonsboro, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The
wilderness adventure studies component includes an emphasis on land and
water-based interaction with the environment, including units of river kayaking/canoeing,
and backpacking. Each year, students have the opportunity to spend one week
canoeing and kayaking along Antietem Creek and the Potomac River from Boonsboro,
Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Students
also have the opportunity to spend one week backpacking in the George Washington
National Forest, the Monongahela National Forest, or Shenandoah National
Park. Shorter trips may be planned along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
Assateague Island National Seashore, and area state and national parks.
These trips include trust activities, group initiatives, individual challenges,
personal reflection, as well as classes in orienteering, nature studies,
Native American life, ecological studies, and arts and crafts.
At the OFS
campus, students plant a garden, compost, and do various horticultural
projects. At the end of every other five-week cycle, students participate
in an immersion week that may combine outdoor education activities, community
service or internships. In May there is an adventure trip to build on
experience acquired during the year, and continue a more in-depth study
of one of the science areas.
