School Year Programs: Mentoring the Peacemaker's Principles

Winter 2012 runs for 11 weeks (January 9 - March 23, 2012)

REGISTER TODAY! See catalog here.

WHEN:
Afterschool programs meet 3-5:30pm, Chickadees: 9:00-12:00, Homeschool: 9 am to 1:00 pm

Enrolled Families for Fall 2011: MAKE PAYMENT (you will be taken to "My Orders" page where you can log-in and make payment for old orders).

WHERE:
All Programs meet at Tuckers' Grove Park in Goleta (where Turnpike meets Cathedral Oaks) except for our Brandon/McKinley/La Cuesta/Crane programs (which meet at school) and one Santa Barbara-based Young Eagles, which meets at the Alameda Park.

COST:
Program costs are organized via pricing tiers:
Program Fee: This is the actual cost of running the program for Wilderness Youth Project
Scholarship Level 1, Subsidy: For moderate- to low-income families that need financial assistance
Scholarship Level 2, Deep Subsidy: For lower income families**
**Note that deeper scholarships below Level 2 are available by request for afterschool programs only. Deeper scholarship requests can be made during the registration process.

Pricing for Winter 2012 (11 week sessions) is as follows:

A deposit is required upon registration ($50 or 15% of Program Fee)

More information about our pricing can be found here:

Here are a few reminders about program logistics:

• Make sure to sign your child IN and OUT each day with her/his counselor.
• Pack plenty of drinking water and backpacks should have shoulder pads and not be too large (your child will be carrying them most of the time).
• Pack multiple snacks and please, limit sugar.
• Apply sun-block before leaving home, and we will re-apply during the session, if necessary.
• Hats are great.
• Your child will definitely come home wet and dirty. If you have somewhere to go right after camp, consider bringing a change of clothes and a towel for the car ride home.

Young Eagles is our gateway program that has the primary focus of introducing youth to nature in a way that encourages children to build meaningful relationships with the natural world. Young Eagles allows children's passions and curiosity to guide our activities.  Our mentoring philosophy uses core routines such as sensory awareness games, child-centered wandering, and focused crafts that inspire our connection with nature and lay the foundation of a Peacemaker. Through the course of a season children grow in agility, confidence, self awareness, and social skills.

Each week we wander different creeks, beaches and mountains of Santa Barbara to discover all things that thrive here. We look under rocks, hide among the ferns and climb the mighty oaks. We learn how to sneak up on gophers and recognize common tracks in the mud. Come play with us!

We're pleased to offer a Young Eagles program specifically designed for Brandon Elementary School in Goleta, McKinley Elementary in Santa Barbara and Crane Country Day School. We offer full scholarships for students on school lunch plans and have a sliding scale for others.

Our homeschool program grew out of requests from the community for us to offer our nature-based mentoring to homeschoolers. The curriculum and daily activities are equal to those we offer as part of Young Eagles, except they take place on Mondays during the day.  The program's primary focus is to introduce youth to nature in a way that encourages children to build meaningful relationships with the natural world. Through the course of a season children grow in agility, confidence, self awareness, and social skills.

Our third stage program, Peace Maker’s Journey (PMJ), is offered to children ages 9 - 12.  The intention of PMJ is to support kids in expanding their social, ecological, and self awareness. Emphasis is placed on peer group interactions and opportunities to exert independence and leadership in order to further social skills and begin to identify one’s own gifts. The Peacemaker Principles of Peace, Unity and the Good Message are intended to help guide this process of growth. Our days together will include exploration through wandering, team building games, sit spot, naturalist skills and more.

The intention of North Wind Leadership (NWL) is to cultivate teens who are equally comfortable and competent both in their communities and in the natural world.  We move toward this goal through community service, an ever deepening knowledge of place, and wilderness survival skills.  Teens in this program will develop a solid awareness of their individual gifts and will be well equipped to carry these gifts forward.  NWL meets weekly and teens are also invited to participate in a series of weekend adventures where they learn essential survival skills such as fire by friction, building natural shelters, way finding and much more.

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