AdventureScouts

For Youth Ages 8-17

AdventureScouts is a multi-age, multi-year program for youth ages 8–17 who are ready to build real skills, take on meaningful challenges, and grow through hands-on experience in the wild. With a primary focus on Ranger and Voyager Guilds, Scouts develop competence and confidence through wilderness skills, navigation, teamwork, and adventure. 

This program is designed to grow with the participant—offering achievement-based progression that meets youth where they are, and supports them as they rise into greater capability and maturity.

Focused on the Ranger and Voyager Guilds, youth progress through hands-on experiences: making fire, navigating trails, carving wood, building shelters, leading games, and learning to move through the forest with awareness and care. Their growing skills are then brought to life through seasonal LARP adventures—live-action roleplay quests where youth step into mythic roles and test their abilities in story-woven scenarios.

While AdventureScouts prepares youth for future thresholds by strengthening their sense of self, purpose, and belonging.

Scouts earn guild-aligned achievements in the WildWise Core Curriculum that track their skill development across seasons and years—celebrating progress and honoring effort, curiosity, and perseverance.

In AdventureScouts, every spark is a skill, every fire lit a lesson,  every challenge a forge, every trail a teacher, and every quest a mirror

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Each session includes:

  • Wilderness skills training (fire, shelter, tools, tracking, navigation)
  • Group games and team challenges
  • Guild-based progress tracking
  • Council, storytelling, and song
  • Seasonal celebrations and service to the land
  • Seasonal LARP

Rooted in Nature. Guided by Achievement . Grown in the Spirit of the Journey.

Each session weaves together:

  • 🌿 Nature Connection – Youth deepen their relationship with the land through tracking, shelter-building, fire-making, and immersive outdoor play.
  • 🫱 Community Building – Mixed-age groups foster teamwork, leadership, and peer mentorship. Games, group challenges, and shared stewardship build trust and belonging.
  • 🔥 Self Discovery – As youth grow skills and face challenges, they reflect on their strengths, take initiative, and track their progress through the WildWise Guild system.
  • ✨ Sacred Awareness – Circles, story, and seasonal celebrations help youth attune to the rhythms of nature and recognize the meaning woven through wild experiences.
  • 🛡️ Mythic Integration – LARP quests allow Scouts to embody characters, apply wilderness skills in real-time, and experience learning as part of a living, unfolding story.

Is AdventureScouts Right for Your Child?

Weekly after-school program with occasional full-day adventures

AdventureScouts is a dynamic, mixed-age program designed to support youth in developing real-world skills, confidence, and camaraderie through consistent practice and play in the natural world. Youth thrive in this environment when they are ready for both weekday afternoons and occasional weekend or full-day events.

  • Youth are ready to join AdventureScouts when they can:

    • ⏰ Attend regular after-school sessions (Wednesdays, 3:30–6:00 PM) with steady energy and interest

    • 🌄 Participate in occasional longer day events or seasonal adventures with support

    • 🧭 Follow instructions and adhere to basic safety guidelines—especially when using tools, around fire, and while exploring the land

    • 🎒 Take responsibility for personal belongings and outdoor gear (with reminders as needed)

    • 🛠️ Show interest in learning and practicing wilderness skills like tracking, fire-building, carving, or navigation

    • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Work respectfully within mixed-age groups

    • 💬 Communicate needs and feelings in a way that is respectful to peers and mentors

    • 🧘 Be able to regulate their energy during transitions between active games and focused skill time

    • 🎭 Participate in story-based quests (LARP) with creativity, cooperation, and a willingness to engage

    • 🛡️ Refrain from bullying or exclusion, and contribute to a group culture of safety, kindness, and inclusion

    • 🌱 Be open to trying new things, getting dirty, and growing through effort and play

    AdventureScouts does not require mastery—just a willingness to show up, try your best, and be part of something bigger than yourself.

2026 - 27 School Year

AdventureScouts meets weekly from Fall to Spring, with seasonal breaks on Wednesdays

OVERVIEW

  • All Outdoors
  • Ages: 8 - 17
  • Wednesday
  • 3:30PM-6PM
  • September 14, 2026 - May 21, 2027

TUITION

  • 1-day/week: $695
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💬 Still Unsure?

Every AdventureScout grows at their own pace. If you’re wondering about a specific skill or whether your child is ready for forest time, we’d be happy to chat.

📧 Reach out to us at info@wildwiseschool.org

SCHEDULE

Fall

  1. September 17, 2025
  2. September 24, 2025
  3. October 1, 2025
  4. October 8, 2025
  5. October 15, 2025
  6. October 22, 2025
  7. October 29, 2025
  8. November 5, 2025
  9. November 12, 2025
  10. November 19, 2025
  11. December 3, 2025

Winter

  1. December 10, 2025
  2. January 7, 2026
  3. January 14, 2026
  4. January 21, 2026
  5. January 28, 2026
  6. February 4, 2026
  7. February 11, 2026
  8. February 18, 2026
  9. February 25, 2026
  10. March 4, 2026
  11. March 11, 2026

Spring

  1. March 18, 2026
  2. March 25, 2026
  3. April 1, 2026
  4. April 15, 2026
  5. April 22, 2026
  6. May 6, 2026
  7. May 13, 2026
  8. May 20, 2026
  9. May 27, 2026
  10. June 3, 2026