Welcome to MESD Outdoor School!
2020-21 Reopening Plan

Be a Student Leader this fall!

COVID prevents 6th graders from taking field trips this fall, so we are going to them! As a Student Leader, you will work with a staff team and travel to local elementary and middle schools to work with 6th graders outdoors on their school grounds or at nearby parks. ​You'll receive training and experience that you can use when we are able to do overnight Outdoor School in the spring. 
Apply for Fall Jobs Now!  Field Instructor, Program Leader, Kitchen Staff, and Nurses needed!
High School Students: register to be a Student Leader!
At Outdoor School we believe that every individual is equal, valuable and welcome. We work to acknowledge and celebrate our differences, whatever they may be. We strive for positive relationships across difference through listening and mutual respect. Inclusion means everyone and together we will strengthen our skills to work and live with others that are alike and different from ourselves. At Outdoor School we are building a community where everyone is protected and honored for exactly who they are.
Registration for fall 2021 Outdoor School is now open!
Registration for Spring 2022 will open in February.
Download Student Leader Registration Card the old-fashioned way (PDF)

​Outdoor School - No Child Left Inside

Oregon's economy and employment are based on its bountiful natural resources: timber, recreational opportunities, agricultural products, water, wildlife, and minerals. The extent to which Oregon's youngsters learn to understand and wisely use their natural resources today will largely determine their economic security in the future.

Outdoor school teaches children about the natural sciences so they can use that information as adults to become knowledgeable citizens and voters. If a child can understand the natural process, then he or she can understand those factors that affect the natural process. Outdoor School teaches the natural process... how nature works!