户外教育

Fifth grade students walk to neighboring Quiet Waters Park early in the fall, 春天又来了, to spend a day focusing on community-building activities while also making connections to their curricular work.

Sixth grade students camp for three days at NorthBay on Maryland's Eastern Shore where they focus on individual challenges, 团队建设和切萨皮克湾研究. They also camp for two days in Harpers Ferry to connect with aspects of their Civil War studies and hike some beautiful trails in the area.

7年级的三亿体育APP experience the rigors of a two-day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail, as well as a four-day camping experience at Point Lookout State Park, which involves an introduction to canoeing and an in-depth look at ecosystems of the area in support of their science curriculum.

八年级三亿体育APP spend three days in the fall backpacking in the Shenandoah National Park and summiting the locally famous Old Rag Mountain. 他们还在春天乘船去怀伊岛, 他们在哪里露营6天, 在岛上划独木舟, 探索它的环境. The 户外教育 Program also joins with the Physical Education Department in the winter to offer eighth graders a series of outdoor challenges and initiatives that promote individual and community growth through group problem-solving.

可选的旅行: Key also offers Middle School students three optional trips during the year, 包括在马里兰州的阿巴拉契亚小道上进行一日游, 在帕塔普斯科国家公园进行山地自行车旅行, and an inter-divisional (Middle School and Upper School) High Ropes Course Day at Camp Letts.

In the Upper School, outdoor experiences grow in terms of scope, duration and interdisciplinary curricular connection.

The ninth grade 岛奥德赛 trip provides an opportunity to spend three days on Tangier, 史密斯和福克斯群岛, 研究古代文明, physics, music, and art as well as the current environment of the Bay and its cultural implications.

In the fall, 十年级 前往大瀑布附近的卡德罗克, Maryland, for a three-day 攀岩 trip that focuses on developing trust and communication within the class. In the spring, tenth grade students work together during a four-day canoeing and camping excursion, 在河上翻滚, where the study of history and chemistry become integral as they assess the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the region.

十一年级 students take several extended trips to explore the ecological interactions in and around the Chesapeake Bay, concluding their year with a five-day trip to Assateague Island where they investigate the area's diverse habitats.

The progression of trips in the outdoor program culminates with a twelfth grade 白水漂流 experience on the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania, offering the seniors an opportunity to discuss and plan their potential leadership initiatives for the year, and a spring two-day trip to Wye Island to celebrate the many accomplishments and successes throughout the years in the 户外教育 Program.

可选的旅行: Additionally, all Upper School students have the opportunity to participate in an array of optional weekend trips throughout the fall, 冬季和早春. Approximately fifteen percent of the Upper School student body are also trained as Outdoor Peer Leaders, and in that capacity help co-lead our Middle School backpacking experiences.

最近夏天的机会, available to Middle and Upper School students depending on the nature of the trip, 包括:

• 阿拉加什挑战, a 98-mile, fourteen-day wilderness canoe trip in northern Maine
• 约翰史密斯切萨皮克水径体验帕塔克森特河上为期六天的野外独木舟之旅
• 同行领导车间, a five-day backpacking trip in Shenandoah National Park that focuses on outdoor leadership
• 西海岸的冒险, a fourteen-day backpacking and paddling exploration of the Oregon Cascades and northern California redwoods regions
• SusqueBayChallenge, a 633-mile canoe trip from the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem in New York, down the Susquehanna River to the southern waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

The opportunity to learn in these outdoor settings is a concept that has been embedded in the life of the School since its inception and has a profound impact on the students' academic work as well as the growth and well-being of the School community.