School Year Programs: Mentoring the Peacemaker's Principles

Enrolled Families for School Year 2012/13: MAKE PAYMENT (you will be taken to "My Orders" page where you can log-in and make payment for old orders).

WHERE:
Most programs meet at Tuckers' Grove Park in Goleta (where Turnpike meets Cathedral Oaks). Exceptions include: one of the Monday Grasshoppers (Manning Park, Montecito), certain Young Eagles (a Wednesday group meets at Evergreen Park in Goleta, and the Tuesday group meets in Santa Barbara at the Mission Rose Garden). McKinley/La Cuesta/Crane programs meet at schools. Check schedule carefully for location details.

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.

Price per week for our programs is as follows:
(Prices listed are Program Fee, Scholarship Level 1, and Scholarship Level 2):

Chickadees meet for 4 hours, with 9 participants per group. Pricing per week is $45, $55, and $65.

Young Eagles, PMJ and NWL, meet for 3 hours (2.5 hours Nov-March), with 12 participants per group. Pricing per week is $25, $33, and $40.

Homeschool meets for 4 hours, with 12 participants per group. Pricing per week is $40, $50, and $60.

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

Pricing for Spring 2013 is as follows:

Prices: How they work and FAQs
Our program pricing is on a sliding scale, based on family income. See above for specific pricing.

Question: How much does the camp actually cost WYP to run?
Answer:  The Program Fee represents the actual cost per camper to run our program.

More information about our pricing can be found here:

MORE FAQs 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.

This is a new stage of after-school programming, designed for our young adventurers who are starting school. Grasshoppers, in its literal sense, couldn’t be more aptly named. Still rooted firmly in the close proximity of home and family that governs early childhood, these children are bursting with enthusiasm and the desire to judiciously extend their boundaries. As recognition of this, grasshoppers explore the places of wild character around Santa Barbara with the assistance of a 15 passenger van. This allows them access to such varying environments as beaches, rivers, canyons and meadows. Great emphasis is placed on developing exploratory judgement, self-care and care for the group. Many games pose opportunities for participants to take on the form of animals or hide quietly, both of which encourage the developing empathy with the natural world.

There is usually a free exploratory time with a few games or, “Items of intrigue,” as everyone is arriving. Next the group has an opening circle, then departs to a location of the day. The group returns to the park at 5:30 or 6 pm, depending on daylight savings.

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 Crane Country Day School. [We are proud to be offering specialized programs at Adams & McKinley Elementary Schools in Santa Barbara, but these are not open to enrollment as part of our afterschool programs. Rather, we work directly with classrooms and teachers to place children into these programs.]

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. Goleta group meets at Tucker's Grove Park.

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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