SUMMER 2022 WATCH THIS SPACE!
We are currently talking to our community partners to confirm dates and locations for our summer week-long programs. Urban Adventure Squad plans to run approximately seven weeks of outdoor learning fun around the city for rising 2nd-8th grade students. The cost of each week has not yet been determined but UAS believes in equitable outdoor learning for all students and we always offer no-questions-asked scholarships to be selected when you register. We will announce details as soon as we're able to.
We plan to open registration in late January and will announce this ahead of time both on our social media (@UrbanAdvSquad on twitter, instagram, and facebook), and through our UAS Update e-newsletter (sign up here!)
SUMMER 2021
We ran five weeks of fully outdoor, masked, full-day programs this summer with our tiny staff of three: Elana Mintz, executive director, Christy Brock, director of programming, and Peter Merlo-Coyne, deputy director of programming. You can browse through our social media for photos and examples of outdoor learning--we're @UrbanAdvSquad on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter--and see how we:
-made field guides at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, recording our sightings of turtles, frogs, herons, hawks, lily pads, lotus flowers, catfish, and red-winged blackbirds;
-hiked up and down Rock Creek, making boats to learn about buoyancy, measuring the age of trees (we found one from the 1700s), and testing the water for pollutants;
-helped the staff of the National Arboretum's Washington Youth Garden harvest and process produce for donations;
solved an outdoor escape room created by BranchOut Parks at Tregaron Conservancy, using our observational skills and motivation to protect natural spaces.
We are indebted to everyone who helped make this summer happen, especially families who trusted us to care for and engage their children. (We had our highest-ever numbers of middle schoolers this summer!) We extend a huge shout out to them, to students who attended our programs, to high school volunteers, to donors, and to our education partners, including:
Anacostia Riverkeeper
BranchOut Parks
Casey Trees
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Friends of the National Arboretum/Washington Youth Garden
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Tregaron Conservancy
Washington International School
Without access to bathrooms, water, and emergency shelter, we would not have been able to run full-day outdoor programs.
Learning and exploring outdoors is vital to our mental and physical wellbeing, and we couldn’t have done it without our community partners. We’re #StrongerTogether!
We are currently talking to our community partners to confirm dates and locations for our summer week-long programs. Urban Adventure Squad plans to run approximately seven weeks of outdoor learning fun around the city for rising 2nd-8th grade students. The cost of each week has not yet been determined but UAS believes in equitable outdoor learning for all students and we always offer no-questions-asked scholarships to be selected when you register. We will announce details as soon as we're able to.
We plan to open registration in late January and will announce this ahead of time both on our social media (@UrbanAdvSquad on twitter, instagram, and facebook), and through our UAS Update e-newsletter (sign up here!)
SUMMER 2021
We ran five weeks of fully outdoor, masked, full-day programs this summer with our tiny staff of three: Elana Mintz, executive director, Christy Brock, director of programming, and Peter Merlo-Coyne, deputy director of programming. You can browse through our social media for photos and examples of outdoor learning--we're @UrbanAdvSquad on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter--and see how we:
-made field guides at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, recording our sightings of turtles, frogs, herons, hawks, lily pads, lotus flowers, catfish, and red-winged blackbirds;
-hiked up and down Rock Creek, making boats to learn about buoyancy, measuring the age of trees (we found one from the 1700s), and testing the water for pollutants;
-helped the staff of the National Arboretum's Washington Youth Garden harvest and process produce for donations;
solved an outdoor escape room created by BranchOut Parks at Tregaron Conservancy, using our observational skills and motivation to protect natural spaces.
We are indebted to everyone who helped make this summer happen, especially families who trusted us to care for and engage their children. (We had our highest-ever numbers of middle schoolers this summer!) We extend a huge shout out to them, to students who attended our programs, to high school volunteers, to donors, and to our education partners, including:
Anacostia Riverkeeper
BranchOut Parks
Casey Trees
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Friends of the National Arboretum/Washington Youth Garden
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Tregaron Conservancy
Washington International School
Without access to bathrooms, water, and emergency shelter, we would not have been able to run full-day outdoor programs.
Learning and exploring outdoors is vital to our mental and physical wellbeing, and we couldn’t have done it without our community partners. We’re #StrongerTogether!