School's Out Adventures

Scheduled around school calendars. Turn your day off into a day out.
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Gillson Park, Wilmette or the Skokie Lagoons, Winnetka
$150
Scheduled around school calendars. Turn your day off into a day out.
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Day off? Make it a day out with these adventures.
Experts at PolarExplorers and The Northwest Passage will lead activities including wilderness travel, outdoor cooking, and shelter building in the Skokie Lagoons. Participants will build confidence and make lasting memories as they learn valuable outdoor skills from adventure travel professionals. All activities will be held outdoors. Outdoor conditions and weather are considered in the selection of activities. Communication prior to the program time will help prepare participants. Example activities include snowshoe building, snowshoeing, fire building, dutch oven cooking, navigation, and scavenger hunts.
After registering a full email confirmation packet will be sent with details on what to bring and what to expect. This includes directions to our locations and the Parent Manual.
The necessary forms will be provided in a link and submission required prior to drop off.
Location is communicated prior to the start time via, email, and/or text message.
Please plan to arrive early our guides will start promptly.
After our orientation and an overview of the next couple of hours, the group will begin the daily challenge.
We will use our time in small groups inspiring creativity, teamwork, and independence.
All activities will be held outdoors. Outdoor conditions and weather are considered in the selection of activities. Example activities include kayaking and SUP in warming months, snowshoe building, snowshoeing, fire building, dutch oven cooking, navigation, and scavenger hunts in cooler months.
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"The afternoon adventures program is amazing. My child is stronger physically, but also more in touch with nature, and more upbeat, positive, and engaged at home and school, since she started this class. She sleeps better and bedtime is easier. Everything you read about "Nature Deficit Disorder" is true. And when you really immerse a kid in nature, with guides who are truly knowledgeable, that's when the magic happens. These guides are not just babysitters for my kids, they are passionate educators about water sports, nature, history, and more." - Lisa O. Wilmette, IL