Gorge Outside
The Hood River Community Education Bulletin just arrived in our mailboxes today! Check out the great spread on outdoor education programs in the Gorge, including Cascade Mountain School. We’re proud to be part of this great outdoor consortium. Many thanks to our partners, including Let’s Get Out, Cascadia Kayak School, and Gorge Junior...
Read MoreSustainable Agriculture Course July 5-18
During this 14-day intensive residential science camp, students will work and play in the beautiful organic valley of Trout Lake, Washington. Students will camp on a small organic farm and will spend their days and evenings farming, cooking, biking, and studying local and global food systems. We’ll find time for relaxation and recreation while taking the academic nature of the course seriously. Each morning we will have focused academic time followed by biking to different farms to get our hands dirty helping out. Afternoons we will find time for discussion, reflection, ...
Read MoreSemester School: Fall 2016
We’re excited over here at CMS to launch our Semester School in the fall of 2016. Our Semester School is 16 weeks of high school, open to junior, senior, and gap year students, in the beautiful Cascade Mountains. If you are interested in sending your student to our program, please email info@cascademountainschool.org to be added to our mailing list. We will begin accepting applications for our Fall 2016 program in December of 2015.
Read MoreScience In the Great Outdoors
Who says science shouldn’t be fun or relevant? At Cascade Mountain School, we believe in getting students outside and having fun so that learning is engaging and memorable. Lewis and Clark College recently published a story on Cascade Mountain School. Check it out!
Read MoreSTE(A)M Education
Cascade Mountain School is committed to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education for a number of reasons. First, we think science can be really fun. Second, we see the benefit to ourselves and our society from cultivating the habits of a scientist such as curiosity, observation, and creativity. Third, we see students advancing into fulfilling careers and global relevance from being scientifically literate*. If you need more reasons to believe in STEM education, Washington STEM, an organization working to advance STEM education in Washington state has put out a...
Read MoreCascade Mountain School featured in Lewis and Clark Graduate Program News
https://graduate.lclark.edu/live/news/22403-science-in-the-great-outdoors
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