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St. Michaels University School

EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAM

IMPORTANT Program DATES 2024-2025

*Any date when students will be off-campus for longer than the school day will be included in this section.

Term 1 Expedition-

Ridgelines & Coastlines and STEAM: Oct. 21-24th

Tofino/Clayoquot

Ridgelines & Coastlines

Outdoor Skills: Paddling, Surfing, Hiking

SS 10 Curriculum: Indigenous Education, First Peoples Governance, Sustainability & Resource Management

STEAM

Engineering: Earthquake Preparation & Tsunami Warning System

Science 10 Curriculum- Marine Biology, Astronomy, Plate Tectonics, Botany

Art 10 & English 10

Place-based reading, English and Art projects


Term 2 Expedition - March 3-7th

Ridgelines & Coastlines Expedition: Winter Camp Strathcona Park

STEAM: SEATTLE TRIP

Outdoor Skills: Winter Camping, Back-country skiing, survival skills

Curriculum: Indigenous Education, Physical Geography


Term 3 Expedition- May 12-15th

Ridgelines & Coastlines : Rock Climbing Skaha Bluffs

STEAM: TBA

Outdoor Skills: Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Belaying

Curriculum: Environmental Science, Sustainability


Culminating Expedition June 9-16th: TBA

The program will culminate in a week-long kayak journey along this famed protected area of wilderness off the coast of Vancouver Island. Students will develop mutil-day camp skills, including kayaking, orientation, fire-building, camp cooking as the navigate their way through this group of islands.