Outdoor Lab Foundation

Outdoor Lab engages all Jefferson County sixth-grade students (approximately 5,000 per year) in a weeklong residential, environmental, and civic education experience in the mountains. Outdoor Lab is impactful because it carefully integrates proven youth development models, including experiential education, life-skills training, outdoor recreation, and mentorship. The curriculum and program format work in tandem to help students deepen their understanding of classroom curricula through hands-on experiences, realize their leadership potential, and advance social-emotional learning. Very few outdoor programs in the country operate at a large scale, have such inspirational and emotive campuses, provide the depth and breadth of programming, and tie back to the curricula being taught at home schools. Each year, 5,000 sixth-grade students will attend Outdoor Lab supported by an additional 1,000 High School Leaders and Interns. The Outdoor Lab Program has enhanced the quality of life for...