Student Experience

Learning By Doing

How our experiential education builds courage, creativity and community, from the first day of preschool through 8th grade graduation.

In our BIG Lab (Build Imagine Grow), on overnight trips, during Adventure Days, on the capstone Global Studies trip, and every day in and beyond the classroom, students not only think deeply about ideas and information—they put them into practice.

Field Experiences: Beyond the Classroom Walls

Evergreen’s field experiences take our curriculum outside of the classroom and provide opportunities for hands-on learning and personal growth.

Each camp is a progressive step toward independence. In our first overnight camp in 1st grade, students have one adult each along for support. Then, in 2nd and 3rd grades, the classroom teachers are joined by six adult chaperones, and the time away at camp increases.

The intention behind the gradual addition of days and nights away from home is to build resilience and self-determination, as students connect to the world in which we live.

By the time students move to the Upper Division, they are confidently taking part in three nights away from school with only limited parental involvement. The confidence that our 8th graders show as they embark on their month-long global studies trip exemplifies the value of these intentional, incremental steps toward independence.

Field Experiences by Grade