Policies for Holding our Community
in a Peaceful Way
We aspire to create and hold nourishing and beautiful space for people to connect with nature, themselves and others. We offer these policies to foster peace and create understanding.
Student Conduct
The nature of our work is not only exploring skills and knowledge, but also building community with one another. It’s important that student conduct support healthy culture within our program. Students will be treated with respect and kindness by instructors and must strive to treat instructors and fellow students with respect as well. Individuals in our program are allowed a great deal of choice and the opportunity to move freely about our camp area. There are also times of focused group activity. Everyone is expected to cooperate with instructions, participate in activities as directed, and, during free time, to exercise common sense and help to create a safe and positive atmosphere. Inclusion is an important value - all students are welcome in all areas of camp at all times.
Discipline
Strong social relationships are the foundation of our program, and we invest in building good relationships with students and parents. We work with children to help them grow as wise and strong members of the community and communicate with parents when more attention is needed. In some cases, challenging behaviors can strain the capacity of our staff to create a positive environment for the whole group. While we strive to support positive conduct with encouragement and dialogue, certain behaviors will result in stronger disciplinary responses. Actions that threaten the safety or emotional well-being of participants may result in probation, suspension or dismissal.
The nature of our work is not only exploring skills and knowledge, but also building community with one another. It’s important that student conduct support healthy culture within our program. Students will be treated with respect and kindness by instructors and must strive to treat instructors and fellow students with respect as well. Individuals in our program are allowed a great deal of choice and the opportunity to move freely about our camp area. There are also times of focused group activity. Everyone is expected to cooperate with instructions, participate in activities as directed, and, during free time, to exercise common sense and help to create a safe and positive atmosphere. Inclusion is an important value - all students are welcome in all areas of camp at all times.
Discipline
Strong social relationships are the foundation of our program, and we invest in building good relationships with students and parents. We work with children to help them grow as wise and strong members of the community and communicate with parents when more attention is needed. In some cases, challenging behaviors can strain the capacity of our staff to create a positive environment for the whole group. While we strive to support positive conduct with encouragement and dialogue, certain behaviors will result in stronger disciplinary responses. Actions that threaten the safety or emotional well-being of participants may result in probation, suspension or dismissal.
Food
In some classes we provide snack, doing our best to provide food that’s safe, healthy, and appealing for everyone. We note indications on health forms and accommodate vegetarian preferences and food sensitivities. We also do our best to accommodate special diets. Occasionally we find that confining our offerings to keep within the scope of a special diet makes it challenging to provide food that will appeal to others, fill up tummies, and be affordable for our program. If this is the case, we may ask you to provide your own snacks.
As we celebrate the annual cycle of wild foods, certain dishes will be offered to most groups: acorn pancakes, black walnuts, corn bread, wild onions, etc. Some of these include common allergens. We’re very sorry if your child is left out of some of these treats! We hope you can understand our sense of the importance of celebrating local, wild foods. Upon request, we’ll inform you of days when these foods will be offered so you can send an alternative from home, if you wish.
In some classes we provide snack, doing our best to provide food that’s safe, healthy, and appealing for everyone. We note indications on health forms and accommodate vegetarian preferences and food sensitivities. We also do our best to accommodate special diets. Occasionally we find that confining our offerings to keep within the scope of a special diet makes it challenging to provide food that will appeal to others, fill up tummies, and be affordable for our program. If this is the case, we may ask you to provide your own snacks.
As we celebrate the annual cycle of wild foods, certain dishes will be offered to most groups: acorn pancakes, black walnuts, corn bread, wild onions, etc. Some of these include common allergens. We’re very sorry if your child is left out of some of these treats! We hope you can understand our sense of the importance of celebrating local, wild foods. Upon request, we’ll inform you of days when these foods will be offered so you can send an alternative from home, if you wish.