New Student Onboarding

Welcome to Earth School. Currently, we meet every Friday at 6069 Park Drive from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Every day we meet, your child should show up to class prepared for an outdoor adventure. This program will often require your involvement and assistance. Not all classes will take place in one location, and in some cases, we’ll need parents to help caravan our students around Wrightwood. Our home base locations will be Eleven Elevation, the village trail, the community garden, and the Steinmann property North of Jensens Market. We are very excited to get your child trained and ready to join us out in the field. In Earth School, your child will learn new skills each class and will build upon the previous lessons. Regardless of when your child joins Earth School, they must be cleared to carry and use their knife. We have developed a full system to keep your child and the other students safe while using their tools in the field. Please complete our online lesson and take the knife safety test with your child. No child may carry or use a knife without taking our online course and submitting a passing test grade to Nature Reconnection.

Now that you have signed the release form, filled out the contact page, and reviewed the document that lists what your child needs for our program you are almost done. Now, we can work on preparing your child to carry and use their knife at Earth School.

Watch the ‘Knife Safety Video - Part 1’ with your child

Supervise your child as they complete the practical application lesson for ‘Knife Safety - Part 2’

Take the Knife Safety test with your child