Experiential Education in District 51
5th Grade Owlets
Learn About OWL
5th Grade Parents
Welcome to the Outdoor Wilderness Lab! On this page you will find abundant resources to begin preparing you and your student for future OWL adventures. Our goal is to engage, enrich, and empower your children in this authentic and beautiful landscape. OWL's 160 acre campus creates an immersive environmental education experience for students to grow, connect, and achieve with their peers, leaders, and the outdoors.
Feel free to explore our website, or click on the helpful links below for more information.
OWL Student Fee: $150
OWL's student fee is $150, which covers your student's transportation, meals, and educational supplies for their three-day, two-night trip. But don't worry, we don't want the fee to stop any students from attending OWL.
Save just $15 a month starting in January!
If you do this, you will have your student's trip paid for by the time OWL season arrives!
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE is available through your middle school.
Find your middle school's OWL representative below to learn more!
Find Your Middle School's OWL Representative
Bookcliff Middle School- Johnna Keith, Amber Shannon
East Middle School- Sarah Rath
Fruita Middle School- Liz Henrikson
Grand Mesa Middle School- Brian Wright
Grand River Academy- Katie Peterson
Mount Garfield Middle School- Garrett Pierce
Orchard Mesa Middle School- Sam Meier
Testimonials
"You learn so much more outdoors than in a regular classroom. At OWL, we get to have fun outside while we're learning."
-Kevin S.
6th Grade OWL Student
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“I liked how our leaders were there to help but still let us be independent. I had a lot of fun at OWL and learned how to do so many new things that I will remember forever."
-Blake D.
6th Grade OWL Student
“Getting to spend time outdoors is always a breath of fresh air. Literally. But I also got to connect with new people. I got to play games and make new connections with a whole new group of kids. They were all so fun to be around and the whole experience was amazing."
-Mango Monique
High School OWL Counselor
“OWL teaches resilience, and appreciation and understanding of the natural and scientific world, as well as teamwork and collaboration. Everyone should go to OWL!"
-Jordan Houde
OWL Team Teacher- Orchard Mesa Middle School
“An immersive learning and worthy emotional experience which will live in my students' memories forever!"
-Liz Henrikson
OWL Team Teacher- Fruita Middle School
"OWL has definitely changed my perspective of the wilderness. You will enjoy learning about everything in the environment!"
-Colton N.
6th Grade OWL Student
“Students not only build confidence in themselves by overcoming challenges in a new environment, they also form new connections with their peers, teachers, and the beautiful outdoors in which they are living and learning."
-Mountain Murphy
OWL AmeriCorps Instructor
“My son says it was a great experience because you learn so much more doing all of the science lessons, and getting to hike around and see nature in person instead of sitting in a classroom and looking at pictures."
-Heather T.
OWL Parent
“OWL is not only a first-class opportunity for our students to live out the science they are learning in the classroom, but an even better opportunity for them to build meaningful relationships with themselves and one another."
-Thomas McCause
Speech Language Pathologist
Fruita Middle School
“If I could send my child to OWL again I would, because there is always something new to learn about our ever-changing ecosystem. This is an experience he will never forget."
-Mary D.
OWL Parent
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