The document provides information about The Outdoor School, a non-profit organization located on 236 acres in Horsham, Pennsylvania. It offers summer camp programs, including day camps, overnight camps, and teen adventure programs. The Outdoor School has accreditation from several environmental education and camping organizations. It describes the facilities, which include cabins, a dining hall, activity areas, an environmental center, and classrooms. Safety and supervision procedures are outlined. Sample meals served include pasta, meatballs, and ice cream for one dinner and pancakes, turkey sausage, and sliced apples for one breakfast.

2. Where Is The Outdoor School?
• Hatboro Horsham School District
• 4 miles from the Willow Grove Mall

3. • Non-profit organization 501 (c)3
• Summer Camps- College Settlement Day, Residential and Teen
Adventure Programs
• American Camp Association ACCREDITED CAMP
• Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT)
• Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA)
• North American Association for Environmental Education

4. • 1899 The College Settlement of
Philadelphia- Settlement House in South Philadelphia
• College Settlement Farm Camp 1922
Way upstate Pennsylvania (Horsham!)
• Kuhn Day Camp 1950
• The Outdoor School in Horsham 1973
• Today – Summer Camps at College Settlement
Day, overnight and Teen Adventure Programs
• Scouts, retreats, picnics, events, youth groups, specialty
camps

5. 236 acres of former farm land
in Horsham Township,
Montgomery County.

6. • Team building
Working together to solve problems
• Environmental Education
Exploring the fields, forests and streams
• Community Living
Sharing responsibilities during the trip
Goals of the Program

7. The Outdoor School Staff
• College Educated in Related Fields
Environmental Science/Education
• Experience with teaching outdoors
• Will be secondary supervisors
• All background checked annually
• Hired to be awesome

9. • Teachers are the PRIMARY supervisors!
• Student groups are ALWAYS supervised by an adult.
• The “buddy” system is used
• Teachers and Outdoor School staff are on 2 way radios
while on site.
• 2 way radios are monitored 24 hours per day
• 24 hour answering service – 215 542 7974
Supervision

10. Read your packing list :
•Waterproofs
•Bedding and pillow or pillow pet
•Comfortable shoes
•Toiletries
•Disposable Camera
•No good clothes
•No valuables
•No electronics
•Book
•LABEL EVERYTHING!!
Yeah – make
sure your shoes
are comfortable
What to Pack

11. Don’t pack too much!

15. Not so much…!

17. (OK – now the fun stuff…)

19. Safety Orientation

20. The Cabins

21. The Cabins

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25. The Dining Hall

26. The Dining Hall
Pack a lunch for the first day

27. PLAY COURTS

30. The A Frame of Destiny

31. The Log of Doom

33. Mission Improbable

34. Wobbly Whale Watch

35. Super Big Spider’s Web

38. Option Time

39. USDA Licensed

42. •Nutritious Family Style Meals
•Prepared on site
•Peanut free
•Kid friendly
•Vegetarian options

45. Meals served and eaten “Family Style”

46. Tonight’s wasted
food was less than
1lb !
After Meals

56. Classrooms

57. Pennypack Creek

58. Environmental Center

59. Cool Lessons

67. Wrap up activities

75. •24 hour answering service – 215 542 7974
•We meet or exceed all American Camp Association criteria for
facility and program accreditation
•All buildings used by students have smoke/CO detectors
•ALL Outdoor School staff have annual background checks
•School staff are given complete safety and emergency orientation
while on site.
•Lockable cabins are located in the center of the campus
•OS staff live on site between cabins, FT staff on call 24 hours.
•OS staff trained in CPR/First Aid. AED on site.
•School and OS staff radios are monitored 24 hours per day
•FOOD CONCERNS : Please let teachers know
•Facility is regularly patrolled by staff and Horsham Police
•Full laundry plus complete supply of bedding/clothing/toiletries on
site if needed
•All Terrain Wheelchair available upon request

76. • DAY 1 DINNER
• Pasta (Gluten free pasta available)
• Homemade vegetarian red sauce. Pasta served plain with sauce and meatballs on the side
• Pure beef meatballs.
• Whole grain Italian bread. (Gluten free bread available)
• Kraft parmesan cheese.
• Salad of spring greens
• 2% milk and water
• Ice cream sandwiches. (Frozen fruit bar available)
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• DAY 2 BREAKFAST.
• Pancakes and Syrup
• Turkey sausage links
• Butter blend
• 2% milk, water and orange juice.
• Granola, cold cereal, yogurt and fruit available on side table. (Rice Chex available)
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• DAY 2 LUNCH (for 2 day groups)
• Sliced Turkey Hoagie (Gluten free bread available)
• Cheese, tomatoes, lettuce
• Mayo and mustard
• Sliced Apples
• Potato Chips
• 2% milk, water and juice drink.
• Pre-arranged vegetarian option – cheese hoagie