Trackers Outdoor Homeschool
Portland, Oregon

Become a Tracker! Join our weekly homeschool program.

Trackers Earth offers one of the longest-running outdoor homeschool programs in Portland. Here kids find incredible friends while adventuring with expert Trackers Guides. In the forest, train in archery and wilderness survival. On the water, discover fishing and boating adventures. At our farm, help care for our animals and gardens. In our artisan studio, create folk crafts from wood and clay. Choose from our NE, SE or W Portland sites.

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Trackers Outdoor Homeschool cultivates curiosity, creativity, and connection. Our expert Trackers Guides act as mentors to youth and teens learning in a small team of fellow homeschoolers. Kids share epic adventures while learning fantastic outdoor skills.

Our Educational Philosophy

Trackers Earth's curriculum complements homeschooling families. Our unique educational philosophy focuses on creating a deeper connection to community, nature, and social-emotional well-being.

  • Friends & Community: Kids learn together in small teams, building social support within their cohort. We teach skills of independence to empower everyone to contribute to their community.
  • Multi-Generational: Our mentors begin with our developmental curriculum while adapting to follow the interests of our cohorts. We teach leadership by fostering a multi-generational community.
  • Natural World: We get outdoors to thoughtfully increase a child's comfort and adaptability. We learn skills of connection and caretaking for the natural world.
  • Awareness: We practice being present with our peers and environment. We connect to how a child's unique gifts can inspire them to care for their community and nature.

Learn Trackers Skills

Adventuring outdoors entails learning with the seasons. During our journey, each seasonal term draws from the curriculum of our Four Guilds. Our Rangers Guild trains in archery and wilderness survival. Our Mariners Guild goes fishing and boating. Our Wilders Guild helps out with farm animals and gardens. Our Artisans Guild teaches natural arts & folk crafts.

Fall Term (8 weeks total) Explore the forest through fantastic Rangers skills such as archery, wilderness survival, and outdoor safety. Learn to build shelters and light fires with no matches. Train in games of forest stealth and animal tracking. Visit our Wilders farms and animals. Early in fall, go fishing with our Mariners and more.

Winter Term (8 weeks total) During these cooler days, spend part of your time in our Artisans Studios. Delve into nature and folk crafts from woodcarving, ceramics, and more. When the sun shines, get back outdoors with our Rangers for epic stealth and wilderness adventures focused on outdoor camp, wood, and fire craft.

Spring Term (8 weeks total) Travel to the farm to help care for animals and forage for wild plants with our Wilders. Explore our local waterways, fishing and boating with our Mariners. Continue your Rangers training, building on outdoor and archery skills, plus playing epic games of forest stealth.

Our Team

The Trackers Outdoor Homeschool team features some of our best Trackers staff. They are Mentors, guiding each day to help every cohort grow in their connection to each other, community, and nature.

  • Expertise in mentoring and outdoor skills.
  • Low student-to-guide ratio facilitating personal, team-based learning.
  • Background checked with First Aid & CPR certification.
  • Trained in outdoor safety and the Trackers Earth curriculum.

Our Place

Typically, our Outdoor Homeschool is transported by bus or van from our in-town location to our wilderness sites. While training in Rangers skills such as archery or wilderness survival, we travel to our 351-acre private Wilderness Camp in Sandy, Oregon. For Wilders skills, we visit our working farm and ranch, featuring donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, and sheep. For Mariner skills, we explore local waterways. When the weather calls for it, we might stay indoors at our Artisans studio creating hands-on nature and folk crafts.

Fall Term September 23, 2024 - November 15, 2024 (8 weeks total)
Winter Term December 2, 2024 - February 14, 2025 (8 weeks total)
Spring Term March 3, 2025 - May 9, 2025 (8 weeks total)

In case of snow days or other weather needs, we provide make-up days. If a class is cancled, families will be contacted via email & text by 6:30 AM the day of class. A make up date for the class will be emailed & texted as well.

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