Dates: July 20, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Ages: 13-18 (current grades 8-12)
Cost: $4,647.18
Register HERE
*Notes:
- Registration closes: Friday, January 31, 2025
- This program is available to all students currently in grades 8-12.
- A $500.00 deposit must be made when checking out. The 6.1% processing fee is added to the deposit. Total charge with deposit is $767.18.
- Help give others the opportunity to attend this amazing outdoor adventure: donate today when you check out.
This summer, students grades 8-12 will have the opportunity to join three members of the San Domenico Science faculty on a 10-day ecology program in Haines, Alaska. The main goal of the course is to foster students’ awareness of complex relationships that exist throughout the natural world and how they interact to have economic, social, cultural, and philosophical implications, while giving them the time and opportunity to consider their own relationship with nature. Mornings will be spent receiving classroom instruction on topics ranging from glaciation to forest ecology, and in the afternoons students will journey into the wild nature surrounding Haines to explore and apply what they have learned. Explorations will include hiking and kayaking, as well as an overnight river rafting trip led by professional river guides. In addition, there will be an emphasis on personal reflection and connection to nature, and students will be invited to participate in a variety of mindfulness practices and community sharing.
Aside from one night camping on the river, students will be lodged in camp cabins, and will have a private chef to prepare meals. Cell and wifi service will be minimal, giving students a wonderful chance to unplug, but a landline will be available in camp headquarters in case of emergency. Dr. Adrianna Smyth (San Domenico Upper School Science Teacher), one of the trip leaders, is currently conducting research into immersive science education, and will be asking participants to complete research questionnaires before and after the trip. More information, along with parental consent forms, will be provided as we prepare for the journey.
AOSS Syllabus & Itinerary
Pricing Includes:
- Lodging
- Meals
- Flights
- Local Transportation
- Ferry Transportation
- Chaperones
- Class Sessions
- Field Sessions
- Visiting Lecturers
- Museum Fees
- Overnight Camping and River Trip
- 6.1% processing fee
Students will fly out with chaperones on Sunday, July 20th from SFO to JNU via Alaska Airlines and return to SFO from JNU via Alaska Airlines on Thursday, July 31st.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
- Once the trip is confirmed with Alaska Outdoor Science School (AOSS), the $500 per person deposit is due to AOSS and will no longer be refundable.
- The remaining balance is due by May 1, 2025.
- Trip cancellation for any reasons within 60 days of the trip (May 21, 2025) is subject to a $1,075 cancellation fee.
- Trip cancellation for any reason after June 1, 2025 is not subject to any refund.
- Trip cancellations initiated by AOSS after trip confirmation will be refunded 100%.
