Intellect & Academics

There are no desks at The Outdoor Academy. Instead, our 182-acre campus becomes our classroom. At OA, you’ll find yourself dashing through the woods to uncover a bed of mushrooms during Environmental Science, reading poetry on the lake dock with your English teacher, and debating news articles with your History class while sitting on a hilltop meadow.

Your classes will all be taught at the honors level, but more importantly, they will be hands-on and experiential. You’ll share your own passions or learn about others’ perspectives, decide on class discussion topics, and explore your own research interests.

OA classes will transfer directly to your high school transcript – you’ll receive up to eight honors-level credits and 50 service hours. Check out our Curriculum Guide below if you’d like a detailed description of each class. After returning to their high schools, OA graduates routinely take on leadership positions in clubs and teams. Our alumni also go on to attend distinguished colleges and graduate programs and have accomplished careers in fields as varied as environmental poetry, professional blacksmithing, and military medicine.