OLS Explorers

Entering Grades 6th - 9th

Outdoor Living Skills is the ultimate adventure for campers ready to take on the wild! Designed for older campers who love the outdoors, this program teaches real wilderness survival skills — from building shelters and starting campfires to navigating with a compass, purifying water, identifying edible plants, and practicing outdoor cooking. Each day brings new hands-on challenges that build confidence, teamwork, and self-reliance. Whether they’re learning to thrive off the land or testing their skills in group survival scenarios, campers will walk away feeling empowered, capable, and connected to nature like never before.

Quick Facts

  • Availability: All Weeks (June 29th – August 14th)
  • Age Range: Rising 6th – 9th Grade Campers
  • Weekly Rate: $655

OLS Camp Highlights

  • Hands-On Wilderness Training: Learn real outdoor survival techniques like fire-starting, water purification, and shelter building.
  • Adventure & Teamwork: Campers work together to tackle challenges and complete survival missions.
  • Confidence in Nature: Builds self-reliance, problem-solving, and respect for the environment.
  • Fun Meets Function: Combines practical outdoor skills with classic camp fun and exploration.
  • Hands-On Wilderness Training: Learn real outdoor survival techniques like fire-starting, water purification, and shelter building.
  • Adventure & Teamwork: Campers work together to tackle challenges and complete survival missions.

  • Confidence in Nature: Builds self-reliance, problem-solving, and respect for the environment.
  • Fun Meets Function: Combines practical outdoor skills with classic camp fun and exploration.

A Day in the Life of an OLS Explorer

  • 9:00–9:15 AM
    Morning check-in & daily challenge overview
  • 9:15–10:45 AM
    Wilderness survival lesson (e.g., fire building, shelter construction, knot tying)
  • 10:45–12:00 PM
    Team survival activity or nature hike
  • 12:00–12:45 PM
    Lunch & rest under the trees
  • 12:45–1:45 PM
     Pond time & outdoor recreation
  • 1:45–3:15 PM
    Skill application project (navigation course, outdoor cooking, or first aid scenario)
  • 3:15–3:30 PM
    Reflection, debrief, & dismissal

Adventure Park Camp

Entering Grades 6th - 9th

Summer sandy Friends School

Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, all-gender, college preparatory Quaker school serving students from Preschool (age three) through 12th Grade.

Email us at: admissions@ssfs.org

Visit: https://www.ssfs.org/learn-more

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