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CCHS students, teacher outline growing Outdoor Adventure class, request second section
Summary
Teacher Anne Hale Smith and students described the Outdoor Adventure course at Churchill County High School, detailing activities, field trips and funding arrangements. The board heard requests to expand to a second section and clarified fees and credit.
Anne Hale Smith, a Churchill County High School teacher, outlined the Outdoor Adventure course and its goals during the Churchill County School District Board of Trustees meeting. She described the class as a cross-curricular program that teaches fitness, conservation and practical outdoor skills through activities such as kayaking, archery, rock climbing and snowshoeing.
The program, launched officially in 2022–23, enrolled roughly 40 to 50 students across two combined sections that year, Smith told the board. Students take three field trips annually — paddle sports at Lake Tahoe, a hike at the Donner Pass tunnels and snowshoeing at Chickadee Ridge — and businesses in the region supply equipment and instruction at reduced cost or donation. Smith named Clearly Tahoe and Mountain Top Sports as partners that have provided boats and snowshoes; she also reported outreach to Yosemite…
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