Wilderness Youth Camps in Idaho, Oregan, and Alaska
Kids Farm, Ranch, and Nature Day Camp
We will not offer any day camps for the summer of 2023
Preteen Total Bushcraft Camps
We have yet to schedule our summer 2023 teen camps. Please check back in April.
Teen Camps
We have yet to schedule our summer 2023 teen camps. Please check back in April.
A Few Words from our Director
Thank you for stopping by to visit,
For those that are new to our programs
This all started in 2001 and in 2005 we created a strategic planning committee made up of kids and their parents. I called these kids the “Hard Core Core.” These kids were from little kids through teens, they were those that came for many weeks each summer and for many years, these kids were our customers and our best, these were the kids we wanted to please in the long team.
Some, though adults now, still check in with us. The kids and parents met separately, volunteers that the kids and parents did not know, facilitated the day so all would speak freely. The kids were sprawled on the back porch, parents in the house, all brainstorming, organizing, and formulating their plans, as Brian and his son were cooking a whole goat outside for a feast. At the end of the day and well fed, the butcher paper was hung around the living room and Brian was invited in for them to explain their needs and wants. That weekend they designed and set goals to form their ideal camp that they wanted. Their utopia.
Each year since, we return to that butcher paper and set our long-range goals, which set our med range goals, which set our short term goals. Each year we took more training, got many more certifications, and invested more money, and added more activities and programs. Each year we checked off one more want and got a bit closer to their ideal institute.
We were checking in with the kids. At the end of each camp, the preteens and teens evaluated and discussed how we could make it better. It has been 15 years since that first strategic planning committee, the youngest is now in college, yet Brian remembers who wanted what components, and most of the kids and the families that were a part of that first meeting still stays in touch with us.
We are happy to say that every one of their goals has been met in a big way. In fact, in each key area, we now certified instructors in those areas, and in some, we are instructors of instructors within those governing bodies. We have also been on accreditation teams for the American Camp Association.
It has been a long journey but we are not done raising our bar. We will continue to raise our bar; to make our best better.
This will be an epic summer. Have your teen or preteen join the adventure
Do You Still Have Questions?
The NOLI School Facebook Group addresses frequently Asked Questions about our camps and school. We also discuss the options we have to best serve the children you have a stake in. The NOLI School Group’s membership is made up of our Founders Toni and Brian King, future, present, and past parents, students, and staff. Come join the solution by joining in discussion.