Special Programs

Life at Red Cedar involves an engaging and challenging mix of opportunities: academic, social, physical, artistic, inside, outside, in nature, in the local community, and far from home. Special programs augment classroom learning and ensure a balanced experience. A strong environmental program involves students in a range of activities that help develop a love of nature and an informed awareness of the environment. Wednesday afternoons are set aside for month-long Wednesday Workshops in the visual and performing arts, outdoor adventure, handcrafts, and other hands-on ventures. Multi-day canoeing, backpacking and snowshoeing wilderness trips are undertaken with the older groups each year. In the winter, the entire school skis each Wednesday afternoon, with a choice of alpine or Nordic skiing, or snowboarding. Extended travel study trips out of the area are undertaken with the high school every year or two. Past trips have included Oaxaca, Mexico; Taos, New Mexico; Toronto, Ontario; and Washington D.C. Older high school students undertake weekly apprenticeships in the community in areas of interest. In addition to weekly arts classes and workshops, and art experiences that are part of the interdisciplinary curriculum, the entire school undertakes an annual Arts Immersion week in which the building and outdoor areas are transformed into art studios and all forms of the arts are explored.