Outdoor Lab
It is an honor, privilege, responsibility and commitment to be a high school leader for the Jeffco Public Schools’ Outdoor Education Laboratory School (OELS).
Lakewood juniors and seniors – and occasionally sophomores – have the unique opportunity to serve as high school leaders for Jeffco sixth-grade students during this week-long, resident experience.
While at OELS, the student leaders help sixth-graders learn about science, history and mountain ecosystems while also learning about themselves and their fellow human beings.
To many of the sixth-graders at OELS, the most important person they will interact with is the high school leader. Leaders serve as guides, friends, teachers, advisors and a source of inspiration and must be able to put sixth-graders’ needs ahead of their own.
To fulfill sixth-graders’ expectations, the high school leader must be emotionally mature, use good judgment and demonstrate a natural love and respect for children as well as the environment.
Interested students should submit an application.
Outdoor Lab Calendar
- Sept. 6-9 with Edgewater at Mount Blue Sky
- Sept. 19-22 with Patterson and Rose Stein at Mount Blue Sky
- Sept. 19-22 with Lasley at Windy Peak
- Oct. 3-7 with Lumberg at Mount Blue Sky
- Oct. 3-7 with Creighton and Free Horizon at Windy Peak
- Oct. 10-14 with Creighton at Mount Blue Sky
- Oct. 10-14 with Creighton at Mount Blue Sky
- Oct. 24-28 with Deane at Mount Blue Sky
- Feb. 27-March 3 with Molholm at Windy Peak
The mission of the Outdoor Education Laboratory (Outdoor Lab) program is to enhance and enrich student learning as an integral part of sixth-grade curricula by providing opportunities for hands-on, experiential, authentic learning in an outdoor setting. In addition, Outdoor Lab fosters opportunities for student growth in environmental stewardship through an enhanced awareness, appreciation, and sense of responsibility for the environment, themselves and others.
Outdoor Lab Locations
Outdoor Education Laboratory Schools
Central Office
1829 Denver West Drive, Bldg. 27
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-982-8338
Mount Blue Sky Outdoor Lab School
P.O. Box 1857
201 Evans Ranch Road
Evergreen, CO 80437
Phone: 303-982-5208
Windy Peak Outdoor Lab School
P.O. Box 435
Bailey, CO 80421
Phone: 303-982-9494
