Water Gap Canoeing & Leadership for Girls
Adventure awaits on this eight-day canoeing course – your chance to explore the Delaware Water Gap from the hull of a two-person canoe.
This course is designed for middle schoolers who identify as female and are looking to improve their leadership skills, challenge themselves and discover the lifelong benefits and perspective that only wilderness travel with Outward Bound can offer. You and your group will be moving to a new campsite every night and travel with all the food and equipment you need as you paddle along your expedition route. Sharpen your leadership skills and learn to inspire others as you take on new and exciting challenges with your crew.
Single Gender Courses
In early adolescence, many female-identifying students experience physical and cognitive development at different rates compared to male-identifying adolescents. Outward Bound has seen this in practice and has created single-gender early adolescent courses comprised of students at similar levels of development. This allows our Instructors to tailor their curriculum in ways that are more aligned with specific stages in their students’ development. This course is designed intentionally to diminish the potential for stereotyping behaviors to occur and offer a space in which girls will feel comfortable to step into a leadership role. On course, girls will have opportunity to talk openly about fears and concerns, and develop deep and empowering bonds with their Instructors and crew members.
NOTE: This course requires that students submit proof of "Up-to-Date" COVID-19 Vaccination status as defined by the CDC. For questions regarding this policy please see this page or call us at 866-467-7651.
UPCOMING COURSES
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| COURSE # | DATES | DAYS | AGE | COST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPMC-221 | 8.13.22 - 8.20.22 | 8 | 12 - 14 | $ 2,550 | APPLY NOW ALMOST FULL |
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JOIN WAITLIST
Once a course has reached capacity, three waitlist positions become available. To join a course’s waitlist, click “Join Waitlist” to begin the application process. A $500 deposit is required. This $500 deposit includes a $150 non-refundable application fee and a $350 tuition payment. The $350 tuition payment is refundable only if you cancel your waitlist application or if an open position does not become available. If a position does become available, the applicant will be applied to the open position and the Application and Cancellation Policies of the Regional Outward Bound School will be followed, including forfeiture of the $500 deposit if you cancel 90 days or less prior to the course start date.
Waitlist applicants are encouraged to complete all required admissions documents while awaiting an open position. Positions may become available up to two weeks prior to the course start date. Applicants may only apply to one course. We recommend applying to a course with open positions instead of a course that is accepting waitlist applications. If you have questions, please call 866-467-7651 to speak with one of our Admissions Advisors.
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CLOSED
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Canoeing
Be prepared to canoe the Delaware Water Gap where each section of the river is different and has its own personality. If you want secluded, wide water with lots of wildlife, the stretch that flows through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area from Matamoras to Kittatinny Point offers it all. In addition to learning valuable paddling techniques in a tandem canoe, you and your fellow crew members will learn basic outdoor skills like Leave-No-Trace Principles, wilderness hygiene, and backcountry cooking techniques in order to successfully live, work, and eat together. This process will not only hone your communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills, but take you on a journey unlike anything you’ve ever imagined.
High Ropes
Students will finish their expedition at our base camp at The Discovery Center – a serene, urban oasis and nature-based learning facility located in the heart of Philadelphia. Here students will have the opportunity to go outside of their comfort zone atop the Aerial Teams Challenge Course and gain greater confidence in their skills and abilities.
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To secure your spot on a course you must submit an enrollment form and $500 deposit that is applied toward the total cost of the course and includes a $150 non-refundable enrollment processing fee.