High School Outdoor Ed Counselors
The wind is blowing through the trees, children from a variety of schools talk animatedly to each other, and staff work to ensure breakfast is on time. Outdoor Ed is arguably the most anticipated field trip for every elementary school student. High schoolers are fortunate to have the opportunity to become a counselor and re-experience those good times.
Becoming an Outdoor Ed counselor is extremely simple. All that is needed is to fill out a short application with common leadership based questions. It is incredibly helpful to have exposure to certain skills necessary to maintain control, balanced with kindness, towards little kids.
“The application process was overall super easy. It’s just a form you have to fill out and then submit to the office. You just have to get a few letters of recommendations and some signatures, but overall super, super easy,” said Emmi Aguiar (‘27).
Duties and Responsibilities
During the week of Outdoor Ed, high school students are eligible to earn many senior service hours. This one trip exceeds the amount of hours needed for school by a landslide. Additionally, not only is this a nice experience for the elementary school students, it provides a relaxing break to enjoy the outdoors to the high school counselors as well.
“I was looking forward to getting my community service hours. You get all your community service hours from it and a lot more than you need. Also it is just a fun experience in general and then being able to do something for a week just off school is really nice,” said Aiden Perez (‘26).
At Outdoor Ed, counselors will exercise their leadership skills in front of a young audience. It is important for them to take initiative and responsibility. An Outdoor Ed counselor’s main goal is to be a quality role model for young elementary students.
“You’re pretty much taking care of the kids and looking after them. It’s a duty for you to be with them in the cabins and you’re making sure they’re participating in the activities. You’re also a role model for them because they’re at an age where they really look up to you,” said Oviya Anbu (‘26).
As said before, this trip will be one of the most memorable experiences for them, meaning that it is up to the counselors to make sure they have the best time.
“The main reason I wanted to apply was to make an impact on the kids that I was with,” said Aguiar.