Secondary schools give kids balanced education

September 2011

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Students at schools where outdoor ed is a primary focus spend a large portion of their time in the hills, learning skills like how to build a snow cave. Photo: Josh Gale
When he was 14-years-old and in the bush on a 48-hour solo trip, Chris Wynn set up some candles and wrote about his dream job. “My goal was to become the director of this place,” says Wynn. “It happened 20 years later.” Now the director of Tihoi Venture School in the Waikato, Wynn enjoys his […]
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