Stronghold: Our environmental classroom includes 360 acres of woodlands, prairie, and meadow with retreat buildings and camping locations for overnight and day adventures.

Outdoor: Rain or shine opportunities to experience the ecosystem, bringing lessons to life in amazing ways.

Learning: Our SOLAR classroom is a fresh approach to experiential learning.

Activities: You design the activities to enhance student achievement while reinforcing a sense of responsibility and discovery.

Resources: Stronghold’s outdoor classroom brings environmental education to life. Project-Paks keep the experience alive back in your classroom.

The SOLAR program is experience based, offering a balance of physical activities and academic exercises. Topics can include Nature and the Arts, Astronomy, Field Science, Atwood Birds of Prey, Water/Soil Conservation, Geology, and Orienteering with Maps and Compass, and many more. The curriculum is tailored to meet your class' objectives and meets Illinois State Learning Standards in all seven areas: language arts, math, science, fine arts, social studies, foreign language, and physical education.

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