School Year Programs - Trackers Earth Portland

In our School Year programs, youth and teens find...

Friends & Social Connection

Guided by Trackers Educators, kids and teens discover lasting friendships and share outdoor adventures. Apprentices return year after year to study with friends and mentors.

Skills & Nature Connection

Students explore the outdoors and traditional crafts. Through hands-on discovery, they learn life lessons of resilience, thoughtfulness, and meaningful connections to the natural world.

Mentoring & Leadership

Apprenticeships cultivate leadership skills rooted in community and stewardship. Our Mentors are experienced educators, guiding students to take ownership of their own learning.

Outdoor Mentorship

Get Outdoors!
Monthly Weekends - Fall to Spring

Art Apprenticeship

Crafts, Creativity & Fun!

Grade K-2 Find creativity with hands-on arts & crafts. Pottery, woodworking, art & more!

Rovers Apprenticeship

Forest Craft, Farming & Foraging

Grade K-1 Find friends. Learn nature skills: wilderness survival, farms, fishing & more.

Realms Apprenticeship

Elves, Wizards & Dragons

Grade 2-5 / 6-12 Campaign in the Realms. Create your character. Learning fantastic skills.

Trackers Apprenticeship

Wilderness Survival, Wildcraft & Foraging

Grade 2-5 / 6-9 Train all Trackers Skills: wilderness survival, archery, farms, boats & fishing.

Trackers Leadership

Wilderness Survival, Wildcraft & Foraging

Grade 6-12 Join your Trackers Team. Connect with friends. Train outdoor skills & leadership.

Rangers Apprenticeship

Stealth, Archery, Wilderness Survival

Grade 2-5 / 6-9 Learn with our Rangers Guild. Train stealth, archery & wilderness survival.

Archery Apprenticeship

Bow, Arrow & Stealth

Grade 2-5 / 6-9 Mentoring in archery. Learn the way of the bow. Train with expert archers.

Mariners Apprenticeship

Fishing, Boats & Foraging

Grade 2-5 Take to the water. Learn Mariners skills: fishing, boating & foraging.

Paintball Team

Awareness, Gameplay & Leadership

Grade 6-12 Expert paintball guides teach paintball and help you build your team.

Art Mentorship

Hands-on Art Programs
Monthly Classes - Fall to Spring

Photography Apprenticeship

Nature, Landscapes & People

Grade 3-5 / 5-12 Tell stories with your camera and explore urban and natural environments.

Woodworking Apprenticeship

Tools, Carving & Craft

Grade 2-5 Intensive Woodworking course. Build and carve in hands-on woodworking projects.

Pottery Apprenticeship

Ceramics, Wheel & Fire

Grade 3-5 / 5-12 Our intensive ceramics course. Sculpt clay. Fire your works in our kiln.

Blacksmith Apprenticeship

Anvil, Forge & Fire

Grade 5-12 Forge iron by fire! Discover blacksmithing skills with our expert Mentors.

Bladesmithing Apprenticeship

Knives, Axes & More

Grade 6-12 Program focusing on making edged tools: arrowheads, knives, axes & more!

Metal Maker Apprenticeship

Welding, Casting & Smelting

Grade 6-12 Advanced blacksmithing. Plus, welding, smelting, & casting! Prereq: Blacksmith After School/Apprenticeship

School Day Programs

Outdoor Kindergarten - After School - Homeschool

Rovers Outdoor Days