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Posted on May 4, 2022

$431,000 Grant will Support Social and Emotional Learning in the Outdoors

Northwest Outward Bound School (NWOBS) recently received a $431,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington. The grant will fund new jobs at NWOBS that directly support partnerships and programs for students to learn social and emotional skills through outdoor adventure in the Pacific Northwest. The grant is part of the Murdock…

Posted on March 24, 2022

Meet NWOBS New Board Members!

We are excited to announce we have two new members joining the NWOBS Board! Please join us in welcoming Melanie Stagnitti and Karen Westing. Continue reading to learn more about Melanie and Karen’s background and interest with NWOBS! MEET: MELANIE STAGNITTI What interested you or what inspired you to join the NWOBS Board? I have…

Posted on February 17, 2022

Alumni Feature: Ime Etuk

Elevating the voice of Black filmmakers, Ime Etuk uses storytelling to raise awareness around poverty, homelessness, mental health, and the transformative nature of the outdoors. Ime is a Northwest Outward Bound School alumnus and former board member, and he was NWOBS’s first Pinnacle Scholar. Finding his passion for storytelling in high school, Ime began his…

Photo of evergreens in the mountains on a clear blue-skied day.
Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

Our 2022 Focus

As we begin 2022, so many of us yearn for a clear understanding of the future and the stability that we thought we’d have by this point of the pandemic. At NWOBS we don’t know how the year will unfold, but we know clearly where we are focused and how we’ll support students as we…

Posted on January 26, 2022January 27, 2022

Program Spotlight: Evergreen School District

A new year means new beginnings and experiences, and our NWOBS Public School Programs team is no exception. This winter marks the kickoff of our new partnership with Washington’s Evergreen School District. Our instructors teach as many as six different classes in one day, providing an action-packed experience full of games, growth, and unlocking new…

Posted on August 25, 2021

Tips for Overcoming Challenges

If you’ve ever been on an Outward Bound expedition, you’ve seen in action how shared challenges, adversity, failure and success help our students discover and develop new skills, confidence and passion. Again and again over the past year and a half, we’ve seen huge challenges at a global level, and even more recently as our…

Posted on July 29, 2021

Program Spotlight: Word is Bond

This July, we continued our work with the Word is Bond youth program in Portland. Our fourth full year running programing with Word is Bond, it has been one of our most exciting and successful yet. The Word is Bond youth program, created in partnership with the Portland Police Bureau, is a six-week summer community-building…

two outward bound students wearing yellow rain jackets assist each other during a challenge course
Posted on June 8, 2021June 9, 2021

2021 – 2023 Strategic Framework

I am excited to share with you the Northwest Outward Bound School 2021 – 2023 Strategic Framework. As an organization, we’ve finally reached the point of this pandemic where we can look ahead, move forward with plans for the future and be invigorated by the opportunities that lie ahead. We know that some things will…

A group of Northwest Outward Bound Students wearing masks and social distancing around a picnic table with mountains in the distance
Posted on March 23, 2021March 25, 2021

One Year Later

A year ago we quickly took action in ways I wouldn’t have thought possible. We pulled 17 students from the field on day 30 of their 78 day course. We furloughed most of our Administrative team as we bought time to gauge the magnitude and impacts of COVID-19. Our Portland Schools Program staff stayed home…

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

Donor Support in 2020 Sets NWOBS Up for Success in 2021

In a year that so many of us were challenged emotionally and physically, the Northwest Outward Bound School Community really stepped forward to support the school in 2020! We were able to exceed our 2020 donor support goal due to the generosity of our donor community, and we saw an increase of 65% in the…

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