Flying Squirrels
After School Sessions in Rocky Ripple
Ages 7-9
Looking for a way to keep your kid active and outside after their school day?
Wish your kid could have the “White Pine” experience they loved during summer camp?
Our After-School Sessions might be just the fit for you!
Our After-School Shikari Sessions for Flying Squirrels are an excellent way for your Squirrel to unplug, immerse in nature, and train in wilderness skills. Squirrels are the most ‘bought in’ to the archetypes of the Shikari Wilderness System. They Stay Wild and get after it.
Program Overview
Shikari is a community operating system structured around wilderness skills, naturalist training, seasonal rhythms and self empowerment. We utilize variations of Shikari for all ages from 3 to Elder. We feel it is the most comprehensive wilderness training system available, designed to create holistic Skills Practitioners embodied in their own Peace, Power and Purpose.
Our programs guide students through reconnecting with nature, community, ancestry, indigenous wisdom and themselves. The methodology evolved through decades of research and experimentation with Wilderness Skills and Regenerative Community Design.
Program Location
Our After-School Sessions are located at our Rocky Ripple campus, our home base since 2014. Rocky Ripple is a quiet neighborhood, tucked in between the Indianapolis Canal and the Wapahani (White) River, and is loved by many for it’s peace and quiet. Here, we explore the beautiful woods and shorelines of the river to connect ourselves to nature.
Our campus is a private, partially-fenced space with everything you’d need for having fun learning about nature: an archery range, flint-napping area, climbing wall, primitive cob house, multiple fire pits, a yurt, a tree house, super-high monkey bars, chicken coop, skinning area, wood splitting area, individual lockers for gear, a climbing rope/swing, and so much more.
We adventure into the woods almost daily, just blocks from our campus. Rocky Ripple is a riparian habitat, exhibiting traits from both terrestrial and aquatic systems. So what do we find? Sycamore trees, wild ginger, crawdads, chickweed, sunfish, turtles, red-tailed hawks, barred owls, burdock, an occasional coyote in the distance, and so much more.
Program Structure
After-School Flying Squirrels (ages 7-9) meet from 4:00pm-7:00pm on Wednesdays. We allow a rolling drop-off time to accommodate different school dismissal times.
We meet at a consistent location with the same teachers throughout the whole school year. Class size is limited to 10 kids, with a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:5. We are outside 99% of the time, with students only going inside in the case of restroom breaks or severe weather threats.
After-School Sessions are structured into 8 sessions throughout the year that each last 4 weeks. Each session dives into the Guilds, Games, Science and Training of that time of year. Families are welcome to register for any number of sessions. Keep in mind that we may offer pop-up sessions occasionally, so follow us on social media for updates.