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The National Network of Outward

Bound Schools in the United States

There are eleven regional Outward Bound Schools that

operate across the United States. Each School has
autonomy to deliver Outward Bound courses in its region

and to build strong ties within its local communities and with
its regional school partners.

Each school develops programs that serve specific
student populations or needs and programs that respond to

issues directly affecting its local communities.

For many years, the Hurricane Outward Bound School has
offered semester-long expeditions where learning at sea,

from the Maine coast to the Florida Keys, becomes a
formative part of a student’s gap year plan. The Colorado

Outward Bound School also offers semester-long courses
where students begin their coursework in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado and conclude their coursework in

Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.
The Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School, for

example, developed The Police Youth Challenge to address
the deeply rooted and fraught relationships between police

officers and young people across the city, and endeavors to
connect them across issues and identities. The program has

created positive, systemic change empowering young
people and officers to see their leadership potential, to
shape their sense of responsibility to their communities, and

to act with compassion toward themselves and their
neighbors.