Other Key 2025-2026 Achievements:
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Implemented a new course that has field work involved (Healthy Active Living - 
Outdoor Education).
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Surveyed parents/guardians to gauge interest in exchanges, international travel and 
other experiential overnight trips. 
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Students led work to ensure our connection with EcoSchools was maintained.
“I’m proud of our staff and the many (hundreds!) of great ideas they have to make 
learning experiential and personalized in such a wide variety of ways. We had well 
over 80 course-connected field trips last year alone, not including the many in-school 
opportunities, guest speakers, workshops, activities, and more, as well as larger 
experiential opportunities like the Arts/Experiential Day and Case Competitions.”  
– Sam Clark, Vice-Principal, Programs & Risk Management
Looking back on Venture Further 
Together 2021-2026
“We have leaned into personalized, experiential 
learning to provide countless opportunities for 
our students over these years. From Outdoor 
Education to in-class experts to amazing 
community partnerships, we provide students 
with memorable and engaging experiences they 
remember far beyond their years at Greenwood.” 
– Elanna Robson
“Our Outdoor Education model is a real strength. 
It’s already fairly unique in its scope, with the 
whole school out twice a year by grade, and it 
has allowed us to stay true to our OE roots while 
also looking for meaningful ways to make course 
connections on trips. Having an entire grade, 
along with many of their teachers, together for a 
week creates some pretty unique opportunities 
for connection-making. The Grade 8 Quebec City 
trip is a great example: students on this trip get a 
strong OE experience while also making tangible 
connections to their social studies and French 
courses.” – Sam Clark
Looking ahead: 
We will further integrate the philosophy 
of “doing the work of the discipline” into 
our classrooms. We will embed more 
course-related activities into some OE 
trips. And, we will continue to look for 
more ways to create transformational 
experiences for students both inside 
and outside the classroom.
Greenwood College School Annual Report 2025–2026 |  Page 15

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