WILDE School

Fun fact: a forest walk can turn into a whole lesson without anyone announcing, “Time to learn.” 🌲🍄🧭

At WILDE Summer Camp, we forage for more than mushrooms.

We forage for clues.
Questions.
Directions.
Tiny things hiding on logs.
Bright things growing under leaves.
And the confidence to wonder, “What IS that?” and go find out.

One minute we’re learning to orient ourselves through the woods. The next, we’ve found puffballs, turkey tail, oyster mushrooms, wild berries—or something so wonderfully weird that everyone has to stop and investigate.

That’s the magic.

Learning doesn’t have to happen sitting still.

Sometimes it looks like muddy shoes, a compass in your hand, six kids crouched around a mushroom, and a VERY important debate about whether fungi can be carnivorous. 😆🍄

The final weeks of WILDE Summer Camp are coming up—and it’s not too late to join us.

Come spend what’s left of summer getting curious, capable, and a little WILDE.

wildesummercamp.ca

“For years, parents have been told that the path to raising successful children is straightforward: keep them safe, keep them busy and help them excel at school. But what if, despite our best intentions, we’re unintentionally raising a generation that is less prepared for adulthood than the one before it?

It’s a provocative question—and one Jeff Barrett, founder of The Wilde School, believes deserves serious discussion.“
➡️ Read the full feature through the link in our bio.

🔗https://vitamagazine.com/2026/07/30/are-we-raising-kids-for-the-real-world-or-just-the-classroom/

💛Thank you to VITA Magazine for highlighting this important conversation.

DID YOU KNOW…..Our campus tours are available all summer long!

Whether you’re exploring:
🌱 Full-Time K–8
💡 WILDE Fridays
🛶 Adventure Summer Camp
🧭 Leadership Programs for Teens

…we’d love to show you around and help you discover the WILDE difference. 🌲

Book your campus tour or contact us for more information—link in bio.
➡️ 🔗 https://www.wildeschool.ca/admissions-resources/book-a-campus-tour

✍️ Every story starts with someone brave enough to share it. 💬

This year, 31 WILDE learners from Grades 1–8 had their poems and short stories PUBLISHED in Polar Expressions—a national anthology celebrating young writers and artists. 📖

We’re also thrilled to celebrate one of our learners, who earned 🥉 Third Prize in the National Student Short Story Contest! Her work is published in The Search.

Swipe to see one of our published poets in the Primary Grades, from the Little Sparks book.📕

At WILDE, writing isn’t just about grammar or grades. It’s about finding your voice, exploring your imagination, and discovering that your words have the power to move others.

To every learner who submitted their work: thank you for sharing your creativity with the world. Your courage to create is worth celebrating.

We’re so proud of each and every one of you. 💚

🔗www.wildeschool.ca

WildlyCapable
Key: Ontario private school, alternative school, creative writing student, elementary school Ontario, Thornbury, Collingwood, meaford, grey county

We’re honoured to be featured in Teach Magazine. 🪴TEACH Mag

The article spotlights Permacognitive Education—the learning philosophy pioneered here at WILDE to help young people grow with curiosity, adaptability, and purpose.

We’re grateful to be part of the growing conversation about what’s possible when education is designed for the future, not the past.

Thank you to Teach Magazine for helping shine a light on what education can become.

🔗 Read the full article below ⬇️

https://teachmag.com/the-impact-of-permacognitive-education/

Excited to be featured in Teach Magazine! Learn more about the benefits of our extraordinary pedagogy.

Schools for Living Systems: The Impact of Permacognitive Education What would school look like if we designed it around what we now know about adolescent brain development?