Outward Bound Chesapeake Bay

course start morning - have a great week out there!

The data is clear: educators are investing in SEL programs.

Research from CASEL's Nationwide Policy Scan shows that social-emotional learning is driving meaningful gains in students' academic, social, and emotional outcomes, and school leaders across the country are taking notice.

For independent schools, this is especially powerful.

When you're mission-driven and already bringing SEL to students through experiential learning, you have a head start.

We'd love to be the partner that helps you take it further through outdoor, experiential programs designed to make those outcomes real.

Curious what a partnership could look like? Learn more here: https://www.outwardbound.org/cbobs/our-programs/chart-your-true-north/

The Episcopal High School crew traded their canoes for the trail this year, and we couldn't be prouder to be part of their journey.

Year after year, these students show up ready to challenge themselves, grow, and experience something they'll carry long after graduation.

Thank you, EHS, for your commitment to social-emotional learning in the outdoors!

Get your rising 6th, 7th, or 8th grader outside and thriving this summer with our week-long day camp packed with daily climbing adventures, nature hikes, and outdoor living skills – all designed to facilitate social emotional learning in fun and active ways!

Sign up at https://www.outwardbound.org/cbobs/our-programs/adventure-day-camp/

This Sunday (5/24) is the last day to sign up for this year's Educator's Canoe Expedition! Don't miss out on a fulfilling week learning, discussion, and reflection, as well as canoe travel and campcraft.

Register here: https://www.outwardbound.org/cbobs/course-planning/educators-expedition/

The first adventure of the season is in the books!

Thanks to the Roland Park crew for bringing your all to the trail, and for the memories.

Until next time!

It was great to see so many members of the CBOBS community turn up for our Cornerstone Celebration! Your belief in our mission to provide enriching outdoor experiences for the youth of the Chesapeake region has fueled our past 40 years, and energizes us for the many years to come.

We’re deeply grateful to our partners, supporters, students, staff, alumni, for making this kind of progress possible.

A special shout-out to our Adventurer tier sponsors, Scott Wohlander and Bloomberg Philanthropies, for their significant contributions to our mission.

We took these shots almost ten years ago—a cohort from 2015/2016—and they still stop us in our tracks

Look at their faces.
The rawness.
The tenacity.

This is what it looks like when a student isn't just following a map; they're charting one.

That's the work. Stepping out of comfort and into potential. Slowing down long enough to uncover what's actually true about yourself. Your values. Your direction. Your true north.

We call ourselves chart makers, educators who stand alongside students as they figure out who they are and what they care about.

Are you a chart maker? Drop a 🧭 in the comments if this resonates with you.

What do you want your legacy to be?

What do you want to be remembered for?

These are the questions our instructors carry into every course, because they've asked them of themselves, too.

That's what Outward Bound is built on: instructors who care deeply, push you purposefully, and know the terrain because they've crossed it.