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What is GOAL Ventures about?
Are you interested in a career in the outdoors? Do you enjoy hiking, camping and visiting new places? GOAL Ventures is for you!
GOAL Ventures is a unique experiential education program that is part of the Career & Technical Education department. GOAL Ventures provide class-specific core credits, contributes to life-skills development and inspires lifelong memories.
If you are preparing to go on a GOAL Venture:
- You must be passing your classes to sign up and attend all scheduled trips.
- Trip-specific requirements must be met.
- Complete the Paperwork packet, with parent signatures – all lines/pages must be completed!
- Attend all pre-trip meetings.
Upcoming Trips and Classes
Introduction to Outdoor Recreation
Online Schoology Class
The Introduction to Outdoor Recreation class will prepare you for attending one of our GOAL Ventures in person courses. The class will cover topics including Leave No Trace, Outdoor Recreation, Planning and Preparing and Careers in Outdoor Leadership. Students must have completed or be enrolled in the course in order to attend “GOAL Ventures – Discovery”.
Class is offered each quarter
Goal Ventures Discovery
Southern Discovery
South Fork, CO
September 4-6, 2024
For students in the Colorado Springs, Central and Southern Regions, this course will occur during Quarter 1 and have indoor accommodations at the Beaver Creek Youth Camp. Situated along the scenic South Fork River, students will have the chance to explore the Rio Grande National Forest through various excursions. Activities will include The Great Sand Dunes and Zapata Falls hike.
Northern Discovery
Leadville, CO
September 24-26, 2024
For students in the Denver, Northwest and Northeast Regions, this course will occur during Quarter 1 and have indoor accommodations at the Leadville Hostel. Students will have the opportunity to enjoy the color-changing Rocky Mountains in all of their fall beauty. Activities may include hiking, visits to historic mines and ghost towns, as well as exploring the Leadville and Twin Lakes areas.
Winter Discovery
Leadville, CO
January 21-24, 2025
For all students across the state of Colorado, this course will occur during Quarter 3 and have indoor accommodations at the Leadville Hostel. Students can expect to spend time outdoors in the winter wonderland, while exploring the highest incorporated town in the U.S.! Throughout the week, students will have the chance to visit Ski Cooper for ski or snowboard lessons, snowshoe at Colorado Mountain College and discover more about other winter activities across the Rocky Mountains.
GOAL Ventures
Political Geography (Moab, UT)
November 4-9, 2024
Outdoor Leadership and Stewardship
December 9-13, 2024
(TBD Front Range) Invitation Only
Environmental Science in the Outdoors (Goblin Valley)
March 31-April 5, 2025
Land Use and Government Organizations (Carlsbad, New Mexico & Guadalupe Mountain National Park, Texas)
May 7-16, 2025
Black Hills & Beyond
May 8-13, 2023
The Southeastern face of Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest is the site of four gigantic carved sculptures depicting the faces of U.S. Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt. Led by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, work on the project began in 1927 and was finally completed in 1941. This will be just one of the amazing places we will visit during our stay in the Rapid City area.
This is a moderate physical activity trip. We will be staying in cabins at the Storm Mountain Center in Rapid City, SD. On this trip no meal prep is required. Expect to be outside most days with varying weather and temperature.
Upon acceptance students will be enrolled into the GOAL Ventures – Mount Rushmore, schoology class. This class will house all pre-trip and post trip assignments. Grades will be earned in line with GOAL’s grading policy. The class
is worth .5 Social Studies credit.
The Mount Rushmore (and Beyond) course will focus on the land use of the area, and the conflict between the Native Indian tribes, the miners in search of gold, and the homesteaders just trying to get by. The capstone trip is to the Black Hills in
South Dakota. Activities include travel to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, exploring the mining history of Deadwood and Lead, an excursion into nearby Rapid City, and hiking.
For any questions: TEAMS Alex Bajorek ([email protected]) or Karlotta Artzt ([email protected])
ALL GOAL VENTURES ARE TOBACCO AND VAPOR FREE PROGRAM.
“In its simplest form, experiential learning means learning from experience or learning by doing. experiential education first immerses learners in an experience and then encourages reflection about the experience to develop new skills, new attitudes, or new ways of thinking.”