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Upcoming Camps & Events
Mon, Feb 17Lake Cheston PavilionJoin us for a nature-based day camp filled with adventure and fun on Presidents' Day! Your elementary student can expect team-building games, hiking, exploring and making new friends at CFS Presidents' Day Camp. For ages 6-11.
Mon, Jan 20Lake Cheston PavilionJoin us for a nature-based day camp filled with adventure and fun on MLK Day! Your elementary student can expect team-building games, hiking, exploring and making new friends at CFS MLK Day Camp. For ages 6-11.
Thu, Dec 19SCRLTJoin us at the South Cumberland Regional Land Trust for a family potluck event. We will celebrate the changing of the seasons together and share the harvest! Please bring a food item to share (enough for a large group) as well as a list of ingredients used to make your dish. Happy solstice!
Mon, Nov 25Lake Cheston PavilionJoin us for a two-day camp filled with adventure and fun during the first two days of Thanksgiving break! Your elementary student can expect team-building games, hiking, exploring and making new friends at CFS Thanksgiving Camp. For ages 6-11.
Tue, Nov 05Lake Cheston PavilionJoin us for a day camp filled with adventure and fun while school is out for Election Day! Your elementary student can expect team-building games, hiking, exploring and making new friends at CFS Election Day Camp. For ages 6-11.
Mon, Oct 07Lake Cheston PavilionOur fall break camp is designed for students and families looking for continued learning and nature-based activities over Sewanee's fall break. We will host a week long day camp from 8am to 3pm each day. Students can enjoy the beginning of fall with exploring, team-building, hiking, and crafts.
Mon, Sep 02Lake Cheston PavilionJoin us for a day camp filled with adventure and fun while school is out for Labor Day! Your elementary student can expect team-building games, hiking, exploring and making new friends at CFS Labor Day Camp. For ages 6-11.
Wed, May 01Sequatchie Cove FarmWe are bringing in the blooming season with a May Day (or Beltane) celebration where we will welcome the summer season to come! Please join us at Sequatchie Cove Farm and help us raise funds for our student scholarships. We will share potluck, make flower crowns, and celebrate with song and dance!
Sat, Apr 06MonteagleCome to our forest school classroom for a volunteer work day of beautifying our space! We will be working on the landscape around the classroom, cleaning up our nature play area and prepping our teaching garden for student use. If you have wheelbarrows or shovels we could borrow, please bring them!
Mon, Mar 25SewaneeThis week-long nature-based camp is offered during our local elementary school's Spring Break from March 25th - 29th from 8:00am - 3:00pm daily. Join us for full days of hiking local trails, exploring natural spaces, and playing team-building games (ages 6-11). Sign up today to reserve your spot!
Tue, Mar 05Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate the quickly approaching Spring together outside! We will get a chance to explore and learn about the natural world, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and warm up our bodies with activities and campfires. This camp is for ages 6-11 year olds. Sign up today!- Mon, Feb 19Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate Presidents' Day together outside! We will get a chance to explore and learn about the natural world, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and warm up our bodies with activities and campfires. Sign up today!
Mon, Jan 15Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate MLK Day together outside! We will get a chance to talk about civil rights in the US, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and warm up our bodies with activities and campfires. Sign up today!
Mon, May 01Lake Cheston PavilionCome celebrate the beauty of Spring with Cumberland Forest School! Open to families with children of all ages. We are gathering to welcome in the fresh new start that Spring gifts us each year! Bring a dish to share, clothing your children have outgrown, and join us in celebration!
Fri, Apr 07Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate the beginning of spring together outside! We will get a chance to explore and learn about the natural world, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and watch the signs of spring emerge. Sign up today!
Mon, Feb 20Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate Presidents' Day together outside! We will get a chance to explore and learn about the natural world, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and warm up our bodies with activities and campfires. Sign up today!- Mon, Jan 16Lake Cheston PavilionWe are going to celebrate MLK Day together outside! We will get a chance to talk about civil rights in the US, go on hiking adventures around Lake Cheston, and warm up our bodies with activities and campfires. Sign up today!
Sat, Jan 14S. Cumberland State Park Visitor CenterJoin the Cumberland Forest School community in our second pavilion-building event on January 14th, 2023! We will be using our hands, hearts and minds to build an outdoor classroom for our Forest Preschool at the South Cumberland State Park Visitor's Center. Come any time between 10am - 3:00pm!
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