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Outdoor Education

Spending quality time outdoors has proven health, social-emotional, and academic benefits. Yet barriers prevent all youth from having equal access to outdoors experiences.

Frick United has partnered with Oakland Goes Outdoors (OGO) to ensure that all students are guaranteed at least 2 outdoor grade-level field trips per year.

Additionally, OGO helps us organize academic field trips as well as incentive field trips to reward students for excellence in academics, attendance, and citizenship.

In the 2024-2025 school year, Frick United Students attended 27 Field Trips supporting their academic, social and emotional wellbeing.

Benefits of Outdoor Education

  • Improved academic performance
  • Improved physical and mental health
  • Increased motivation and engagement
  • Hands on Learning
  • Improved Attendance
Marine science with Call of the Sea
A group of people in sailing gear standing on the deck of a sailboat, with the boat's sails and rigging visible against a clear blue sky.
Ropes Course at Hidden Villa
A person is traversing a high ropes course suspended above a lush, forested area, with a group of people below observing and participating in the activity.
Geology Lab at Sibley Volcanic Preserve
A rugged, mountainous landscape with a winding trail in the foreground, surrounded by lush, green vegetation and a cloudy blue sky in the background.

Past Destinations

  • Redwood Regional Park
  • Sibley Volcanic Preserve
  • Angel Island
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
  • Hidden Villa
  • Tennessee Valley
  • Call of the Sea, Ocean Exploration
  • And so many more!

Additional Information

If you would like to learn more about Oakland Goes Outdoors, donate to help support the program or find out how to volunteer, please visit the Oakland Goes Outdoors website:

OGO Website