Trojan Outdoor Experience
The Trojan Outdoor Experience (TOE) is a signature program of Trinity Valley School.
Specifically, TOE seeks to:
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support fine scholarship by modeling, teaching, and practicing individual and group-based decision making and by guiding students through reflective evaluation of their learning.
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promote the development of wide, constructive interests by enabling students to explore and pursue varied activities in the natural world.
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help students become intelligent global citizens who recognize their role of stewardship from their environment to communities across the world.
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strengthen the development of strong moral character through group problem-solving in experiential learning that provides tangible learning outcomes and meaningful personal connections.
The Trojan Outdoor Experience (TOE) engages students in outdoor adventure, environmental education, experiential learning, and wilderness expedition programming.
TOE has been a fixture at TVS since 1980 and serves to help students better understand and respect themselves, their peers, and the natural world. A major goal of every event is creating, deepening, and nurturing class culture.
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Featured in the TVS Trojan Voice Magazine
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When we look back, we see more than memories of sitting around a campfire at BASE Camp, summiting a mountain, or paddling down rivers. We see the important moments in our lives that sparked something deeper - a curiosity about the natural world around us, trust in those beside us, confidence in ourselves, and the choice to seek adventure over the comfort of the familiar.
When our student leaders guide younger students on the trail, calm nerves on the rock wall, or lead B.A.S.E. Camp, they are a part of something much larger than themselves: a culture built on empathy, courage, and perseverance.
TOE Calendar
Wyatt Donahue '12 Memorial Trail
Trinity Valley School is proud to share that the Wyatt Donahue '12 Memorial Trail is now open!
As a way to celebrate Wyatt's passion for the TVS TOE program, his parents Angela and David Donahue made a gift in his memory to support the construction of a multi-use trail for walking, running, and mountain biking around the perimeter of our campus. In addition, the trail is being used for on-campus TOE experiences and cross-country team training.
We are excited that the trail gives our alumni, current, and prospective families an opportunity to more thoroughly enjoy TVS's 75 acres.
Uniquely TVS, the newest addition to our campus reflects the school’s values and acknowledges the abiding relationship between TVS and its students. This new addition encircles our community, challenges our students, and stands as a loving memorial to a young man who touched so many lives.
The act of creating this trail for the use of our community today and for generations of Trojans to come is not a silent emblem of a life passed away. Instead, Dr. and Mrs. Donahue and the TVS community have created a dynamic and vibrant path that calls us to delight in the out-of-doors, to savor and strengthen our abilities, and to live fully into the joy that life offers us all.
The Trail is open dawn to dusk during normal campus hours.
To help us maintain the trail, please refrain from using it after a heavy rain or severe weather.
TOE Booklet
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