Summer 2017: Project Wayfinder is excited to announce a 5-day summer program for high schoolers

We are very excited to be hosting our first ever 5-day summer program at Stanford's d.school to help young people develop a sense of purpose and become meaning-makers.

Our 5-day summer program will be held at Stanford's d.school from July 8th-12th. We will immerse students our Wayfinder Navigation Toolkit + mix in experiential education from purpose learning, outdoor ed, and design thinking. This will be a FUN and exciting opportunity for students to help them figure out what is meaningful to them and begin to craft lives of purpose.

FAQ about the summer program

Our staff will include some of our awesome program and product team. The mornings will be spent getting introduced to our Wayfinder Navigation Toolkit. In the afternoons, we will be doing experiential education including design thinking, wilderness training, hiking, and some mindfulness activities (see a rough outline of our 5-day program here). 

Most activities will be held on Stanford's campus but we will be venturing off on some days to local parks for hiking, survival skills, and wilderness navigating training. The program will run from 10am-6pm each day. Lunch and snacks will be provided, but not breakfast or dinner. Students must have completed freshman year of high school. Graduating seniors are also allowed to apply.

INTERESTED IN having your high schooler becoming aWayfinder?

Here are the important dates for you to know about our summer program:

April 7:  Application opens

June 1:  Application closes

July 8-12:  Summer Wayfinders at Stanford d.school

Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis. Our summer program is limited to 30 students, so you are highly encouraged to send in your application as soon as it is ready. We will get back to all applicants within 10 days of receiving your application.

The program will cost $1049 per person. This is a non-residential camp. Students from outside the Bay Area are welcome to join, but they are responsible for their own travel and accommodations. We do have a limited number of scholarships set aside for students from low-income backgrounds. You will see scholarship information on the application.