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When: Sunday, September 7, 2025, 4-8pm

Where: Bethel Bible Camp - 10 minutes west of Westlock, Alberta

Directions: Click link for directions to Bethel Bible Camp

This event is open to all current WISDOM home schooling families. This is a great opportunity to visit with other home schoolers and members of the WISDOM team, and find out more about how WISDOM can serve you best.

WISDOM will provide hot dogs, buns, condiments and beverages. We will enjoy a meal together as well as have an information time, door prizes, games and socializing. This event will run rain or shine.

Please bring: For the meal, please bring potluck sides, salads or desserts to share with the group. (Please note: if you have a highly restrictive diet, feel free to bring your own food if you wish.)  There are many activities to enjoy at the facility, but you are welcome to bring other lawn games, board games, or lawn chairs if you would like.

Please RSVP by September 7, 2025. 

If you have any questions or for late registrations please contact:

Liz Gurnett by text at 780-349-1577 or email liz@wisdomhomeschooling.com

Rachelle Godin 780-349-1827 or email rachelle@wisdomhomeschooling.com

When: September 9, 2025 from 1-3pm
Where: Drayton Valley - Blue Rapids Public Recreation Area

Parental presence required

Join Kaykima for an immersive Fall Foraging Class where you'll reconnect with the land and learn to identify the edible, medicinal, and practical gifts nature offers during the autumn season. Fall is a great time to harvest berries at their sweetest and to track down some late summer mushrooms!  Whether you're a beginner or have experience in the wild, this class offers a rich, hands-on opportunity to deepen your understanding of the natural world around you.

Please wear long pants as we will most likely go off trail. Feel free to bring any berries or mushrooms to class that we can identify as well!

Our 'umbrella school', The Gilbertine Academy, will be opening a new half day STEM program next Fall, with a limit of 25 spots. It will run for the full year as a home school support program (not shared responsibility), and they are opening it to WISDOM students as well.

Who: For students in Grades 5-8
When: September 10th to June 10th, Wednesday afternoons from 12:45 - 4:00 pm
Where: Gilbertine Academy, 1423 8 Ave SE, Calgary
Instructor: Mr. Shane Lambert, B.Ed. (Math & Science), M.Div.

Questions? Email Shane!

When: September 11, 2025 from 10am-3pm (bring a bagged lunch)
Where: Grande Prairie - Evergreen Ridge
(Meet in Parking Lot)

Parental presence required

Take advantage of both our Firecraft and Basic Wilderness Survival workshops at a discounted rate. This class will start off with a discussion about wilderness safety/what to do if you get lost, followed by a discussion about effective types of shelters for a variety of conditions. Then participants will get hands on and build their own emergency shelter with minimal tools. Fire starting takes a look at the science behind fire, and the hallmarks of an effective fire. Participants will have the opportunity to practice fire starting using basic methods. This class is a precursor to Advanced Fire Starting. Advanced Fire Starting includes class discussion about fire maintenance, "the right fire for the right job," and the opportunity for participants to practice their fire-building skills with advanced methods, and using all-natural materials.

When: September 11, 2025 from 10-12pm
Where: Grande Prairie - Evergreen Ridge
(Meet in Parking Lot)

Parental presence required

This class will start off with a discussion about wilderness safety/what to do if you get lost, followed by a discussion about effective types of shelters for a variety of conditions. Then participants will get hands on and build their own emergency shelter with minimal tools.

When: September 11, 2025 from 1-3pm
Where: Grande Prairie - Evergreen Ridge
(Meet in Parking Lot)

Parental presence required

Fire starting takes a look at the science behind fire, and the hallmarks of an effective fire. Participants will have the opportunity to practice fire starting using basic methods. This class is a precursor to Advanced Fire Starting. Advanced Fire Starting includes class discussion about fire maintenance, "the right fire for the right job," and the opportunity for participants to practice their fire-building skills with advanced methods, and using all-natural materials.

When: Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1-4pm
Where: Atmore Community Hall, Atmore
What: Fun and Games

Please bring: Outdoor games and/or indoor board games depending on the weather. 

Questions?: 

Kim Schultz  kim@wisdomhomeschooling.com

When: Thursday Sept 11 from 3:30 to 7:00 pm
Where: South Peace Centennial Museum (near Beaverlodge)

There will be some games, giveaways as well as free play and visiting. We will eat dinner at around 5:30.

Please bring: a lawnchair, main course for your family and a side or dessert to share. WISDOM  will provide water, lemonade, coffee, plates and cutlery. 

If you have any questions, please contact:

Anella Jantz: 587-297-1992 or anella@wisdomhomeschooling.com
Randy Kopp: 780-723-5382 or randy@wisdomhomeschooling.com

This program will introduce students to the scientific method and develop their knowledge and skills in the realm of the Physical Sciences in Chemistry and Physics. They will study and conduct experiments regarding: Study of Motion (Uniform vs. Non-Uniform motion); Study of Matter (Properties of Metals/Non-Metals/Ionic Compounds/Molecular Compounds/Acids); Dynamics (Ramp-Acceleration); Physical and Chemical Change (Factors that determine melting points of various molecular compounds). Students will write a lab report for each experiment and will receive personalized feedback to aid and improve further studies. 

The General Physical Science laboratory seminar offered through WISDOM Home Schooling is designed to prepare students to be successful in senior level Chemistry and Physics courses. To that end, this lab seminar will serve as a prerequisite for Senior Chemistry Lab Seminar, Senior Physics Lab Seminar, and Biology 30 Seminar.

When: September 12, 2025 from 10-12pm
Where: Grande Prairie - Evergreen Ridge
(Meet in Parking Lot)

Parental presence required

Torches have many uses in survival situations for light, moving fire, and other uses. This class will allow participants to create their own torch using only natural materials and learn about why torches may be an asset in the wilderness. This class will start with a knife safety presentation. Participants are welcome to bring their own non-folding knife if desired, otherwise all tools and materials will be provided.