Central Coast Youth Environmental Stewardship (CC YES) Program
CC YES is a FREE adventure-based, environmental and climate literacy program for middle school students from groups that are underrepresented in the outdoors and STEM:
- Programs run Monday through Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm.
- Groups are kept at a 15 participant maximum.
- Experience-based learning that includes Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and NOAA’s Essential Principles of Climate Literacy, leadership skills, traditional ecological knowledge, hands-on learning, and outdoor adventures.
- Activities include hiking, kayaking, nature journaling, hands-on learning, and more!
Participants will visit various locations throughout San Luis Obispo County including:
- Downtown San Luis Obispo (Terrace Hill, Bishop’s Peak and Cerro San Luis)
- City Farm SLO and Prefumo Creek Trail
- Los Osos Creek Wetlands Preserve
- Montaña de Oro State Park
- Morro Bay (estuary, Black Hill, kayaking in the bay)
- Avila Beach and Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences pier
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