Art and Wilderness Institute
  • HOME
  • About
    • About
    • The Team
    • employment
    • Partners
    • HOUSES
    • Join our Mailing List
    • Contact Us
  • ENROLL
  • PROGRAMS
    • CALENDAR >
      • SPRING 2023 Classes
      • Semester Dates & Holidays
    • Charter School List
    • GPS ADVENTURES Knowledge Quest >
      • GPS LANDING Portal >
        • SPONSORSHIP GPS
      • GPS - ORANGE CRESCENT SCHOOL LANDING PAGE
    • Nature Unit Studies TK - 5th
    • Preschool at Redwood Raven Campus
    • Redwood Raven School K - 3
    • Mugworts Middle School 5th - 8th
    • PARENT & ME
    • Mentorship
    • Campouts/Retreats
  • RESOURCES
    • BOTANY VIDEOS
    • SCHOLARSHIPS >
      • DONOR PAGE
      • SCHOLARSHIPS- APPLICATION PAGE
    • OUTDOOR TEACHERS RESOURCE PAGE
    • OUTDOOR TEACHERS RESOURCE PAGE
    • FREE RESOURCES >
      • SUSTAINABILITY Resource Page
      • Butterflies & Habitat Restoration
      • PLANT MEDICINE RESOURCE PAGE
      • How to Draw RESOURCES Partial
      • Quizzes RESOURCES
    • CA NATIVES TRADING CARDS >
      • TRADING CARD DESIGN CONTEST
      • 2020 WINNER GALLERY
    • Community Craftsman Marketplace
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Internships
    • AWI NEWSLETTER
    • PTO
    • CLUBS
    • ECO-SONGS with SAFIA
    • STUDENT SHOP- Shop to support Charity Projects
    • Green Masjid Initiative
    • CONTESTS >
      • T-shirt contest winners
      • 2022 TRADING CARD WINNER GALLERY

CHOOSE THE CLUB THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU

2022 - 2023 SCHOOLYEAR
FOR YOUTH

​ALL CLUBS start in September and end in May

ALL CLUBS are student-led and have a club advisor. The purpose of clubs is to amplify the voice of our students in the passion that they love and to give them a platform and booster support for their interests.

​To Register for a Student Club, please login to your jackrabbit portal and add the club in the registration system. (IF you are new, create a family account and then you will be able to access the clubs) 

Picture
POETRY CLUB
Letting Nature inspire the way by meeting in the open outdoors, working on poetry projects and sharing and encouraging an environment of writing and poetry. Meetings will be held 2nd Saturday of the Month Parent Advisor: Angie Ellaboudy

CLUB ADVISOR: Angie El-Aboudy
Club Leader: Sumaya Labanieh
Meetings: 2nd Saturdays of every month
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
​Age: 7 & up
Picture
FLORA and FAUNA CLUB
Join Club Leaders, Safiyya and Sumaiyah, on an adventure to learn about the wonder of animals and plants that are all around us. Get close up and learn about what these amazing animals and plants can do and how you can protect them. Every 2nd Saturday of the month (September- Dec) and (Jan- May) Commitment Requirement:
Club members should: commit to one Saturday/month for 2-3 hours be able to travel to different locations around Southern California purchase materials/gear that may be needed before the event pay additional fees required to cover the cost of a specific event


CLUB ADVISOR: Amina Hameed/Usman Umarji
Club Leader: Safiyya Umarji and Sumaiyah Baig
Meetings: Second Saturdays of the month
Time: 10am - 12pm locations vary in OC

Age: 8 - 12
Picture
NED TALKS
We live in world where environmental issues are high, while the majority of our care for the environment, is low. Join NED Talks to train to give a powerful and engaging presentation about these environmental issues. Club members will hone their public speaking skills and then create educational videos and outreach by speaking at public events. We need earth heroes, join NED talks!

CLUB ADVISOR: Ahmed Sikdy and Noura Alaa
Club Leader: Hamza Sidky
Meetings: Every 1st and 3rd Friday
Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Age: 11 - 15
Picture
NATURE ALLIES CLUB
ACTIVISM To support the ENVIRONMENT AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY. This club gets together and works on making the planet a better place. Get muddy, get dirty, roll up your sleeves and come have fun outdoors with us!


CLUB ADVISOR: Rabeeya Qureshi
Club Leader: Aiza Qureshi
Meetings: 1st Saturdays of the Month in Huntington Beach
Time: 9am - 12pm

Age: 6 & up
Cost: $65 per year

Picture
Soccer Club
Get moving and get active. The purpose of this club is to strengthen brotherhood while enjoying a good game of soccer. Club members will also help to organize tournaments throughout the year to raise money for various charity projects.


CLUB ADVISOR: Hina Azhar
Club Leader: Abduk Kareem Azhar
Meetings: 2nd Friday of every month (Beginning September)
Location: Cypress Park/Lake Forest
Time: 3pm - 6pm

Age: BOYS 12 and up
Picture
Baking Test Kitchen Club
Girls, Ages 10-12 Join Club Leader Aaliyah Ramadan for a monthly baking club. Club members will be baking new recipes, testing out new concepts, eating their baked goods, and deciding which recipes are the best! Each meeting is long to provide time for the girls to build their recipes, bake their items, clean up, and sit down for tea as a group to enjoy their hard work and compare & contrast their baked goods. Girls should be able to take home a batch to share with their family or gift to friends and neighbors. Girls will bake for an end of the year AWI fundraising event and bring their favorite tested recipes! *Note* This club requires some rotating parent volunteers and rotating kitchens for some of the club days. Individual baking supplies needed. Additional fees may apply for baking ingredients.

CLUB ADVISOR: Megan Wyatt
Club Leader: Aaliyah Ramadan
Meetings: One  Friday per month 
Time: 3pm - 7pm

Age:10 - 12
Picture
PHOENIX RISING
Join our club and come along with us on our adventures of bonding through sisterhood while spending time hiking together, enjoying bonfire nights, reflecting through halaqa time, and many more exciting adventures. This club is designed for girls/ladies 12 and up. Here, we will support each other, chat together, and explore nature. We will interact through fun activities based on everyone’s interests and hobbies. 

CLUB ADVISOR: Sarah Hafeez and Mediha DiMartino
Club Leader: Sana Rashid
Meetings: 1st Fridays of the Month (locations Vary)
Time: 6pm - 8pm (Times vary depending on activity) 

Age: 12 & up
Picture
NATURE BUDDIES
Join us in learning and having fun. in this student-led club, Every month, kids from the ages 7 and up (boys and girls) go on a hike with me (Ali). We will learn about plants and animals. Meeting will be held 1st Saturday of the Month Parent Advisor: May Helmy

CLUB ADVISOR: May Helmy
Club Leader: Ali Helmy
Meetings: 1st Saturday of the Month at various trails in OC
Time: 9am

Age: 7 & up
REGISTER FOR A CLUB
Picture

FOR SPECIAL NEEDS (and their families)

Join our club and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of soaking in the beauty of the plants, trees, sun and fresh air that surrounds us. Build friendship with other families growing with their special needs loved ones. 
Attend hikes with their caregiver who can attend to their special accommodations

To Join, Commit to one Saturday/month for 2-3 hoursBe able to travel to different locations around Southern California

THIS IS NOT A DROP-OFF, Family members of Special Needs must present to join the hike. 

CLUB ADVISOR: Annan Aboul-Nasr 
In partnership with: IIOC Special Needs team
​
Meetings: 9am to 11am, 1st Saturdays of each month
Ages: All Ages

REGISTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CLUB

FOR LADIES ONLY

Picture
  OUTDOORSWOMEN CLUB
​Empowerment. Excercise. Connection


GET OUTDOORS WITH OTHER WOMEN. CONVERSE, EXERCISE, and CONNECT TO NATURE... LEARN MORE SO YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE ON TRAILS TO TAKE YOUR KIDS THERE.
JOIN
Art and Wilderness Institute LLC
info@artandwildernessinstitute.com
(909) 206-2226

Picture
  • HOME
  • About
    • About
    • The Team
    • employment
    • Partners
    • HOUSES
    • Join our Mailing List
    • Contact Us
  • ENROLL
  • PROGRAMS
    • CALENDAR >
      • SPRING 2023 Classes
      • Semester Dates & Holidays
    • Charter School List
    • GPS ADVENTURES Knowledge Quest >
      • GPS LANDING Portal >
        • SPONSORSHIP GPS
      • GPS - ORANGE CRESCENT SCHOOL LANDING PAGE
    • Nature Unit Studies TK - 5th
    • Preschool at Redwood Raven Campus
    • Redwood Raven School K - 3
    • Mugworts Middle School 5th - 8th
    • PARENT & ME
    • Mentorship
    • Campouts/Retreats
  • RESOURCES
    • BOTANY VIDEOS
    • SCHOLARSHIPS >
      • DONOR PAGE
      • SCHOLARSHIPS- APPLICATION PAGE
    • OUTDOOR TEACHERS RESOURCE PAGE
    • OUTDOOR TEACHERS RESOURCE PAGE
    • FREE RESOURCES >
      • SUSTAINABILITY Resource Page
      • Butterflies & Habitat Restoration
      • PLANT MEDICINE RESOURCE PAGE
      • How to Draw RESOURCES Partial
      • Quizzes RESOURCES
    • CA NATIVES TRADING CARDS >
      • TRADING CARD DESIGN CONTEST
      • 2020 WINNER GALLERY
    • Community Craftsman Marketplace
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Internships
    • AWI NEWSLETTER
    • PTO
    • CLUBS
    • ECO-SONGS with SAFIA
    • STUDENT SHOP- Shop to support Charity Projects
    • Green Masjid Initiative
    • CONTESTS >
      • T-shirt contest winners
      • 2022 TRADING CARD WINNER GALLERY