Serving ages 8-14 for one full day. Choice I, II and III offer young people the chance to explore eight different content areas of their choice each year over the course of four 8-week segments. For example, a youth might spend the first 8 weeks of the year engaged in woodworking or Egyptian mythology for two hours each Wednesday morning, have lunch and community building social time, then move on to creative writing or stream studies for two hours in the afternoon.
Program Offerings
On a reconfigured 28 acre farm/estate near Newtown Square PA, Open Connections offers programs for young people ages 4 - 18. Each program reflects the basic values of OC and is un-graded, partially-to-totally youth-directed and hands-on. We are committed to inquisitiveness, innovation and collaboration.
Each OC program meets once a week. Most programs are full-day from 9:15 to 2:15 (or 4:00). Our after-program programs are from 2:30-4:00. Programs run from mid-September to early June and cover a wide range of interests and formats.
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Serving ages 9-12 for one full day. Imagine a program that combines the natural sciences, literature, and the outdoors with real life skills for sustainable self-sufficient living. We will do things together like collecting and observing plant species from the OC property, foraging for wild food, preserving canned goods for winter, cooking outdoors and learning basic survival skills such as firestarting, shelter building, animal tracking and trapping, and wilderness navigation.
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Serving ages 13-17 one evening from 5:30-7:30pm. This program is for young people who are interested in performing in a play. Youth will also have the opportunity to be involved in the production behind the scenes by building sets, stage managing, and designing costumes. This is a great opportunity to develop performance skills while also taking part in the collaborative effort of creating a full-scale theatrical production. We anticipate that additional rehearsals will need to be scheduled as the performance date approaches.

