Gray Fox Guild
About this program

The next step after Nature Club. Students develop advanced survival and bushcraft skills, plan stewardship projects like trail work and structure building, and practice the leadership that leads to becoming a Counselor in Training. This program has rolling enrollment. Please call our office to join at any time during the year!

  • Transportation from York Middle School
  • Path to CIT and paid staff roles
  • Save 5% on the full year
A typical day
  • 2:30 · Van from York Middle School (or meet at Zach's)
  • Skill block: bushcraft, survival, navigation
  • Stewardship project time
  • 5:30 · Pick up at Zach's Farm
Dates & calendarNext Nov 10
30 program days from Oct 6 to May 25, 2027.
  • Tue, Nov 10
  • Tue, Nov 17
  • Tue, Nov 24
  • Tue, Dec 1
  • Tue, Dec 8

Dates can change with weather and school calendars.

Pricing & financial aidFrom $360 / season
SessionDetailsPrice
Full yearTuesdays · Oct 6 – May 25 · Save 5%$1,102 per year
FallTuesdays · Oct 6 – Dec 15$400 per season
WinterTuesdays · Jan 5 – Mar 9$400 per season
SpringTuesdays · Mar 16 – May 25$360 per season

Limited financial aid is available. We make financial aid simple. Choose a 25% or 50% tuition discount right in registration. No essays, no paperwork. Requests are reviewed monthly. If we can't meet a request, we refund everything you paid. Questions? Call 207-361-1911.

How financial aid works

LocationYork, ME

Zach's Farm
7 Colby Turner Lane, York, ME 03909
A historic farm with more than 100 acres of woods, fields and marsh along Smelt Brook and the York River.
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What to bring

Dress for three hours outside in any weather. Hers's a LINK to our GEAR LIST

Good to know

Dates subject to change. Oct 20 – Dec 30 is hunting season. Send an article of blaze orange to wear, at every location.

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