Ophir School is highly experiential. In an experiential classroom, students learn by doing and are actively engaged in learning experiences that have “real” consequences for them. Ophir’s teachers and students are immersed in action and reflection in a non-traditional way that frequently takes them away from the traditional desk and often outside the brick and mortar of the school walls.
 

    Ophir’s location just outside of Yellowstone National Park permits us to use the Park as an instructional venue. Nestled into the mountains alongside a blue ribbon trout stream at the mouth of the Porcupine Creek drainage, the Ophir campus is a natural site for experiential learning. The location has placed a great responsibility on the school. Traditionally, Ophir’s staff and students have risen to the challenge and have learned to be stewards of the pristine Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s environment. Students are able to study invasive noxious weeds, elk adaptation in a wolf-occupied environment, the effect of nitrogen on river water quality, and many other environmental problems. As Big Sky continues to build out, Ophir students will learn about the effect construction has on our environment.

Ophir School - Grades K-8

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Lone Peak High School - Grades 9 - 12

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