Post is a student-led outdoor education program based out of Garfield High School. We are a non-profit organization affiliated with the Mountaineers and insured through the BSA, and are the largest student run organization in Washington, with over 350 members. We run a variety of trips that are open to all Seattle-area students. Our mission is to encourage environmental awareness, leadership, diversity, self-confidence, and knowledge of the outdoors. We help to build a sense of community, which may not otherwise be found in a high school environment.
Our trips range in activity from rock climbing to snow camping, basic survival skills to kayaking, scuba diving, and alpine climbing We run several trips around Washington as well as a Spring Break trip to Utah. For more information about trips and other Post activities, see the Trips page. All trips are entirely planned and run by student staff, with a number of adult chaperones who supervise the activities.
All student staff have completed our Wilderness Survival and Advanced Survival, which are outdoor skills oriented trips, as well as the staff training program. All staff have also completed a 30-hour Mountaineering Oriented First Aid (MOFA) program and are certified by the Mountaineers for first aid and CPR. Our Executive Committee of ten to twelve student staff oversee and run most of our trips and specific organizational aspects of Post. Our Adult Advisor is Mike Shope, Garfield graduate ('00) who has a strong background in outdoor education and leadership.
Post strives to accommodate the needs of all students. We have scholarships and fundraising opportunities for all trips so that all students may participate in our program. We also have a large inventory of gear that ranges from rock climbing harnesses and scuba tanks to more basic gear such as backpacks and sleeping bags, which are available for students to borrow for trips.
For the continued success of our program and to allow anyone to go on our trips, your help is appreciated. In kind and financial donations help sustain funding that trip proceeds don't cover, and information on helping in such an awesome way is available on the home page. $45 will cover a full scholarship for a 4 day survival trip.
Post has also won special awards recognizing the club's environmental stewardship and contributions to the community. Click the link on the right to view the descriptions of the awards and several pictures from the awards ceremonies.
We are also still an affiliate organization with the mountaineers. If anyone has an expired or soon to expire mountaineers membership and would like to renew for the awesome rate of $35, please bring a check to GHS Post for this amount to Ben Corwin during Post class in room 338 with first and last name. You can also become a new mountaineers member to take MOFA and other classes by this same method, but you need to go to the mountaineers website first and create yourself a guest membership so they have your waiver on file.