Take A Hike program focuses on vulnerable teens within Sooke School District

Sooke School District has partnered with the Take a Hike Foundation to provide outdoor mental health programming to several municipalities on the West Shore.

As a partner with several school districts, Take a Hike provides vulnerable high school students with individualized education plans, in-classroom counsellor support and a weekly day of outdoor learning, among other alternatives to traditional education.

According to an April 13 press release, the foundation’s new location at the Westshore Centre for Learning’s Colwood campus will provide programming in Colwood, Langford, Highlands, Metchosin, Sooke and Port Renfrew.