Welcome to Solid Ground School
Building a Community of Changemakers Through Place-Based Learning
Our Mission
Join us in our mission to raise resilient kids and grow thriving classrooms rooted in belonging, responsibility, and a deep appreciation for the outdoors.
Athens County’s Solid Ground School empowers children by fostering deep connections to the natural world, community, and self, creating changemakers ready to build a better world. Our full-time educational program serves students from PreK-grade 6.
Who We Are
Community
An educational community reaches its full potential when all learners are treated with care and respect and when all members have an authentic voice in the community.
Nature
Time in nature is essential for the human spirit and for a profound understanding of our interconnected world.
Childhood
We believe in childhood, a brief and precious time of wonder and growth, during which we form lasting beliefs about ourselves and the world.
Will you help us grow?
Your donation creates changemakers!
Solid Ground School empowers children by fostering deep connections to the natural world, community, and self, creating changemakers ready to build a better world. Your gift brings this vision to life—along with plenty of play!
Happening Soon on Solid Ground:
2024 Solstice Celebration
Welcoming the return of the light on December 20!
Each year, our students celebrate the winter solstice and the lengthening of the days as we approach the changing of the seasons and the longest night of the year. Through a candlelit peace walk, a performance of Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," and a gallery display of their project work, students welcome their families for a magical night on Solid Ground!