{"id":45,"date":"2023-01-22T23:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:18:27","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PossibleLogo-2048x1003.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a division of Agate Private School. A recognized private school through the Ministry Of Education, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Our Address<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Administrator:<\/strong> Gayle Hanlon<br><strong>Program Director:<\/strong> Wolf Starchild<br>43 Chaplin Ave.,<br>St. Catharines, ON L2R 2E4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T:&nbsp;+1 (289)968-9781<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staff:<\/strong><br>Mark Ferguson<br>Hailey Martin<br>Tori Starchild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Nomads Forest School was founded through a partnership between <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learnfree.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Agate Private School<\/a>, founded in 1983 (An Ontario Ministry of Education recognized private school) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barefootbushcraft.com\" target=\"_blank\">Barefoot Bushcraft<\/a>, founded in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to foster a deep connection with the natural world, and a heuristic and autodidactic education system. Our students run this nature school by democratic process.&nbsp; Unlike the Push systems of education where the subject matter is already decided by arbitrary entities, Agate students use a&nbsp;<strong>Pull System<\/strong>&nbsp;to reach out to acquire the information they need.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Voluntary attendance<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Autonomy in Curriculum design, Self Graduation&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Year Round Calendar<\/strong>&nbsp;help remove obstacles to learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a division of Agate Private School. A recognized private school through the Ministry Of Education, Ontario. Our Address: Administrator: Gayle HanlonProgram Director: Wolf Starchild43 Chaplin Ave.,St. Catharines, ON L2R 2E4 T:&nbsp;+1 (289)968-9781 Staff:Mark FergusonHailey MartinTori Starchild Wild Nomads Forest School was founded through a partnership between Agate Private School, founded in 1983 (An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-45","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildnomads.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}