Urban Adventure Squad

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, 1101 Connecticut Ave. NW, #450, Washington, DC 20036-4359

mapElsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, 1101 Connecticut Ave. NW, #450, Washington, DC 20036-4359

About

Urban Adventure Squad offers neighborhood-based, hands-on learning programs that focus on the outdoors and use the city as a classroom. Participants take part in cross-curricular, standards-aligned activities in science, history, math, art, engineering, and writing. The program also offers full-day programs during out-of-school time, including professional development days, federal holidays, and school breaks.

• Schedule: Full-day programs during out-of-school time, including professional development days, federal holidays, and school breaks

Urban Adventure Squad is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit education organization that is also known as Urban Learning and Teaching Center. Its mission is to support schools and communities with neighborhood-based, hands-on learning programs that focus on the outdoors and use the city as a classroom. The organization partners with schools, other nonprofit organizations, and community groups to connect students to their neighborhoods with cross-curricular, standards-aligned activities and to train teachers in outdoor learning. Urban Adventure Squad is recognized as a highly trusted, critical nonprofit in the Greater Washington region by SpurLocal, formerly Catalogue for Philanthropy.

Last updated June 14, 2026.

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