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Pathways
at Sierra Friends Center
Nevada City, California
Amy Cooke – Director
530-273-3183
Sierra Friends Center is a program for high school graduates
ages 18-25 that emphasizes personal challenges in the context
of values, environmental and global awareness, and service.
The Center is located on 230 acres of woods, creeks and ponds
nestled within a valley of the Sierra Nevada foothills.
The Pathways Program at the Friends Center helps to encourage
exploration into one’s inner “calling” through a combination
of service opportunities, simplicity, and an awareness of
environmental sustainability. The program is based on experiences
outside of the traditional classroom and offers a place for
reflection and an opportunity to deepen life’s perspective.
Students can renew their enthusiasm for learning in more
traditional settings through the Pathways Program. A maximum
of ten students are accepted into each program session.
They also offer
the Woolman Semester, which involves rigorous and interrelated
classes designed to enhance the program’s
focus on sustainability, peace, and social justice. These
courses are “designed to be academically challenging and
college preparatory, and are approved by the University of
California system as fulfilling their requirements for matriculation.
Students in the Woolman Semester earn 30 academic credits
by enrolling in these required courses: World Problems, Environmental
Science, Peace Studies, Humanities & Ethics. French or
Spanish is also offered but not required. In addition, students
earn 120 hours of community service in the program. They
have rolling enrollments and encourage early application
for the Fall Semester 03, which runs from August 22 – December
19, and Spring Semester 04, which is January 23 through May
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