So how do you think that connection to the outdoors shapes a, a student's experience?

Oh, I think it is absolutely imperative to, um, to creating a really well-rounded educational experience for kids.

Um, we, we value outdoor experience a- and really connection to the community.

Um, so a kid who might struggle sometimes, uh, in the classroom setting with certain things, when we get them out on the slopes and they're able to showcase, you know, skill development in another area, or being able to, uh, show their ability, their knowledge base in another space is really empowering for students.

Um, or even, our, our middle school kids, we're-- We have a program right now where we've partnered with, uh, organizations in our local community, and our eighth graders get to go and volunteer at those organizations, um, every other week.

Uh, and so we have kids going to the food bank, to the school, or to the local library, to the senior center, to, uh, the local nursery, and they're able to contribute in a very real way and apply their skills, uh, on a, on a real-world level, and I think that provides kids a lot of confidence, um, and sense of, uh, of belonging and, and that they can make a contribution even as children, you know, as teenagers, that they have something to offer their community, and I think that's so important for kids as they're learning, uh, to learn and learning to, to be part of a community.

Um, because you do receive state funding just like any other public school, um, what are, what are, how, how are you meeting the needs of any special needs students, and do you have the funding to do that?

Um, yeah.