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👩‍🎤 Now Hiring! Full-time Guide and part-time Apprentice roles 🚀

Starting summer and fall 2026 | Open to unconventional backgrounds!

👩‍🎤 Now Hiring! Full-time Guide and part-time Apprentice roles 🚀

Starting summer and fall 2026 | Open to unconventional backgrounds!

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A Next-Generation Microschool in Ogden Valley

A Next-Generation Microschool in Ogden Valley

A Next-Generation Microschool in Ogden Valley

Cool Creek

Cool Creek

Wilderland Academy is a nature-based, child-centered, and achievement-oriented educational environment for K-8 learners.

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2025–2026 Academic Results

2025–2026 Academic Results

Remarkable Growth

Remarkable Growth

Honest Accounting

Honest Accounting

We are one of a few select schools that publish our NWEA MAP test results. Our full-time students are growing on average 2.9x faster than the national average across all subjects.

We are one of a few select schools that publish our NWEA MAP test results. Our full-time students are growing on average 2.9x faster than the national average across all subjects.

See below for our subject-specific stats for full-time students (2nd-7th grade).

See below for our subject-specific stats for full-time students (2nd-7th grade).

2.4x

2.4x

Math

3.2x

3.2x

Reading

4.4x

4.4x

Language Arts

Language

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Support Your Child's Unique Journey in Life

Support Your Child's Unique Journey in Life

Learn how our daily schedule helps students develop their strengths, discover their callings, and build the skills to fulfill them

Learn how our daily schedule helps students develop their strengths, discover their callings, and build the skills to fulfill them

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Prepare Your Child for the Evolving World

Prepare Your Child for the Evolving World

Learn how our creativity-oriented, tech-supported educational experience is a modern update to traditional learning

Learn how our creativity-oriented, tech-supported educational experience is a modern update to traditional learning

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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment, not the flower.” - Alexander Den Heijer

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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment, not the flower.” - Alexander Den Heijer

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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment, not the flower.” - Alexander Den Heijer

Sandhill Creek, Harmony Ranch

Sandhill Creek, Harmony Ranch

Sandhill Creek, Harmony Ranch

Fortify Your Child's Well-Being Through Nature

Fortify Your Child's Well-Being Through Nature

Harmony Ranch provides an immersive and pristine landscape to engage our students, contribute to their holistic well-being, and enrich their education

Harmony Ranch provides an immersive and pristine landscape to engage our students, contribute to their holistic well-being, and enrich their education

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Deepen Your Child's Connection to Their Community

Deepen Your Child's Connection to Their Community

Connect your child to their real-world environs, their neighborhood, and the cycle and seasons of nature

Connect your child to their real-world environs, their neighborhood, and the cycle and seasons of nature

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FAQ

Day-to-Day Experience

What does child-collaborative learning mean?

Will there be homework?

Will there be standardized testing?

How much time will students spend on tech?

Why is play such a large part of your daily schedule?

Concerns

How will teachers address controversial political or religious topics?

How will teachers respond to behavioral problems?

Will a nature-based experience be safe for my child?

Will my child have enough friends at such a small learning community?

Vision

Is Wilderland an “alternative” or a “special needs” learning community?

What kinds of students would be most likely to succeed at Wilderland?

Logistics

How much time will the kids spend outside in the winter or during inclement weather?

What scholarship options are available?

Will Wilderland have early-out on Wednesday like the local public school?

If Wilderland doesn't seem to be working out for my child, what happens?

How do parents get involved as volunteers?

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Our Non-Discrimination Policy

Our Non-Discrimination Policy

Wilderland believes strongly in diversity, inclusion, equality and improving our community’s capitalization rate, and:

(1) admits students of any race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, religion, and neuropsychological profile, to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally made available to students of the school; and

(2) does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, religion, and neuropsychological profile in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Wilderland believes strongly in diversity, inclusion, equality and improving our community’s capitalization rate, and:

(1) admits students of any race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, religion, and neuropsychological profile, to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally made available to students of the school; and

(2) does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, religion, and neuropsychological profile in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.