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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday March 26, 1981 - Page 18 Outdoor educator hopes to establish school on old dry farm By S. Halliday I have a dream is the feelRoss Janet emits as she walks ing among the old log cabins toward the house she built herself east of Monticello. The cabins, once used for grain storage, have been converted into dormitory facilities. The house, built on the burned foundation of a home which once belonged to a wheat farmer, is on the site of a prehistoric Indian ruin, now a cellar. Janets dream was unborn when experiences and events which ultimately brought her to San Juan began after her graduation from high school. citizen, Janet was born in London where her father was A UJS, working on a doctoral degree in "It just happened Economics. that way, she says. She returned to Kent, England, for her senior year of high school as an exchange student with Experiment in International Living. Upon her return, Janet learned of a newly organized college in Arizona that offered a degree in Outdoor Education. She had to wait a year before she was accepted into Prescott College, a private school with limited en- San Juan and Janet from living to available classroom projects Proctor students. says Janet, who spent a year with the Forest Service in Wyoming and a year in Alaska with the Parks Service before coming to MonticeUo as a seasonal wilderness specialist for the Bureau of Janets dream is an tains. "There is variety in the landscape here, says Janet, "as there is variety in the people who have lived here and are living here. People, events and times change, but the land seems to stay the same. Is there a better place for an outdoor school to be located? Janet is now working with the During her three years at Prescott, Janet began to formulate her own philosophy of Outdoor Education. She experienced the "peace and solitude that comes with outdoor living. She came to know the challenge of survival and skills necessary to live in harmony with nature. Outdoor Education School of hers located 17 miles East of MonticeHowitha panoramic view of the Blue Moun- Land Management. rollment. 16 City School District instructing teachers and students in survival skills. She also has Tuba connections with private schools in the East. This week she wiU host eight students from Proctor, a private school situated in Andover, New Hampshire, who chose Her first summer as an outdoor education instructor was at Crested Butte, Colorado, where she taught kayaking and hiking. She has since worked with delinquent youth in Missouri and held a teaching position at the Loretto Heights College in Den- ver. r She has been on the faculty of Northwest Community College, . Lander, Wyoming, where she developed a Southwest desert wildness course for The National Outdoor Leadership School. Janet stands in the doorway of one of the cabins she hopes to make part of a school S. Halliday photo for outdoor education. Ross Janet Ross, outdoor educator, and students from Proctor, a private school in New Education is closely related to and dependent upon Federal government policies. Outdoor Hi CROSSWORD PUZZLER S. Halliday photo Hampshire. 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