Mission

POST 84 is a student-focused outdoor education organization that strives to encourage environmental awareness, leadership, diversity, self-confidence, and knowledge of the outdoors. We aim to do this by providing accessible outdoor educational experiences that appeal to high school students.

COVID-19 Policies

POST 84 has made the decision that if you aren’t feeling well please just stay home. For the safety of our staff and other campers on the trip. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Covid-19 policies, please reach out to our executive director at director@post84.org.

Oversight

Our Executive Committee of student staff plan and run our trips. Our adult Board of Directors oversees and advises the Executive Committee, ensuring our trips remain safe. We make sure that our Director and Assistant Director are present in-person at all meetings and on every trip.

Values

POST 84 is committed to being accessible and welcoming to everyone.  As issues arise regarding personal growth, race, cultural identity, sexual orientation in our leaders and campers, we do our best to support them and connect them with other organizations who also support them.

History

POST 84 began in 1984 when Ken Morrison, an ambitious science teacher at Garfield High School, was encouraged to bring students out to Cleveland High School Memorial Forest to participate in hands-on learning. Since then, the program has provided outdoor educational experiences for over 8,000 students from Garfield High School and the Seattle area.

Over the years students assumed more and more of the responsibility for running and managing the program. Eventually, POST 84 became defined as a student run program managed and advised by an adult board of directors. In 30 years, POST 84 has developed a student leadership structure that is innovative and inspiring to its student participants.

Activities

POST 84 runs a variety of trips in the greater Seattle area ranging from rock climbing to snow camping. To see our current trips, visit the Trips page. All trips are entirely planned and run by student staff, with a number of adult chaperones who supervise the activities.

Scholarship + Gear

Scholarships are available for any student who wants to come on a trip. We also have a large inventory of gear which are available, and encouraged for students to borrow for trips. For more information on gear, contact the gear manager at gear@post84.org.

No Tolerance Policy

POST 84 is a drug and alcohol free organization with a zero tolerance policy. There are strict consequences for bringing any substance on a POST 84 trip. There are other values and requirements that our staff members strive to follow. Below you can see our expectations for all staff members.

Disassociation With Seattle Public Schools

Due to new district policy related obstacles in 2014, POST 84 as a program decided to become independent from the Seattle Public School district to further our mission.

POST 84 is now a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Our Federal Tax ID is 20-5978450