Axe ’Em, Jacks!
The East Texas Adventurers program is sponsored through a Community Outdoor Outreach Program Grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Mission
East Texas Adventurers is a program designed to provide a transformational and authentic educational experience for up to 100 sixth- to eighth-grade students from Nacogdoches Independent School District over the 2024-25 and 2025-26 academic years. The program will target students identified as receiving free or reduced lunch; ethnically, culturally or linguistically diverse; and/or with disabilities. We seek to show our adventurers what East Texas offers through overnight expeditions to Mission Tejas State Park, Caddo Lake State Park, Cooper Lake State Park, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Tyler State Park and the the Pineywoods Native Plant Center here at SFA. Students will not only explore the outdoors and Texas ecosystems but also will participate in activities promoting youth empowerment, pride and self-identity in the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics fields.
