About Us

Mrs. Logan brings 16 years of early childhood education and leadership experience to her role as Director. Her roots reach deep into the history of The Outdoor Learning School as one of the visionaries of the program originating from her time at The Learning Tree Academy.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Logan worked with children 12 and under in a variety of educational settings. She has served as a swim instructor and head lifeguard, camp counselor, classroom teacher, program builder, assistant director and director.  She has worked to establish community partnerships that work to benefit children and families and has a passion for supporting development through providing learning opportunities in the outdoors.    

Mrs. Logan holds a Bachelor’s in Spanish and a Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology. She desires to use her degrees and experience to build and support programs that serve the whole child.  She feels blessed to be a part of the team at The Outdoor Learning School and to have the opportunity to continue to serve in a place where her passion meets a need in the community. 

Outside of work, Mrs. Logan loves spending time with her husband and three kids. She enjoys hiking, swimming, kayaking, reading, riding horses, live theater and a variety of sports. She loves to visit friends around the world and go on spontaneous adventures with her family exploring new places and learning new things.

Mrs. Heidi serves as our Supervisor of Preschool and Pre-K, bringing over a decade of dedicated early childhood expertise to our leadership team. She officially joined The Outdoor Learning School in May 2026, where she continues her passion for shaping young minds.

Mrs. Heidi’s well-rounded background includes foundational roles at the YMCA, where she led summer camps and provided gymnastics instruction, as well as serving inner-city youth in New York through the Salvation Army. Most recently, she spent 17 years at The Learning Tree Academy, where she gained invaluable, hands-on experience working with children from infancy through Pre-K.

This diverse foundation allowed Heidi to develop a deep understanding of early childhood development and the unique needs of each age group. As an administrator, she thrives on creating positive, structured learning environments for staff, children, and families, truly enjoying making a lasting difference.

Outside of school, Mrs. Heidi and her husband, Brian, are the proud parents of five grown children. She stays active by enjoying a wide variety of outdoor activities, sports, and music.

 Children will start their day with a daily devotion time, which allows them to begin the day with an opportunity to develop their faith through activities such as worship, Bible studies, and skits.  Character education is incorporated throughout the day in organic teaching moments.  The goal of our program is holistic development which includes supporting social-emotional and spiritual growth.  By being given a range of experiences in a loving, stable environment, children explore their own interests and capabilities and gain heightened confidence in themselves, while also promoting their social and emotional development and well-being.  

 Place based learning is an educational approach that “immerses students in local heritage, culture, landscapes, opportunities, and experiences, using these as the foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and other subjects across the curriculum” as defined by the Center for Place-Based Education at Antioch University.  Students have the unique opportunity to see that they can be change agents right in their own local community as well as making an impact in a more broad scale way.  They learn that what they do matters as they take on inquiry based, learner centered projects. 

Our programs  emphasize the importance of nutrition and health throughout the entire school day in various modes. Focusing on Outdoor Learning provides educators with constant opportunities to passively and directly encourage healthy choices for our bodies and minds.  

 Students are engaged in writing for authentic purposes as they learn the three domains of writing: narrative, informational, and persuasive.  Students learn to read like writers and write like readers by making connections between the two processes allowing writing for a variety of purposes to come to life.  Grammar and sentence structure are taught in the context of writing so that they are not seen as stand alone skills but as skills that aid students in expressing their thoughts and communicating with a broad audience.  

 Community is the heartbeat of OLS.  Our OLS is made up of our faculty and staff, students, parents, and business partners.  Many community engagement events take place throughout the school year that allow parents and community members the opportunity to partner and fellowship with us.  We always look forward to these opportunities and continue to seek new and exciting ways to work together.