Summer Camp Agenda

Week 1
ExperienceCore ValuesLessons Learned
Creating and AvoidingCourage
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Students distinguish between effective ways of creating value, and their default ways of living that do not create value.
Ground RulesIntegrity
Discipline
Students practice giving their word and keeping it, providing safety and integrity among all participants.
Knowledge CircleChoice
Discovery
Students identify and examine their personal blind spots, creating deeper self-knowledge and emotional intelligence.
Comfort Choice MingleCourage
Trust
Honesty
Students examine why they make the choices they make and how willingness to risk opens them up to new possibilities.
Limiting BeliefsWin-Win
Communication
Listening
Students begin to step out of their comfort zone and challenge old patterns of thinking. They begin to create deeper connections with the other participants.
Small GroupsAccountability
Connection
Teamwork
Students are divided into small groups to debrief exercises, which fosters participation and sharing.
Points of ViewCritical Thinking
Creativity
Students openly explore different perceptions of a single event. They are encouraged to examine the validity of several different points of view.
Words of ForgivenessForgivenessStudents practice forgiving and discover how forgiveness and gratitude provide access to freedom and true choice.
Fact and InterpretationAccountability
Openness
Every situation involves facts and every person applies their own interpretation about those facts based on past experiences. Students delve into how interpretations of past events influence their current attitudes towards people, events and life.
Gratitude MuralGratitude
Choice
Students recognize that gratitude is a choice, and express thanks for various life circumstances and experiences.
Victim/AccountableResponsibility
Trust
Students start to see where they have acted like a victim to their circumstances in life and how they can move from that mentality to one of accountability and trust.
Choice LineConnection
Honesty
Choice
Respect
Acknowledging that we are always making choices about how we interpret events, students practice making choices about how they relate to themselves and others.
Comfort ZonesSelf-Expression
Risk-Taking
After discussing the pros and cons of comfort zones, students are invited to break out of their personal comfort zone and express themselves in creative and unique ways.
DeclarationsConfidence
Team Work
Through an exciting and interactive process, students make a bold declaration of who they are committed to being in their life.
Goal SettingSMART Goals
Foresight
Teens work with their small groups to create powerful goals to work on.
Intention WalkIntention
Being vs. Doing
Self-Expression
Students create and practice various and diverse ways of fulfilling a single intention, reminding them that there are often several avenues to achieving a desired outcome.
Acknowledgements
Graduation
Sharing
Fun
Celebration
Students share with parents and guests what they have learned and created during the program. They are acknowledged for their effort and accomplishments.
Week 2
ExperienceCore ValuesLessons Learned
The Power of Your WordIntegrity
Trust
Teens will take a look at when they aren’t being honest, where they are breaking their agreements with others and how that impacts the way others treat them.
The Gift of FeedbackHonesty
Self Awareness
In this exercise we will practice giving and receiving honest feedback.
Identity GroupsPerspective
Honesty
Identifying similarities and differences among the teens in each small group
Breakthrough/Creating
New Possibilities
Getting out of the BoxTaking a powerful look at what gets in the way of us living extraordinary lives, and breaking through these limiting beliefs.
Context vs ContentWays of BeingLearning that being in a certain way attracts more of that same way of being.
React/RespondChoiceEvents in our lives can be interpreted in different ways based on our backgrounds. Learning how to interpret events in a positive way.
Parent PresentationFun
Education
Students will create and present to parents a 20 minute skit outlining the things they have learned in the training.
Teen/Parent ForumConnection
Honesty
Trust
What questions would you like to ask a teenager and get a completely honest answer. What questions would you be willing to answer from a teenager…this is your chance to sit in a forum of questions and answers from parents and teenagers.