Summer Camp Agenda
| Experience | Core Values | Lessons Learned |
|---|---|---|
| Creating and Avoiding | Courage Leadership Critical Thinking | Students distinguish between effective ways of creating value, and their default ways of living that do not create value. |
| Ground Rules | Integrity Discipline | Students practice giving their word and keeping it, providing safety and integrity among all participants. |
| Knowledge Circle | Choice Discovery | Students identify and examine their personal blind spots, creating deeper self-knowledge and emotional intelligence. |
| Comfort Choice Mingle | Courage Trust Honesty | Students examine why they make the choices they make and how willingness to risk opens them up to new possibilities. |
| Limiting Beliefs | Win-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 Groups | Accountability Connection Teamwork | Students are divided into small groups to debrief exercises, which fosters participation and sharing. |
| Points of View | Critical 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 Forgiveness | Forgiveness | Students practice forgiving and discover how forgiveness and gratitude provide access to freedom and true choice. |
| Fact and Interpretation | Accountability 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 Mural | Gratitude Choice | Students recognize that gratitude is a choice, and express thanks for various life circumstances and experiences. |
| Victim/Accountable | Responsibility 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 Line | Connection 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 Zones | Self-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. |
| Declarations | Confidence Team Work | Through an exciting and interactive process, students make a bold declaration of who they are committed to being in their life. |
| Goal Setting | SMART Goals Foresight | Teens work with their small groups to create powerful goals to work on. |
| Intention Walk | Intention 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. |