Adventure Courses

These courses take place on our challenge course. They help students further develop socially, physically, emotionally, as well as develop interpersonal skills, teamwork, motivation, self-confidence, and a sense of accomplishment and cohesion within the group.

 

TP Shuffle

Students begin to laugh, have fun, and begin to feel comfortable accepting help from others and helping each other.

TP Shuffle: Students learning how to help each other.

Whale Watch

Students will be challenged to cooperatively work together as a team, respect others' ideas, & keep it balanced!

Students participating in Whale Watch balancing activity.

Mountain Tops

Very challenging and rewarding for the students.  Requires students to communicate cooperatively, problem solve, demonstrate leadership, make good decisions, and follow specific directions.  Upon completing the challenge, students will have a heightened sense of self worth and achievement in themselves and others.

Students communicate to complete the outdoor challenge.

Swinging Log

Students will have to focus on the objective, balance their body, and concentrate to reach the goal.  They will also develop a trust, respect,  and concern for one another.

Students focus on balance.

Cave

Students must rely on their senses to move around the cave blindfolded in search of the right way out of the cave. They are challenged to look out for others as well as themselves.

Cave Adventure Course

Entrapment

Students learn effective communication skills used in problem solving.  Promotes the importance of effective communication among individuals within the group.

Entrapment: Students learning communication skills.

Bomb Diffuser

Students will be challenged to focus on the goal, share ideas, effectively communicate, as well as respect others ideas & differences.  They will also discover that they are an important part of the whole and their actions will affect the people around them.

Students participate in outdoor activity.

The Tunnel

Students will learn group problem solving as well as conflict management.  They will have to cooperate, work together, and think creatively to accomplish the goals.

Students learn group problem solving in tunnel.

Porthole

Students will achieve a higher level of trust and support from the group.  Through accomplishing the goal there will also be a heightened sense of accomplishment, excitement, and motivation.

Students must place trust in teammates to get through the porthole.

Maypole

Students must work as a team in order to untangle the ropes.  This gets tricky when they are instructed to never let go of their rope.

Nitro Crossing

Students learn to deal with individual differences as well as sudden changes in plans.  Will also promote the importance of effective communication.

Students particiating in Nitro Crossing activity.

Mohawk Walk

Students will strategize as a team to successfully complete the challenge of working their way through a series of cables without touching the ground.  An awareness for their need of support and help from time to time will become evident.

Students balance on a series of cables.

Meat Grinder

Students must come together to form a plan to successfully get their team through the meat grinder.  They must trust one another, support, and help guide one another through the grinder.

Students team up to get through the meat grinder.

Spider Web

Students will support one another both physically and emotionally as a team to actively strategize, plan, and put their ideas into action to accomplish the goal. Trust and respect for one another will again be reinforced

Students must support one another in the spider web.