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Friday Experiences
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.
Saturday Experiences
ExperienceCore ValuesLessons Learned
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 ForgivenessForegivenessStudents 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.
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.
Gratitude MuralGratitude
Choice
Students recognize that gratitude is a choice, and express thanks for various life circumstances and experiences.
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 other people.
Sunday Experiences
ExperienceCore ValuesLessons Learned
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
Teamwork
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 between now and the next trainings.
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 and GraduationSharing
Fun
Celebration
Students share with parents and guests what they have learned and created during the training. They are acknowledged for their effort and accomplishments.