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Spring Fling
By Micah Wheat | April 21, 2009
Stone Mountain School is a hybrid program. We typically run adventure trips every weekend, while being on property on the weekdays. When the year round academics takes a break, we run week long trips through out the South East. This past week, we opted out of long trips and planned a week long Spring Fling on campus. Our staff put together an incredible experience for the students here, and with out their knowledge we would not be as succesfull as we are.
They planned an adventure race, sports tournamnets, culinary challenge, lanscaping, and other activities. These self directed skills have been taught to them through our in house trainings and the trainings that front line staff can recive at the NATWC Conference. Past facliltators have taught staff how to provide structured activities for down time ranging from 5 minutes to an hour. This type of skill set will ensure that staff have the resources to keep students invested and moving forward in your program.
We knew it was a success when we looked back at all the landscaping that was completed and how excited the boys were when they won their group prizes. It is an amazing thing to see an older group of boys get excited about winning a trip to go rollerskating and a younger group get excited about a cooking competition.
I encourage Program Managers and Middle Management to get your staff certified through the NATWC Certification process.
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