Adventure Curriculum

Canoeing

At our canoe lagoon, students learn the importance of working together and working safely while navigating a canoe. After a discussion about the importance of canoeing to past and present generations, students are introduced to equipment and safety procedures that are essential to their success. In pairs, students load into their boats and put to use the paddling strokes that they have learned.

Archery

Bows and arrows have been used for centuries as a means of hunting and protection. At Camp Highland, they are used as a mental and physical challenge for our students. Students learn about the importance that the bow and arrow have served to past cultures and their use today. At the archery range, our focus is on safety first and personal growth second. Students will find that success with a bow and arrow is measured by improvement, not by bulls-eyes.

Climbing

Rock climbing is often seen as an individual sport: a battle between the climber and the rock. At Camp Highland, students soon learn that, even in climbing, the support of the people around you is intricate to your success. Whether it is the belayer who is responsible for each student's safety or the rest of the group that is responsible for encouraging and giving tips to the climber, the ability for students to reach their goals is very dependent upon their group.
As with all of our activities, in Climbing we believe in "Challenge by Choice." We understand that each student's goals, strengths, and fears are different. Sometimes, the student that makes it half way up the wall has accomplished infinitely more than a student that reaches the top of the wall. This is why we set goals with each student prior to his or her climb and encourage that student to meet and maybe even exceed that goal.

Teambuilding

Perhaps the greatest skill in life is the ability to deal effectively with people. Listening, caring, and support are all essentials in forming strong, meaningful relationships or just functional, working relationships.
One of the strongest aspects of Camp Highland is our Teambuilding class. Students are presented with challenges that they must accomplish together in order to be successful. These challenges test the students' "people skills," and follow-up discussions focus on the importance these skills play at school, at play, and at home.

Low Challenge Course -

Advanced Teambuilding

If students show the ability to effectively communicate and cooperate as a group, they may find themselves with even larger challenges at our Low Ropes Course. Here students must not only come up with solutions that ensure the success of the group, they must also find solutions that ensure the safety of the group. Students spot one another as they get the opportunity to visit activities such as our Burma Bridge, Ships Crossing, Wild Woozy, or Nitro Pit.

High Challenge Course -

"The Alpine Tower"

Just recently added to the Camp Highland Teambuilding and Challenge curriculum as of Fall 2004, the Alpine Tower will challenge your students like nothing they've experienced before. Over a three hour session our Alpine Tower high course will test students' problem solving skills and require them to test their physical and mental talents to achieve success. Communication, trust, challenging oneself, and perserverance as well as encouraging your fellow students are just a few of the traits and personal skills which will be developed 50 feet above the ground.
The Alpine Tower is a Challenge By Choice activity where students will stretch their comfort zones and practice working for and achieving their goals. And when they've achieved their goal, whether it's 10 feet off the ground or our observation deck 50 feet up, there are high fives all around!