Session 7 Week 1 Being away from home, sleeping in a tent (some for the first time), getting dirty with no showers, being surrounded by other young people 24/7 X 4, being challenged to go outside of your comfort zone and do hard things… Survival Camp is hard for...
Session 6, Week 5 Growing up one of my dad’s favorite movies was The Blues Brothers. While my mom had no real use for that movie, us kids were always ecstatic when Dad found it playing on the T.V. We would snuggle in with him, laugh hysterically and after the...
Session 6, Week 4 Every year is different. Different journeys, different quests, different challenges, and the heroes abilities and struggles change so much in a year. However, after 4 years, as spring time rolls around, and the end of the year approaches, we can now...
Session 6, Week 3 Before 1848 young people were taught with all ages together, by one teacher in one room. From 1848-1870 America started adopting the educational systems they saw in Europe. Part of the change was separating children into different age groups. While...
Session 6, Week 2 As we sat in the rotunda of the Capitol building for the Elementary School Constitution Bee, the keynote speaker asked an opinion question. Two children from two other schools raised their hand to answer, and 7 out of 8 of our heroes raised their...
