All systems go…almost!

All systems go…almost!

Session 1, Week 3 All systems go! A statement made popular in the 1960s when referring to missiles and other vehicles launching into space. It has now come to mean a state of readiness for immediate action. CHOICE is full of systems. Systems which allow the heroes to...
Crossing the threshold

Crossing the threshold

Session 1, Week 2 In the Hero’s Journey, after a hero accepts a Call to Adventure, they Cross the Threshold and enter the Special World. Whether this is a hero’s first year at CHOICE, or they have been here many years, we are all beginning a new...
What Makes a Culture Flourish?

What Makes a Culture Flourish?

Session 1, Week 1 What Makes a Culture Flourish? An important question for every community to discuss, whether that community be a country, a city, a family or a school. Each year CHOICE chooses an overarching question. The overarching question is a question that we...
What we are taking with us

What we are taking with us

Session 7 Week 4 Someone recently commented that the most important lessons from a “school experience” are what we take with us, after we have forgotten everything 🙂 With that in mind we asked heroes a few questions on Thursday. Their responses are our...
Finishing Strong

Finishing Strong

Session 7 Week 3 Throughout my life I have heard conversations that “nothing important happens in the last weeks of school” or that “there is no point in going.” This is 100% not the case at CHOICE. Quite the opposite in fact. Truly meaningful work, discussions and...
Surviving and Thriving

Surviving and Thriving

Session 7, Week 2 Throughout survival camp heroes used survival books to help them accomplish some of their outdoor challenges. Their book included topics such as knot tying, sewing, using knives and axes, starting fires, purifying water and many more. If heroes were...