CONNECTIONS
Grades 9 - 12
"Our Actions Make a Difference"
Duration: 3 - 4 days
The Connections Program provides students with an opportunity to see their world as a connected whole and reflect on their place in it. The connections program challenges students to step into their playful nature as they explore wild places, and to dig deep into their intellectual and academic selves as we ask big questions and challenge them to engage as thoughtful and critical citizens.
During this program students will:
Build personal resilience
Sit alone in the forest
Live technology free for 3 days (cell phone free)
Connect with themselves, their community of peers and the natural world.
Engage in meaningful activities and discussions about the challenges and crisis of the 21st century.
Run laughing through the forest
Sing, play, dance, wiggle, be silly.
Paddle big canoes.
Ask important questions
Analyze complex social and environmental issues from multiple perspectives and plan for thoughtful actions to influence positive sustainable change.
Students’ lives are fast-paced, busy and stressful, and this can lead to disconnection from themselves, from others, from the natural world. In the connections program, students are invited to slow down, be present, and discover the joy and inspiration of wild places.
