Students attend classes in parenting, substance abuse prevention, conflict resolution, sexuality, and self esteem and may choose electives in assertiveness, non-violence, and relapse prevention. Cooking, cleaning and menu planning a required courses. Students wake up with their own alarm clocks, budget their own money, launder their own clothes, and arrange their rooms. Once a month they go camping. Trips include climbing, canoeing, hiking, ropes courses, and participation in outdoor science and geography labs.
Students attend three weekly meetings.
On Wednesday night residential issues are discussed, and requests for special privileges are voted on by students, pending ratification or veto in staff meeting on Thursday. On Thursday night, staff and students gather for check-in, updates, a short workshop on an aspect of group living, and celebrations, ending every meeting with applause for student accomplishments. Those bagged for rule infractions must stay later for Consequence Meeting, where a rotating team of one student and one staff, facilitated by a former student, must reach consensus in assigning a consequence. Web hosting graciously provided by Acadia.net . We are grateful for your contribution to our efforts.