Each new student participates in the seven day outdoor Experience. The experience includes first aid training, campcraft, map orientation, canoeing, backpacking, and rock climbing. The main purpose of this experience is to promote group cooperation, to learn more about oneself, and to develop self confidence. The Outdoor Experience instills a sense of accomplishment and pride and establishes trusting and caring relationships among staff and students. Students completing their sophomore year begin the summer program with a five day trip to Boston, Massachusetts.
Students visit colleges, museums, neighborhoods, historic sites, and other points of interest.
They learn navigation skills of a different kind in a new environment, which broadens horizons and opens new doors. Senior Seminar Students completing their junior year begin the summer program with a six day experience where students will be visiting college campuses throughout upstate New York, Southern Vermont and New Hampshire. In addition to the academic objectives of the trip, students will have the opportunity to visit the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame or Howe Caverns. At the conclusion of these experiences, all students join together for the five week academic residential program at Johnson State College. The student schedule includes morning classes for teams one and two, and a summer work experience for team three.