Soaring Thru Spaces Program

Sample Schedules

Three, Two & One Day Options

Three Day Programs

Programming during a three day option allows for an incredibly intensive experience for each participant.  Students will participate in many ground-based initiatives, a majority of the elements on the team challenge course ("low ropes") and a nice assortment of high ropes challenges.  

Evening Programs and nightly campfires round out this intensive experience. 

Seven meals in the dining hall, as well as two nights of accommodations in the cabins

 are included in the cost of a three day program.

Specific arrival, departure and bed times are flexible to allow each program to be

customized for specific school needs.

Day One
10:45           Arrive at Center, settle into cabins

11:30           Orientation & Teacher Meeting
12:00           Lunch in Dining Hall
1:00             Ground Initiatives and Team Challenge Course Elements
4:45             Break
5:45             Table Waiters to Dining Hall
6:00             Dinner
7:00             Flag Lowering
7:10             Evening Program
8:30             Group Campfires
9:45             Meet at Steps to dismiss to Cabins

Day Two
7:00             Rise and Shine
7:45             Table Waiters to Dining Hall, Everyone else to Flag Raising
8:00             Breakfast
9:00             Team Challenge Course Continued
11:50           Break, Table Waiters to Dining Hall
12:00           Lunch
1:00             High Ropes
4:45             Break
5:45             Table Waiters to the Dining Hall
6:00             Dinner
7:00             Flag Lowering
7:10             Evening Program
8:30             Group Campfires
9:45             Return to Cabins   

Day Three
7:00              Rise and Shine
7:45              Flag Raising & Table Waiters
8:00              Breakfast
9:00              High Ropes

11:00            Final Team Challenges
12:00            Final Debriefing & Goal-setting      
12:15            Lunch in Picnic Shelter
1:00              Departure

Two Day Programs

    There is something about an overnight experience that seems to "up the anty", bringing groups together for much greater accomplishments than they ever achieve in a single-day program.  Students will participate in ground-based initiatives, then move on to a series of tasks on the team challenge course ("low ropes"), then a shorter experience with high ropes on day two.  

An evening program and campfire add to the evening's festivities, and to the overall goals.  

Four meals in the dining hall, as well as one night of accommodation in the cabins

 is included in the cost of a three day program.

Specific arrival, departure and bed times are flexible to allow each program to be

customized for specific school needs.

Day One
11:00           Arrive and Settle Into Cabins
11:45           Orientation & Teacher Meeting
12:15           Lunch in DH
1:30             Day Class I
3:00             Break
3:15             Day Class II
4:45             Break
5:45             Table Waiters Report to Dining Hall
6:00             Dinner
7:00             Flag Lowering
7:10             Evening Program
8:20             Campfire
9:30             Return to Cabins 

Day Two
7:00           Wake Up
7:45            Flag Raising & Table Waiter to Dining Hall
8:00            Breakfast
9:00            Day Class III
10:30          Break
10:45          Day Class IV
12:15          Picnic Lunch
1:00            Departure

One Day Programs

The length of a one day program is completely dependent on the visiting groups availability. Our basic recommendation is this: "The longer the better!" 

Most groups are happy to attempt only the "teambuilding" aspect of the Soaring Thru Spaces Program in a one-day visit.  Great strides can be made by a group in this kind of one-day program, though there really is something about the overnight program that allows students to take the challenges more seriously and grow as a group more intensively.

Occasionally, a group will try to fit both team challenges and high ropes elements into a

one-day program.  If the visit can be long enough, there is some merit to this type of schedule.  However, please do not plan on this combination if you also have to get back to school for regular dismissal.  

Meals in the dining hall are indeed available at an extra charge for One Day visitors, but

there are also picnic facilities available at no charge, so most folks prefer to "brown bag".  

"On & Off" Programs

If spending the night is just not an option, and traveling to our Center is difficult, our staff are also able to deliver life skill development programs on site at your school.  Such onsite programs require some logistical maneuvering on the school's part, and a slightly higher fee to cover the Center's transportation costs.   They can also be combined with a visit to the Center on a separate date, to create a two-day, "On & Off" program that takes advantage of the equipment and facilities at Betsy-Jeff Penn on the second day.