INFORMATION NIGHT INFORMATION NIGHT Stone Bridge High School.
High Trails Information Night 09
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Welcome to the High Trails Information
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OverviewDescription and Goals of
High TrailsAcademic contentSupplies & FormsSlide ShowQuestions
What is High Trails?
Optional outdoor educational programHands on LearningStandards basedSixth grade tradition to broaden student’s perspective
Goals of High Trails
Sense of the EarthSense of CommunitySense of self
Tuesday, October 20through
Friday, October 23
$275 check, cash, or money order. Due by Monday, October 5.
Scholarship requests by Monday, September 21.
Dates and Cost:
Leaving and Returning
Drop-off 7:45 – 8:00 AM Pick-up 1:30 PMStudents may leave with their ride as soon as they return. You may want to consider carpooling with other sixth grade students who are going to High Trails at the same time.
Cabins and SafetyThe students are supervised at all times.Five to seven students per counselorFour counselors and teacher per cabinMeals are served in the lodge, with students serving as Able Waiters.There is a Nurse on site.
Discovery Groups:• Prospectors•Indians•Trappers •Explorers
•Naturalists•Woodsmen
•Homesteaders •Crafters•Team Building•Mountaineers
Purpose of Discovery Groups
Problem solvingColorado historyCreative writingPhysical scienceInterpersonal skills and
team buildingNew perspectives
SuppliesThere is a full list in the Information pamphlet
Outdoor clothing, toiletries, journal, etc.
Water bottle, sunscreen, bug repellentBackpack, book, hat, sunglasses, flashlight, and a camera are optional.Electronics, gum, should be left at home.
Forms and Medications
Should be available on the webEmergency Information / Permission (Green)Authorization for Emergency Treatment
Authorization for Over-the-Counter medications. Part A required for all (Green!).If bringing medications then part B, C, and D are needed (Goldenrod).
Straight from the horse’smouth, the best thing aboutHigh Trails is:
The bus ride up there (because we are so excited!)
early morning hikes
discoverygroups
team buildingactivities
and games
high schoolcounselors…
…who is afraid to have fun with us?
… and be goofy!
the food
It reallyis good!
Able Waiting(helping to serve meals)
…and ringing thebell for meals.
The teachers who come with us.
and…
Mr. Scott.
my special spot…
a time for journalingand
quiet reflection.
making new friends
before bed, fireside chats…
milk, cookies, ands’mores!
Sunday Rocks…
Our last activity ofHigh Trails is where we all meet at the rocks. We are silent except for one voice that quotes what we kids have learned throughout the week. It’s the highlight of our week!
Quotes from other sixth gradersabout their week at high trails:
“Isn’t it funny, how when you think you’re so big, you’re really small? I mean there’s a whole galaxy around you and endless space. From Pluto to the Sun and ant to elephant, we don’t realize how very small we really are.”
“As I sit upon this rock, I think that without nature humans are nothing of value.”
“My spot makes me feel good. I hear the true sound of the woods, of silence. If I lie on my back and look up I become part of the aspen tree. In fact, it makes me feel like I can become anything.”
“I feel calm because it’s so peaceful and quiet. It feels like I have no worries – that life is good.”
“I can not believe we have gone so far, climbed so high. It is so beautiful up here where you can see so much. I can’t believe my house is just on the other side of Pike’s Peak.”
“I think it is so amazingup here. It makes me wantto have a picnic. It feels likeI am in heaven. It is beautiful
and I love it.”
“Nature is my home.”
“ShadowsOn the sunCold, then warm.Breezes.HeartbeatsFrom the earthAnd I.”
“If you find a place beyond words,how do you describe it?”
Contact Information
Phil McIntosh 234-3000e-mail at
[email protected] Emergency only, at High Trails
748-3451CMS info pamphlet
www.mistermcintosh.org/hightrails
QUESTIONS?