Course Dates
Applications for the 2017 Summer Wilderness Course are due to Mr. Arbuthnot, room 117 (orchestra/band room), or Mr. Overcash, room 604, by March 4. We will then schedule interviews and informational meeting. If you have any questions please see Mr. Arbuthnot or Mr. Overcash.
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The Unity Project is a program that operates in Charlotte in partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. A group of students from each Unity school is selected to represent the diversity of their community. They then embark on a wilderness expedition designed to assert their common humanity, to develop their courage and compassion as leaders, to establish a democratic forum within which to discuss challenging issues, and to create a model community within their crew. Upon returning home, the group forms a Unity Club to organize and implement projects addressing issues that affect their community.
http://www.ncobs.org/programs/schools-groups/#tab-unity-program
http://www.ncobs.org/programs/schools-groups/#tab-unity-program
Student quote from course:
“I thank you for giving me the opportunity to come on this Outward Bound course. Coming onto the course I thought it was just going to be a fun time with friends. Boy was I wrong. This course helped to open my eyes to what is really wrong in this world. During the course we received the disturbing news that a nine people died at a church in Charleston,. We talked about the tragedy that night and all of the kids said, “ we are the new generation,” and it stuck with me. We have the power to change the world. I had never given it much thought, I always thought that was just something our teachers told us, bur from this course I realized I had more potential that I thought I did. When I get back to school I will return with the goal and passion to change people’s negative ways of thinking.”
“I thank you for giving me the opportunity to come on this Outward Bound course. Coming onto the course I thought it was just going to be a fun time with friends. Boy was I wrong. This course helped to open my eyes to what is really wrong in this world. During the course we received the disturbing news that a nine people died at a church in Charleston,. We talked about the tragedy that night and all of the kids said, “ we are the new generation,” and it stuck with me. We have the power to change the world. I had never given it much thought, I always thought that was just something our teachers told us, bur from this course I realized I had more potential that I thought I did. When I get back to school I will return with the goal and passion to change people’s negative ways of thinking.”