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2010 Four Feathers After-School Program
Join us for 4 afternoons of fun, exploration, connection and learning as we gain some insights into what it takes to live in nature in the winter time. First we'll look to the animals and see how they do it, then we'll try our own hand at it and discover what it might take to flourish in the woods in winter. Shelters, cooking on campfires, tracking animals and playing native games created to improve awareness are just a few of the exiting things we plan to do during our time together!
Where? Ethical Culture Society, White Plains, NY
Who? 3rd-5th & 6th-9th graders
When? Tues, 3:30-5:30 March 2, 9, 16, 23
Cost: $160
*space is limited* *
Tracking and the Art of Awareness: A Boy's Guide to Knowing his Gifts
In a culture that emphasizes the merits of a good education, we, as a collective, often fail to provide our youth and especially our boys, with an education in self awareness. Knowing ones gifts, being aware of and taking responsibility for our feelings, possessing the ability draw clear boundaries, and living a life based on passion and purpose are not found in today’s school curriculums. These and other incredibly important skills of self awareness are however, interwoven in mankind’s first science; tracking.
The Outer Journey:
· Develop routines of nature awareness
· Identify mammal track and sign
· Have fun with track and trailing challenges
· Hear stories of native trackers around the fire
· Have fun in nature!
The Inner Journey:
· Learn to trust yourself
· Identify and honor personal gifts
· Explore difference between personal truth and story
· Experience the power of speaking your truth
· Gain tools for “inner tracking”
Where? Ward-Pound Ridge Reservation
When? March 6, 2010, 10am-4pm
Who? boys age 10 and up
Cost: $75
Weekend Walkabout for 6th - 9th Graders
The most requested activity of our middle school participants is to go on a wander and to see what adventures might find us. The wanderlust that fills young people in this life stage is universal and was recognized by many native cultures as an essential element that allows a child to define who they are as individuals in this world. To aid in this journey, we will use a variety of coaching/mentoring practices during our wanders to help participants develop awareness around key personal and inter-personal issues such as communicating in a peaceful manner, knowing and speaking ones truth, creating a sense of balance, and more. Along with the inner-work, participants will learn a host of physical skills and nature-awareness practices that will allow them to walk in a good way.
Where? Ward-Pound Ridge Reservation
When? TBA
Who? 6th-9th graders
Cost: $95 per day
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No School Nature Days! For 3rd-5th & 6th-8th Graders
What better way is there to spend the day off from school than playing in the woods, laughing, exploring and having a great time?
When? March 31 & April 1, 2010. 9am-4pm
Where? Saxon Woods Park, White Plains, NY
Cost: $95 per day (or $170 for both)
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High School Apprenticeship
For dedicated High School Students only
The apprenticeship has been designed for dedicated high school aged students who not only wish to take their own learning further by studying alongside their peers at the pace of their own choosing, but who also recognize the importances of sharing their learning with those younger then themselves.
"I've learned that there are far more subtle ways to approach life
than the common, forceful way that most take. In applying this to my life,
I have accomplished things that would not have been possible otherwise."
-HS senior/Apprentice
"I feel that I've learned to hear what peoples needs are
and I am better prepared to help them meet those needs."
-HS freshman/Apprentice
"One of the strongest points of the apprenticeship has been to witness
the look of joy in the faces of the children I work with each week and to know
that I played a role in creating that joy. It just makes me so happy!"
-HS Sophmore/Apprentice
"I've realized that I have something special to offer, gifts,
that I didn't even know I had."
-HS Sophmore/Apprentice
"I am so much more outgoing than I was before joining the apprenticeship!"
-HS Senior/Apprentice
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