As part of Summer School at the Dream Center Academy this year, students have been able to choose an extra-curricular elective - one of their options this year is...you guessed it...The Adventure Institute. We are running a class called 'Outdoor Fitness' with 5 kids. So far (3 weeks in) it has been great! We do classroom learning 2x's a week, outdoor workouts 2x's a week, and on Friday's we have an adventure. This week it was rappelling. My camera showed up with a dead battery, so these are cell phone pictures, sorry for the bad quality...
Setting up the rappel at Stoney Point
Yup, still in LA...(hard to believe)
Joanna wanted to go towards the beginning - she was afraid she wouldn't go at all if she didn't...
Amber initially refused to come at all, though after some gentle prodding was so excited about it that she went twice!
This picture is for Owen's mom. She had a hard time believing that her son would want to be outside, much less doing stuff like this! He was loving it! It's great to see the transformation that takes place in these kids - meek to bold, scared to courageous, quitters to fighters...
On a recent run Joanna mentioned that she had never been tree climbing before! That took immediate priority and this picture was taken about 30 seconds later :)
As you can see, our little Adventure Institute is off to a great start! Thanks for your support!
~C
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