Summer Leadership Training Camp
2008 Sacred Heart Nativity Schools Summer Leadership Training Camp
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Sacred Heart Nativity School offers a residential summer leadership training camp in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. As part of the Nativity model, every student is required to attend a two week summer leadership-training program that includes academics, sport, and outdoor activities. Funding is needed to pay room and board for this leadership camp and for the cost of leadership development programs for students.
In this leadership program, Sacred Heart
Nativity School offers sports, fine arts, academic and educational
programs. This
intensive education of the whole person requires various programs
that speak to all areas of leadership growth and learning--physical,
mental, spiritual and intellectual development.
An important part of the leadership
training camp is the socialization process that takes place. Elements
of self-esteem, self-responsibility, and citizenship are emphasized
in the program. Students who
are new to the school, such as the 6 th grade class, are brought
to the leadership camp with the intention of instilling the values
and hallmarks of the Sacred Heart Nativity School. Positive
role modeling, respect for others and discipline are important hallmarks
of the Nativity school model. A typical day at leadership
training camp is as follows:
- Fitness class
- Breakfast
- Academic classes - 3 hours, 6 days
a week
- Lunch
- Independent reading
- 3 hours of afternoon activities including sports, hiking, or
swimming
- Horseback riding and training
- Arts and crafts activities
- Dinner
- Evening organized sport activity
- Reflection period and prayer
- Prepare for bed
For two weeks students undergo this rigorous and challenging schedule and begin to grow in self-confidence, in their leadership abilities and ultimately become a part of the Sacred Heart Nativity School community.
