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VOYAGE TO EXCELLENCE OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
SCHOOL
"CHARACTER EDUCATION THROUGH WILDERNESS
EXPERIENCES"
 GOAL
STATEMENT:
To foster leadership skills and team building
amongst students through experiential educational
opportunities in unique environments.
OBJECTIVES:
Phases will focus on Character Education,
Individual Needs and will also align with:
• Chugach Personal/Social/Health Standard
Areas
• Chugach Standard Areas (Science, Social
Studies, writing, Cultural Awareness, etc.)
EACH PHASE WILL INCLUDE:
• Character Education strands
• Content area strands
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Capillary strands
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- Cold water safety
- First Aide
- Bear awareness
- Environmental awareness
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BENCHMARKING:
The program will be benchmarked using the Best
Of the Best process.
Organizations that this program will use for
benchmarking:
• NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership
School)
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- Leadership through leading
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• Outward Bound
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- Learn by doing character
development
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• Assets
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- Helping kids succeed Alaska style
- Asset building: A shared
responsibility
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• Carl Rohnke's Initiatives
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- Teaching the competencies of
leadership
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VEOLS Past Trips
• Prince William Sound Kayaking (3 years
running)
• Katmai National Park Bear's and Volcanoes
Backpacking
• Iditarod Dog Mushing Expedition
• Resurrection Trail Backpacking
• Green River Canyonlands Canoeing
• Alyeska Shared Vision Leadership
Presentation
SPRING ADVENTURE PHASE
Where: kayaking Blackstone Bay, Prince
William sound.
 What: Instruction and assessment
• Character Content - Leadership, peer
mediation
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Content strand - science (glaciers and glaciation)
and writing
• Capillaries - cold water safety, leave
no trace and outdoor ethics
STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS
• Developing at P/S/H level 6 and up
• Ages 14 and up
• Teacher recommendation based on leadership
potential
"What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember.
What I do, I know." - Chinese proverb
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