Tony Marquez recalls what his summer was like prior to beginning the ARC Summer Immersion Course on July 6th: “I was lying in bed until late at night, watching TV, and eating day-old popcorn.” His teammate on the 2020 ARC summer course, Asucena Valencia, shared a similar sentiment. Speaking in Spanish, she said the month […]
COVID-19 Doesn’t Stop ARC’s Community Leaders!
The ARC Community Leadership Program has completed its inaugural year! Based in three high schools during the past academic year – North Tahoe, Truckee, and Dos Palos – the program provided deep-dive leadership and outdoor instruction. Sixty-six students participated in the program for a total of 2,726 student-hours of instruction. When schools closed their doors in March, we continued our […]
ARC Launches New Website!
ARC is the same age as some our oldest high school participants. We’ve now been offering leadership, wilderness, and literacy instruction for 17 years! This week, we’re excited to announce that we’ve launched a new website, which captures our participants’ experiences throughout these last two decades and offers several new features. If you visit adventureriskchallenge.org, you can find student […]
Interview with an ARC Mom for Mother’s Day
In honor of Mother’s Day, Jesus Alejandre, ARC’s Central Valley Program Coordinator, interviewed his mom, Leticia, about her experiences with ARC. Jesus graduated from ARC’s month-long Yosemite summer course in 2012. Since 2015 he has worked for ARC in several positions, and he’s been a member of our full-time staff for three years. We’ve transcribed the […]
Finding Home with ARC: A Journey From Mexico to Dartmouth
Alexis Angulo began his ARC transformational essay with the question “What is home?” He wrote the essay in the final week of the 2015 Yosemite Summer Immersion Course, which he attended as a rising high school junior. Like many of us in high school, Alexis was questioning his identity and how he fit into the larger world. He […]
10 Years with ARC – Message from Mel
My name is Mel Hoffman, and I am the Program Director of Adventure Risk Challenge. I have the privilege of overseeing our Summer Immersion Courses and Community Leadership Program while supporting our program staff, and I am currently leading our hiring process to find a new Program Coordinator. I wanted to share with you my story of working for […]