Over the past three days, the ARC students have gone kayaking, rock climbing, and rappelling. While kayaking, the students learned the meaning of teamwork by communicating while paddling and saw a huge Golden Eagle. On the second day, we went rock climbing and all entered our growth zone with a positive attitude. Today, we rapelled down the […]
Finding Our Way In Yosemite by Learning Maps
On our first expedition, we learned how to orient ourselves using topographical maps. We could see the steepness of mountians and the flow of rivers on our two-dimensional maps. We followed a bearing using a compass and we arrived at our destination: Yosemite Falls!
Unity
We just returned from our first expedition for the 40-day course in Yosemite. The greatest lessons learned so far have been time management, staying focused, commitment, determination, and making sacrifices.