Misión
La misión de ARC es empoderar a la juventud a través de experiencias transformativas de liderazgo, alfabetización y aventuras al aire libre.
Visión
Nuestra visión es que todos los jóvenes se conviertan en agentes de cambio de su propio futuro, sus comunidades y el medio ambiente.
A través de la experiencia de ARC, aprendí a ser una líder. Aprendí a confiar y creer en mi misma y en mis habilidades. Ahora puedo hacer cualquier cosa que tenga en mente.
Alejandra
Aprendí que puedo ir a la universidad.
Francisco
He crecido confiando más en mi, siendo más madura y responsable. He aprendido a demonstrar gran liderazgo, compasión, determinación, e integridad.
Daisy
He aprendido que soy una persona fuerte y un buen escritor. Esta experiencia me ha cambiado para ser una persona de mente más abierta.
Mohamed
ARC ha sido una experiencia que me ha cambiado la vida. Yo animaría a las futuras generaciones para que se unan a ARC y descubran las maravillosas personas que son, justo como yo he descubierto quién realmente soy.
Giselle
Prensa y Escritos de Estudiantes
La prensa y artículos en internet
Going Outside Can Mean Different Things to Different People: A Profile of Four ARC Graduates
Teen Vogue, August 18, 2022
Tahoe Fund Fostering the Next Generation of Leaders
Tahoe In Depth, Summer 2022
Member Highlight – Kaela Frank
Donner Party Mountain Runners Newsletter, June 15, 2022
Meet Your Teacher: Yosemite
Yosemite Conservancy Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2021
Aspiring Poets Learn About the Outdoors
Mariposa Gazette, August 12, 2021
ARC Program Receives High Honor, Continues to Help Local Students
Mariposa Gazette, December 31, 2020
ARC Students Find Their Voices in Yosemite
Yosemite Conservancy Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2020
Sarah Ottley: Profile of ARC’s Dynamic Director
The Tahoe Weekly, February 21, 2017
Moving Mountains: Outdoor Education Teaches Strength to Valley Teens
The Fresno Bee, August 4, 2016 Youtube video
Empowering Literacy Through Nature – Katie Zanto
Tahoe Weekly, September 16, 2015
President Napolitano attends ARC poetry reading in Yosemite
UC Natural Reserve System Newsletter, August 6, 2013
Students Learn About Life, Nature In Rigorous Program
Merced Sun-Star, August 10, 2011
Con apoyo, los jóvenes pueden tener éxito
Vida En El Valle, December 6, 2011
Educational Program Knocks Down Barriers Students Face
Merced Sun-star, December 3, 2011
ARC Interns Participate in Youth Conference
Sagehen News, October 7, 2008
Bridge To Self-Reliance: High School Students Participate in Leadership and Literacy Summer Program.
Santa Barbara News-Press, July 20, 2007
Grant Helps Expand UC Natural Reserve Outreach
UC Berkeley News, August 2, 2006
Students Trek Beyond Classrooms and Desks
Sierra Sun, June 2, 2006
Literacy Program Combines Books with Backpacking
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, May 29, 2005
Investigaciones académicas
“Out in the Open and Free”: Nature-based Settings and Literacy Learning at Adventure-Risk-Challenge (pdf)
Merrilyne Lundahl, Crosspol, Vol 3, Issue 1, pgs. 51 – 65
Place, Literacy Learning, and Civic Engagement (pdf)
A Case Study of Adventure Risk Challenge
Breaking Barriers Project (pdf)
Understanding Motivations and Barriers to Youth Participation in the Outdoors
Bridging the Gap: The Union of Personal and Academic Growth (pdf)
ARC: Delivering literacy and personal growth for English Language Learners through outdoor education. Christine Hooper, Master’s Thesis, 59 pp.
Transforming Thought into Words: Using Photography and Dialogue to Help Immigrant Students Write with Voice (pdf)
Shelley Gorin, Master’s Thesis. 72 pp.
Radio
Youth Voices Radio Project
KVMR (NPR), February 27, 2008
Sagehen’s Adventure Risk Challenge Summer Program
NPR, April 19, 2006
Televisión & vídeo
Unique Outdoor Learning Course for High School Students
ABC10 Sacramento, 2021
ARC Program Founder Wins LL Bean Contest
L.L. Bean, 2011
ARC Program Helps Teenagers Thrive
KGO TV (ABC) San Francisco, 2007
Ensayos y poemas de estudiantes