LOOKING FOR A LONGER SUMMER ADVENTURE?
The following are some suggested 4-10 week plans. You may use these suggestions or create your own summer plan by selecting desired courses and coordinating dates. Please note that the Specialty courses are designed for students ages 14 - 18. Students may remain at Balsam Base between NC and Florida sessions. Students may remain at Eagle View Ranch between Wyoming and California sessions. There will be an additional charge of $100.00 per day which includes all activity fees, spending money, and laundry expenses. Students participate in recreational activities such as: bowling, swimming, movies, etc., and will be fully supervised by SOAR staff. Students are then transferred to the next program.
If you need assistance in selecting multiple courses, please contact Amy Allison, in Admissions, at 828-456-3435 or email amy@soarnc.org.
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SAMPLE FOUR AND FIVE WEEK PLANS
North Carolina Academic Discovery 1 June 9 – July 4
Florida Keys Standard 3 July 6 – July 15**
North Carolina Academic Discovery 1 June 9 – July 4
Florida SCUBA I July 6 – July 15**
Peru July 21 – July 31
Florida Standard V August 3 – August 12**
Wyoming Horsepacking Expedition I June 13 – June 30
California Standard II July 5 – July 14***
Wyoming Standard III July 14 – July 25
Wyoming Rock Climbing Intensive July 28 – August 6
SAMPLE SPECIALTY COURSES SUMMER PLANS*
North Carolina White Water Intensive June 10 – June 19
Florida Standard II June 22 – July 1**
North Carolina White Water Intensive June 10 – June 19
Costa Rica June 23 – July 3
Florida SCUBA I July 6 – July 15**
North Carolina Standard July 6 – July 17
Peru July 21 – July 31
Costa Rica June 23 – July 3
Florida SCUBA I July 6 – July 15**
SAMPLE SIX & SEVEN-WEEK PLANS
North Carolina White Water Intensive June 10 – June 19
Costa Rica June 23 – July 3
Florida SCUBA I July 6 – July 15 **
Florida Standard IV July 20 – July 29
North Carolina Standard III July 6 – July 17
Peru July 21 – July 31
North Carolina Horsepacking V August 2 – August 13
Wyoming Advanced Horsemanship June 19 – June 28
Wyoming Standard II June 30 – July 11
Wyoming Academic Discovery II July 13 – August 7
SAMPLE EIGHT-WEEK PLANS
Wyoming Horsepacking Expedition I June 13 – June 30*
North Carolina Horsepacking III July 5 - July 16
North Carolina Expedition III July 21 – August 7
Costa Rica June 23 – July 3
Florida Keys III July 6 – July 15**
North Carolina Horsepacking IV July 19 – July 30
North Carolina Standard V August 3 – August 14
SAMPLE NINE & TEN-WEEK PLANS
North Carolina White Water Intensive June 10 – June 19
North Carolina Horsepacking II June 21 – July 2
North Carolina Standard III July 6 – July 17
Florida Standard IV July 20 – July 29**
Florida SCUBA II August 3 – August 12
North Carolina Standard I June 8 – June 19
Florida Standard II June 22 – July 1**
California Standard II July 5 – July 14***
Wyoming Standard III July 14 – July 25*
Wyoming Rock Climbing Intensive July 28 – August 6
SOAR staff will meet students at the gate and assist them in returning home or to the next course. Please confirm the arrival and departure times and dates with our office before reserving tickets.
*Parents are responsible for securing Jackson Hole or Riverton arrival and departure flights.
**Parents are responsible for securing Ft. Lauderdale arrival and departure flights.
***Parents are responsible for securing Los Angeles arrival and departure flights
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Philosophy: SOAR believes all individuals identified with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) possess inherent talents and gifts. These abilities can mean incredible success in adulthood once these students negotiate the challenging obstacles of childhood, adolescence, and a traditional education system, usually unable to respond to individual learning styles.
Therefore, the SOAR model is based on two fundamental principles. First, youth with LD and AD/HD flourish when they are encouraged to focus on their strengths in an experiential setting. The second principle acknowledges that success can be generalized by encouraging our students to develop and utilize strategies, enabling them to compensate for those challenging characteristics of LD and AD/HD. To this end, SOAR staff strive to ensure success for each student across a wide range of experiences. Such success, in turn, builds essential self-esteem and self-confidence.
Based on these two foundations, SOAR participants develop problem solving skills, effective communication strategies, increased self-awareness, and social skills. Program activities include a broad base of wilderness adventure experiences that empower students to make healthy choices, learn more about themselves, overcome challenges, and establish relevance from these experiences to other aspects of their life.
SOAR's Specialty Courses are open to SOAR alumni and students with the maturity and experience level to be successful on the course. Acceptance is conditional on the approval of the course director. Most specialty courses are led by one of SOAR's year-round staff including Jonathan Jones, John Willson and Jon Terry.
SOAR’s programs are designed to allow students the opportunity to increase their independence while away from home. Independence is gained through self-motivation and life skills instruction. With this in mind, we involve our students in many decision making processes, such as setting individual goals, developing group guidelines, as well as trip and meal planning. This also comes into consideration when developing SOAR’s communication policy, detailed in our Parent Handbook.
SOAR is dedicated to serving the needs of individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) and is proud to be the finest: