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Balsam Base-North Carolina
	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Spring Family Adventure Weekend	I - 5/8 - 5/10	3	6 Familes		800.00	I - Open
Llama Trek	I - 6/13 - 6/24 II - 6/27 - 7/8 III - 7/11 - 7/22 IV - 7/25 - 8/5	12	21	8-10	$2,600	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
NC Standard	I - 6/14 - 6/25 II - 6/22 - 7/3 III - 7/6 - 7/17 IV - 7/20 - 7/31	12	21	11-18	$2,600	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
NC Expedition	I - 6/12 - 6/29 II - 7/3 - 7/20 III - 7/24 - 8/10	18	14	13-18	$3,200	I - Open II - Open III - Open
Academically Gifted	I - 7/3 - 7/20 II - 7/24 - 8/10	18	7	12-15	$3,200	I - Open II - Open
NC Horsepacking	I - 6/13 - 6/24 II - 6/27 - 7/8 III - 7/11 - 7/22 IV - 7/25 - 8/5	12	21	11-18	$2,900	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
NC Academic Discovery	I - 6/15 - 7/10 II - 7/15 - 8/9	26	28	11-18	$4,300	I - Open II - Open
NC Whitewater Intensive	7/27 - 8/5	10	10	14-18	$2,800	Open

Eagle View Ranch-Wyoming	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Wyoming Standard	I - 6/13 - 6/24 II - 6/27 - 7/8 III - 7/11 - 7/22 IV - 7/25 - 8/5	12	I - 14 II - 14 III - 14 IV - 14	11-18	$2,800	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
Wyoming Academic Discovery	I - 6/16 - 7/11 II - 7/16 - 8/10	26	14	11-18	$4,300	I - Open II - Open
Wyoming Horsepacking Expedition	I - 6/14 - 7/1 II - 7/5 - 7/22 III - 7/26 - 8/12	18	I - 14 II - 14 III - 14	11-18	$3,500	I - Open II - Open III - Open
WY Advanced Horsemanship	6/18 - 6/27	10	8	14-18	$2,800	Open
WY Rock Climbing Intensive	7/28 - 8/6	10	8	14-18	$2,900	Open
Wyoming Academic Gifted	6/14 - 7/1	18	7	12 - 15	$3,500	Open

Florida	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Florida Keys Standard	I - 6/14 - 6/23 II - 6/28 - 7/7 III - 7/12 - 7/21 IV - 7/26 - 8/4	10	21	11-18	$2,800	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
FL SCUBA	I - 7/12 - 7/21	10	10		$3,100	I - Open

California	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
California Standard	I - 6/20 - 6/29 II - 7/4 - 7/13 III - 7/18 - 7/27 IV - 8/1 - 8/10	10	14	11-18	$2,900	I - Open II - Open III - Open IV - Open
California Expedition	I - 6/15 - 7/2 II - 7/6 - 7/23 III - 7/27 - 8/13	18	14	11-18	$3,500	I - Open II - Open III - Open

Specialty Courses	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
NC Whitewater Intensive	7/27 - 8/5	10	10	14 - 18	$2,800	Please see listing above
WY Rock Climbing Intensive	7/28 - 8/6	10	8	14 - 18	$2.900	Please see listing above
Costa Rica	6/22 - 7/2	11	10	14 - 18	$3,300	Open
FL SCUBA	7/12 - 7/21	10	10	14 - 18	$3,100	Please see listing above
WY Advanced Horsemanship	6/18 - 6/27	10	8	14 - 18	$2,800	Please see listing above
Christmas Keys Adventure	12/27 - 1/01/10	6	44	8 - 18	$950 / $1,250	Open

Semester Courses	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
California Coastal & Desert Southwest Semester	1/6 - 5/2	118	14	13 - 18	$20,900	Open
Southeast Coastal and Latin America Semester	1/7 - 5/3	118	7	13 - 18	$21,900	Open
Semester in the Appalachians	9/8 - 12/5	90	14	13 - 18	$17,800	Open
Semester in the Rockies & Yellowstone	9/9 - 12-6	90	14	13 - 18	$18,900	Open

SOAR
NC Base Camp (828) 456-3435
P.O. Box 388, Balsam, NC 28707
admissions@soarnc.org

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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:

LD Summer Camp and ADD / ADHD Adventure Summer Camp