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ADVENTURE
Choose the right programs for you!
Schools choose programs based on their curriculum and class
development needs. To
maximize your time at Alton Jones, we encourage you to
consider a multiple day stay. Each day is divided into three
program sessions for overnight groups (morning, afternoon, and
evening) and two for one-day groups (morning and afternoon).
Taking arrival and departure times into consideration,
schools select one
program for each session at Alton Jones and two for each
evening (except Underground Railroad, which lasts the entire
evening).
Group Building
Through problem solving activities that stress cooperation,
students develop leadership, communication, planning skills,
and build trust with one another.
Concepts include teamwork, communication, cooperation,
community, and trust. This can be further enhanced by a
trip to the challenge course.
Challenge Course
Continue developing group-building skills at a challenge
course, including permanent cooperative elements nestled in
the forest. Concepts include teamwork, trust, focus, listening skills,
and communication.
Orienteering Learn
to use a map and compass to pinpoint your location and find
your way through the forest.
Concepts include topographic, magnetic north, true
north, and navigation.
Outdoor Skills
Learn
basic outdoor wilderness skills that can be applied to a day
hike or an overnight trip.
Concepts include leave-no-trace, preparation, planning,
and wilderness.
All programs offered by the Environmental Education Center have
earned the distinction of being accredited by the American
Camp
Association.
Want to build your own group and show gratitude to all the adults who helped make
your school trip such a success? Take them through our
Executive Action team building program, out for a
special lunch at the Whispering Pines Conference Center, or
both!
For additional per person fees you can treat your adults to an
Executive Action program or a buffet lunch at the historic lakeside vacation home
of W. Alton Jones. Located just over a mile from the
Environmental Education Center or less if you walk there on
the trails, the Whispering Pines Conference Center
is the University's executive retreat center. (Up to
three months advance reservations are required.)
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