Students who showed up at the local Community Center in the Mission Oaks Recreation and Parks district to hang out after school last Wednesday were surprised to find an enthusiastic instructor from Sierra Nevada Journeys waiting for them! For the next hour and a half, the 10 or so students rose to the various challenges presented by the Adventure Team Building program. The students, ages 5-15, seemed to enjoy the progressive challenge of the team-building initiatives, from an introductory “Group Name Juggle”, to the grand finale, “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish”. As the students progressed, they started to communicate with each other more, which helped them to “pass” the increasingly difficult challenges. One of the best moments of the day was when the students asked the instructor for “a couple of minutes to talk about strategy” before starting the last challenge. This is exactly what instructors like to hear!

The program continues tomorrow (November 25) with a lesson on Watersheds! This collaboration with Sierra Nevada Journeys and the Mission Oaks Recreation and Parks District is an exciting new turn for the Sacramento office, and for the students at the Swanston Community Center!

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