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The partnership for 21st Century Skills has identified the skills necessary for success in our ever-changing global economy and connected world.   While a strong academic framework is always important, the identified 21st century skills are:

  • collaboration
  • creativity
  • communication
  • and critical thinking

These are balanced with life skills, which include:

  • adapting to change
  • dealing with ambiguity
  • flexibility
  • independence
  • resilience
  • and organization

Frankly, we think students can learn 21st century skills better at Adventure Treks than in most school environments.  While Adventure Treks is a lot of fun, our program is highly educational, as evidenced by the success of our graduates and their testament to the impact Adventure Treks has had on their life.  In the video below, some of our 2010 Leadership Summit students were able to articulate the benefits they received through multiple summers at Adventure Treks:

 

We are excited to help our new and returning students in 2011 improve their skills for success in the 21st century.

Honorable Mention: Instructor Story

I have at last come full circle, though it has been a process of realization and understanding that has taken most of adolescence and early adulthood. I should start by saying that I am writing from a small hotel perched high on a cliff above the sometimes tranquil, but more oftentimes white-capped waters of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. I watch the sun rise every morning above the volcano visible from my left-most window and the sun set every night behind the volcano visible from my right-most window. In between, I run, read, write, and reflect upon these past months of journeying throughout Central America as a faculty member with a traveling American boarding school—aptly named The Traveling School.

You might be saying about now: what is all this talk about Guatemala and The Traveling School—this is supposed to be a story about an experience at Adventure Treks! Read more