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Who:
All Local Middle School & High School age youth
When:
After school & on weekends, August - May:
Movie Night Mondays 4 - 8pm
Walkabout Wednesdays 4 - 8pm
Bonfire Fridays 4 - 8pm
Service Saturdays 1 - 6pm
Self-Care Sundays 1 - 6pm
Availability / scheduling is on a first-come-first-serve basis, and participants are welcome to join in for some or all available program hours
Why:
Building responsibility and independence with a underlying safety net
Interacting with different age groups, rather than just peers
Decompressing away from guardians and families, building SEL & Critical Thinking, Motor Functioning, communication & life skills
Where:
The RRNCCampus (see map below), with the possibility of local field trips
What:
In the spirit of the French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, RRNC will be hosting our own version of the concept of a Salon, as a place for local middle school and high school age youth to gather.
Program participants will have access (with supervision) to most of the campus facilities, including but not limited to:
Indoor & outdoor hangout spaces
Outdoor Gym
Outdoor Classroom
Outdoor Office
Picnic table areas
Woods walks on our campus trail system
Homework study groups / buddies / support
Special interests research & development space / support
Pickup games (ie. ultimate frisbee, Quidditch, dodgeball, etc.), board games and (future) videogames
Crafts and science activities
Book lending / reading (both between participants and from the RRNC collections)
RRNCCampus Bike Fleet
Sewing Studio
Pottery Studio
(future) Nature Center and Classrooms
to be continued...
Challenges
Insurance
Personel
Transportation
Max occupancy
Physical accessibility
Ongoing campus development
Opportunities
For local youth to take a role in shaping the program and supporting each other
In an effort to make the program as accessible as possible, the program itself is offered free of charge, with the only exception being any relevant materials fees
Early access to future RRNC Programming information
Rules
Be Safe
Shoes | Close toed shoes must be worn while outdoors at all times.
Hair | Any hair that comes down to your shoulders or gets in your eyes must be pulled back at all times.
Climbing | If there is a play structure that you can’t reach to climb into by yourself, then it is off limits.
Cars | As a safety precaution, when a car starts to come down our road, a staff member will call out “Car!” & all participants will go into the nearest building.
Restrooms | One person inside a restroom - while the door is closed - at a time!
Sick Policy | Stay home if you are feeling cruddy the morning of, have had a fever, or thrown up within the last 24 hours.
Off Limit Areas | When unaccompanied, these include:
The Big House 2nd story & office
Dr. Mike’s Workshop
Bike Shop
Sewing Studio
Equipment Shed
Scrap Yard
Any & all red areas on the campus map
Fires | All campfires must be monitored by a staff member until fully quenched.
Be Kind
Copying | Copying the way someone colored their drawing or constructed a craft project is considered to be a compliment & a way of learning here at RRNC. However, copying someone by repeating every word they say to the point where they become frustrated, etc., is not the kind of copying we encourage.
Name Calling | Here at RRNC we know that words are powerful & that even if they aren’t meant to, sometimes they can hurt. Refrain from actively mocking others, as it might lead to termination.
Animals | We expect that all our animals will be treated with complete respect & never chased or teased. All of our pets - including the chickens - are human friendly, but mother hens can be extremely protective of their chicks, so please admire them from a distance. In addition, never directly approach or disturb wild animals, particularly ones that might be injured or have babies.
Sent Free Campus | (under development)
Be Helpful
One Thing at a Time | While it is more than fine to move from one activity to the next, all participants are expected to clean up / put away their activity before starting the next one.
Cleaning Up | All participants are expected to pitch in & help the staff put away game equipment & craft supplies & clean up after themselves following lunch & at the end of each day.
Disposal System | When you want to throw something away, there's one of 5 places it might go, as we divide our campus waste stream into:
Trash
Burnables
Compost
Recyclables
Upcyclables
This system will be reviewed with all participants & staff during orientations. If you are not sure where a particular item should be placed for disposal, please ask a staff member for help.
Policies
Fires | All campfires must be monitored by a staff member until fully quenched.
Knives & Other Tools | During the program, participants & staff will be using knives & other potentially dangerous tools. Their use must be monitored by a Staff member.
Drugs & Alcohol | Drugs & alcohol are both strictly prohibited during the program.
Pop Culture References | As RRNC is not a public educational institution, participants & staff are permitted to mention, discuss, or wear clothing referencing pop culture, as long as it does not include any gratuitously violent or derogatory subject matter.
Religion | RRNC is not affiliated with or teaches about any specific religion. Therefore, participants are permitted to ask the staff about their religious beliefs, staff members may answer as they see fit.
Clothing | Clothing must cover all private parts, core body & buttocks (one piece bathing suits are preferred, but not required). While clothing may contain pop culture references, religious affiliations, etc., all curse words & images of private parts or blood & gore are prohibited.
Social Media | Staff members may share their personal contact information with participants, with the participant’s guardians approval & staff may not post photos of participants on their personal social media accounts. We ask that all participants & staff wait until leaving campus to tag any related geolocations.
Personal Electronic Devices | Participants may use personal electronic devices while on campus. Digital cameras are available for nature photo journaling.
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