MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL

PROJECT ADVENTURE

GOALS

         Mahopac Middle School's Project Adventure program is an approach to education and life that is engaging, active and challenging. It places a high level of expectation within an atmosphere of support and caring. The impact of the approach is strongly felt within a group, where cohesion and cooperation are often achieved with surprising dispatch. Even more profound is the effect upon the individual, who develops clearer insights and a fuller appreciation of self. Participants, at the conclusion of grade 8 at the Mahopac Middle School, should achieve the following goals:

*To develop an atmosphere of mutual trust within the group that will be carried into the general school community.

*To develop active listening skills.

*To increase an individual's sense of confidence and self-esteem.

*To develop abilities that contribute to group decision making and leadership.

*To increase agility, physical coordination, and joy in one's physical self.

*To develop an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of real problem-solving. To stimulate previously unknown levels of creativity.

*To develop an awareness of the power of the group to make accomplishments far beyond the realm of individualism.