End of Explorer Week. . .

Congratulations to all the Challenge and Champions campers for completing Explorer Week of C&C and getting one step closer to becoming a leader. This morning, we have a new addition to our motto: "You are not a leader if you are not a learner. You are someone special." Campers, remember that you are all "Leaders in Training" and that you have accomplished great things this week. This afternoon, we will announce the top six "Explorers of the Week". They will receive a $15 gift card to Barnes and Nobles, as a reminder that reading is a part of knowledge, which is the ultimate power. Campers, make it your goal to do the best you can everyday, that also applies to when you have graduated from the Challenge and Champions program. Again, excellent job this week; Campers, MATs, Counselors, Photography coordinators, Administration, and CITs for making this week an ultimate success!

Day 4 Challenge and Champions/Activities

Hello all! I hope your experience at Challenge and Champions has been enjoyable so far this week. During the course of this week, we have had three daily challenge winners: Keianni Graham, Dazanay Jones, and Kailah Simpson. For the campers who didn't win during those days, there is a chance of winning each day. This morning, we learned the motto: "You are not a leader if you're not a learner. I am someone special."  This will be the basis of our daily activities and the campers will continue to learn more of the motto each day.Today, we are adding new activities to the schedule: SPECIALS! They include Cooking, Yoga, Art, Magic, Explosions, and African Drumming. In Cooking on Wednesday the students made a refreshing cesar salad. On Friday, they will make Pull Pork Ribs. YUM! After a day of getting accustomed to their daily schedule, the campers relieve their stress by the practice of Yoga. After lunch,the campers disperse into Camp and Beach Games, Basketball,The Majors, Badmintion, and Soccer.This week in the Majors the campers have had Intense games of Football and Baseball.The Badminton students have been learning rules of the game,and have been participating in competitive mini matches. Soccer Students have been working on their dribbling skills and have progressed to passing the ball to one another. In Beach games, the campers learned to play paddle ball. Sounds EXCITING! After a vigorous workout outside, students go to the pool to cool off before their time to go home.

Daily Challenge

Everyday at C&C there is a daily challenge question. The daily challenge question allows the kids to express their thoughts, opinions and ideas about multiple subjects. The winners each receive a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble bookstore. On the first day, the challenge was to write as many things about your teachers as possible. The winner of this challenge was Keianni Graham. Congratulations on a job well done! Tuesday's daily challenge was to learn three new friends' names and something about them. The winner of this challenge was Dazanay Jones. Great job Dazanay! Today's challenge is to find out the couselors' majors and why it is important to have a major in college. We will announce the winner of this challenge tomorrow. Good luck campers!

Welcome To Challenge & Champoins Explorer Week

 At the beginning of the day most of the campers were extremely shy and kept to themselves. As the day progressed, campers used exploring, the weekly skill, to find similarities with other campers and began making friends. In all of the campers' Academic and Athletic classes they showed lots of enthusiasm. We all see that the students had a great beginning which shows they are going to have a great time and also a great three weeks.

-From the CITs (Counselors in Training)