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Balsam Base-North Carolina
	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Llama Trek	I - 6/7 - 6/18 II - 6/21 - 7/2 III - 7/5 - 7/16 IV - 7/19 - 7/30 V - 8/2 - 8/13	12	14	8-10	$2,450	I - Near Full II - Near Full III - Near Full IV - Half Full V - Half Full
NC Standard	I - 6/8 - 6/19 II - 6/22 - 7/3 III - 7/6 - 7/17 IV - 7/20 - 7/31 V - 8/3 - 8/14	12	21	11-18	$2,400	I - Open II - Near Full III -Half Full IV - Open V - Open
NC Expedition	I - 6/6 - 6/23 II - 6/28 - 7/15 III - 7/21 - 8/7	18	14	13-18	$2,950	I - Near Full II - Near Full III - Half
Academically Gifted	I - 6/28 - 7/15 II - 7/21 - 8/7	18	7	12-15	$2,950	I - Near Full II - Waitlist
NC Horsepacking	I - 6/7 - 6/18 II - 6/21 - 7/2 III - 7/5 - 7/16 IV - 7/19 - 7/30 V - 8/2 - 8/13	12	21	11-18	$2,700	I - Open II - Near Full III - Half Full IV - Half Full V - Open
NC Academic Discovery	I - 6/9 - 7/4 II - 7/9 - 8/3	26	28	11-18	$4,200	I - Half Full II - Half Full
NC Whitewater Intensive	6/10 - 6/19	10	10	14-18	$2,800	Near Full

Eagle View Ranch-Wyoming	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Wyoming Standard	I - 6/16 - 6/27 II - 6/30 - 7/11 III - 7/14 - 7/25 IV - 7/28 - 8/8	12	I - 14 II - 14 III - 14 IV - 14	11-18	$2,600	I - Half Full II - Half Full III - Near Full IV - Open
Wyoming Academic Discovery	I - 6/13 - 7/8 II - 7/13 - 8/7	26	14	11-18	$4,200	I - Half Full II - Near Full
Wyoming Horsepacking Expedition	I - 6/13 - 6/30 II - 7/4 - 7/21 III - 7/25 - 8/11	18	I - 14 II - 14 III - 14	11-18	$3,300	I - Half Full II - Near Full III - Near Full
WY Advanced Horsemanship	6/19 - 6/28	10	8	14-18	$2,800	Near Full
WY Rock Climbing Intensive	7/28 - 8/6	10	8	14-18	$2,900	Half Full

Florida	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Florida Keys Standard	I - 6/8 - 6/17 II - 6/22 - 7/1 III - 7/6 - 7/15 IV - 7/20 - 7/29 V - 8/3 - 8/12	10	14	11-18	$2,600	I - Near Full II - Near Full III - Near Full IV - Near Full V - Half Full
FL SCUBA	I - 7/6 - 7/15 II - 8/3 - 8/12	10	10	14-18	$2,900	I - Near Full II - Open
Christmas SCUBA	12/27/08 - 1/1/09	6	10	14-18	$1,250	Open
Christmas Keys Adventure - 2008	12/27/08 - 1/01/09	6	44	8-18	$950/ $1,250	Open

California	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
California Standard	I - 6/21 - 6/30 II - 7/5 - 7/14 III - 7/19 - 7/28 IV - 8/2 - 8/11	10	14	11-18	$2,700	I - Near Full II - Waitlist III - Near Full IV - Near Full

Specialty Courses	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
NC Whitewater Intensive						Please see listing above
WY Rock Climbing Intensive						Please see listing above
Costa Rica	6/23 - 7/3	11	10	14 - 18	$2,900	Near Full
Peru						Closed
Florida Keys - SCUBA Certification						Please see listing above
Wyoming Advanced Horsemanship						Please see listing above

Spring Weekends	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Concentration, Communication, and Cooperation	4/18 - 4/20	3	30	8-18	$250	Full
Social Skills and Team Building	5/30 - 6/1	3	30	8-18	$250	Half Full
Spring Family Weekend	5/9 - 5/11	3	6 Families		$800	Full

SOAR
NC Base Camp (828) 456-3435
P.O. Box 388, Balsam, NC 28707
admissions@soarnc.org

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Philosophy: SOAR believes all individuals identified with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) possess inherent talents and gifts. These abilities can mean incredible success in adulthood once these students negotiate the challenging obstacles of childhood, adolescence, and a traditional education system, usually unable to respond to individual learning styles.

Therefore, the SOAR model is based on two fundamental principles. First, youth with LD and AD/HD flourish when they are encouraged to focus on their strengths in an experiential setting. The second principle acknowledges that success can be generalized by encouraging our students to develop and utilize strategies, enabling them to compensate for those challenging characteristics of LD and AD/HD. To this end, SOAR staff strive to ensure success for each student across a wide range of experiences. Such success, in turn, builds essential self-esteem and self-confidence.

Based on these two foundations, SOAR participants develop problem solving skills, effective communication strategies, increased self-awareness, and social skills. Program activities include a broad base of wilderness adventure experiences that empower students to make healthy choices, learn more about themselves, overcome challenges, and establish relevance from these experiences to other aspects of their life.

SOAR's Specialty Courses are open to SOAR alumni and students with the maturity and experience level to be successful on the course. Acceptance is conditional on the approval of the course director. Most specialty courses are led by one of SOAR's year-round staff including Jonathan Jones, John Willson and Jon Terry.

SOAR’s programs are designed to allow students the opportunity to increase their independence while away from home. Independence is gained through self-motivation and life skills instruction. With this in mind, we involve our students in many decision making processes, such as setting individual goals, developing group guidelines, as well as trip and meal planning. This also comes into consideration when developing SOAR’s communication policy, detailed in our Parent Handbook.

SOAR is dedicated to serving the needs of individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) and is proud to be the finest:

LD Summer Camp and ADD / ADHD Adventure Summer Camp