Winners' Camp Core Curriculum

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At Winners' Camp, we teach through experiential learning—hands-on activities in group settings, teams, and outdoor environments like ropes courses. Teens don’t just hear lessons—they live them.

Each challenge is followed by a guided debrief, where campers reflect on their experiences, draw connections to real-life situations, and identify what they can change or apply moving forward. This process turns each activity into a powerful tool for personal growth and leadership development.

Confidence Through Challenge
Teens learn to face fears and build resilience through ropes courses and physical challenges. They step outside their comfort zones and begin to trust their abilities.

Strategic Problem Solving
We guide teens in developing critical thinking, creative solutions, and smart decision-making. They build mental flexibility and perseverance.

Goal Setting & Follow-Through
Our program equips teens with the tools to set meaningful goals and take consistent action. They practice planning, accountability, and tracking progress.

Leadership & Initiative
We empower young leaders to speak up, step forward, and take purposeful action. Teens learn to influence others with confidence and integrity.

Teamwork & Collaboration
Through group challenges and shared goals, students discover how to work effectively with others. They strengthen communication, empathy, and trust.

Growth Mindset
We foster an attitude of resilience by showing students how to embrace challenges, learn from setbacks, and believe in their ability to grow.

The 7 Habits for Teens
Timeless principles of personal leadership, responsibility, and goal-setting are introduced and practiced in meaningful ways.

Public Speaking

Build confidence and communication skills through fun, interactive exercises, including impromptu speaking, vocal practice, and persuasive speech delivery.

Learning How to Learn
Teens uncover how their brain works and how to study smarter using metacognitive tools and cognitive strategies.

Personalized Learning Strategies
Students are guided to discover and apply their own learning styles—visual, auditory, or kinesthetic—for better results.

Performance Under Pressure
We help teens stay calm, focused, and confident during high-pressure situations like tests and presentations.

Confident Communication
Students develop the ability to speak clearly, listen actively, and express themselves with confidence.

Conflict Resolution
We coach teens on handling disagreements with maturity and empathy, turning conflict into connection.

Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
Teens gain insight into their own emotions and learn to respond thoughtfully to others.

Building Healthy Relationships
We help teens build a foundation of trust, mutual respect, and healthy boundaries in relationships.

Digital Citizenship
Young people learn to navigate online spaces with integrity, respect, and responsibility.

Respect
We model and reinforce the value of kindness, active listening, and honoring diverse perspectives.

Responsibility
Teens are encouraged to own their actions, choices, and commitments.

Resourcefulness
We cultivate creative thinking and problem-solving using what’s available.

Restraint
Campers practice self-control in their thoughts, words, and actions through activities that are designed to test them.

Resiliency
We nurture the ability to bounce back from setbacks and move forward with strength and purpose.

The moment-to-moment, hour-to-hour, piece-by-piece of our program has been mindfully created and is carefully curated. We move from low energy to high, individual pieces, paired activities, team events to all camp pieces, music is specifically chosen, volume precise. All these elements follow the natural breath of the day; click here for a glimpse into a day at Winners' Camp!

 Cellphones aren’t allowed at Winners’ Camp, we want campers to fully unplug from distractions and immerse themselves in the experience. Without screens, they can connect more deeply with others, build meaningful friendships, and stay present in each moment. It’s about creating a space where personal growth, confidence, and leadership can thrive—without the noise of social media or constant notifications. 

We know that cell phones are a distraction. Cell phones that are brought will kindly be removed, kept safe and returned on the last day of camp. You can help by talking to your child before they leave for camp and telling them that there is always someone they can reach out to and they can always use the camp phone to call you.

Another issue with cell phones is that many of them have built-in cameras that can be used to photograph other campers and then be posted on the web; we take the privacy of our campers very seriously and choose to avoid these unfortunate byproducts of cell phone use by prohibiting cell phone use.

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No summer camp experience is complete without a campfire and s'mores! At Winners' Camp, we teach through activities, games and FUN! We are constantly keeping campers moving from one activity to another. During downtime teens can play basketball, Four Square, kickball, volleyball, giant connect four, Tetris topple, piano, with board games, cards and drawing activities also available. We also have little libraries with books for new reading adventures.