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Leadership

UTS’s annual outdoor education events are the core of its Leadership Program. The program is vital to UTS’s commitment to producing tomorrow’s leaders.

Camp Couchiching, near Orillia, occurs in mid-September. Grade 12 students organize the weekend which introduces new grade 7 students to UTS' familial atmosphere and cherished traditions. The young students are introduced to the House System and early in the school year begin to gain the spirit of the school and their House.

Camp Wanakita, in Haliburton, is host to the winter leadership programs. They are four days long and take place in February and March. The programs combine outdoor activities, such as cross-country skiing and hiking, with workshops and activities to develop students’ leadership skills.

The grades 7 and 8 programs are lead by specially trained grade 11 students. The grade 7 program focuses on community building, where students learn what it means to be a part of a community and what their role is within it. The grade 8 program is based on team building, where students engage in activities in which they have an opportunity to be both leaders and team members. The activities require the cooperation, respect and encouragement of all team members.

The grade 11 program trains students to be group leaders at the grades 7 and 8 Wanakita programs. The training sessions address a variety of leadership skills including communication and safety, as well as activity guidance and group facilitation, and provide an opportunity for the leader teams to bond.

Camp Ahmek, in Algonquin Park, runs for three days and is a new destination for UTS. This grade 9 leadership retreat focuses on individual leadership skills. Students begin to identify and harness their own leadership strengths as well as work together in group situations. Again, the program combines outdoor activities, such as canoeing and climbing, with leadership workshops.


  

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