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Balsam Base-North Carolina
	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Spring Family Adventure Weekend	5/7 - 5/9	3	10 Familes		800.00	Waitlist
Llama Trek	I - 6/12 - 6/23 II - 6/26 - 7/7 III - 7/10 - 7/21 IV - 7/24 - 8/4	12	14	8-10	$2,700	I - Closed II - Closed III - Closed IV - Near Full
NC Standard	I - 6/13 - 6/24 II - 6/27 - 7/8 III - 7/11 - 7/22 IV - 7/25 - 8/5	12	14	11-18	$2,700	I - Closed II - Closed III - Closed IV - Near Full
NC Expedition	I - 6/11 - 6/28 II - 7/2 - 7/19 III - 7/23 - 8/9	18	14	13-18	$3,300	I - Closed II - Closed III - Near Full
Academically Gifted	I - 7/2 - 7/19 II - 7/23 - 8/9	18	7	12-15	$3,300	I - Closed II - Half Full
NC Horsepacking	I - 6/12 - 6/23 II - 6/26 - 7/7 III - 7/10 - 7/21 IV - 7/24 - 8/4	12	14	11-18	$2,900	I - Closed II - Closed III - Closed IV - Near Full
NC Academic Discovery	I - 6/14 - 7/9 II - 7/14 - 8/8	26	21	11-18	$4,300	I - Closed II - Near Full
NC Whitewater Intensive	7/26 - 8/4	10	10	14-18	$2,900	Near Full

Eagle View Ranch-Wyoming	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Wyoming Standard	I - 6/19 - 6/30 II - 7/3 - 7/14 III - 7/17 - 7/28 IV - 7/31 - 8/11	12	14	11-18	$2,900	I - Closed II - Closed III - Waitlist IV - Near Full
Wyoming Academic Discovery	I - 6/22 - 7/17 II - 7/22 - 8/16	26	14	11-18	$4,300	I - Closed II - Near Full
Wyoming Horsepacking Expedition	I - 6/19 - 7/6 II - 7/10 - 7/27 III - 7/31 - 8/17	18	14	11-18	$3,600	I - Closed II - Closed III - Near Full
WY Advanced Horsemanship	6/24 - 7/3	10	8	14-18	$2,800	Closed
WY Rock Climbing Intensive	7/24 - 8/2	10	8	14-18	$2,900	Closed

Florida	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
Florida Keys Standard	I - 6/13 - 6/22 II - 6/27 - 7/6 III - 7/11 - 7/20 IV - 7/25 - 8/3	10	14	11-18	$2,900	I - Closed II - Closed III - Closed IV - Near Full
FL SCUBA	I - 6/13 - 6/22	10	10	14 - 18	$3,100	I - Waitlist
FL Advanced SCUBA	I - 6/27 - 7/6	10	10	14 - 18	$3,100	I- Closed
Christmas Keys Adventure	12/27 - 1/01/10	6	44	8-18	$950 / $1,250	Open

California	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
California Standard	I - 6/22 - 7/1 II - 7/6 - 7/15 III - 7/20 - 7/29 IV - 8/3 - 8/12	10	14	11-18	$3,000	I - Closed II - Closed III - Near Full IV - NearFull
California Expedition	I - 6/20 - 7/7 II - 7/11 - 7/28 III - 8/1 - 8/18	18	14	11-18	$3,600	I - Closed II - Closed III - Near Full

Specialty Courses	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
SOAR at Brehm	I: 6/20/10 - 7/10/10 II: 7/18/10 - 8/7/10	21	14	11-18	$4,400	I - Closed II - Near Full
NC Whitewater Intensive	7/26 - 8/4	10	10	14-18	$2,900	Please see listing above
WY Rock Climbing Intensive	7/24 - 8/2	10	8	14-18	$2,900	Please see listing above
Costa Rica	7/12 - 7/22	11	10	14 - 18	$3,400	Closed
FL SCUBA	6/13 - 6/22	10	10	14 - 18	$3,100	Please see listing above
FL Advanced SCUBA	I - 6/27 - 7/6	10	10	14 - 18	$3,100	Please see listing above
WY Advanced Horsemanship	6/24 - 7/3	10	8	14-18	$2,800	Please see listing above
Christmas Keys Adventure	12/27 - 1/01/10 12/27/10 - 1/1/11	6	44	8 - 18	$950 / $1,250	Open
Postgraduate Adventure	6/14 - 7/1 7/5 - 7/22	18	8	18 - 25	$3,800	I - Closed II - Closed

Semester Courses	Dates	Days	Students	Ages	Tuition	Availability
California Coastal & Desert Southwest Semester	1/9/10 - 5/9/10	121	7	13 - 18	$19,900	Closed
Southeast Coastal and Latin America Semester	1/8/10 - 5/8/10	121	7	13 - 18	$19,900	Closed
Semester in the Appalachians	9/7/10 - 12/4/10	90	7	13 - 18	$17,800	Half Full
Semester in the Rockies & Yellowstone	9/8/10 - 12/5/10	90	7	13 - 18	$17,800	Waitlist

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P.O. Box 388, Balsam, NC 28707
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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 Logan Walters.

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