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Jim Hartley works for Quantum Learning Network, which runs SuperCamp and other QL programs. Learn more at http://www.qln.com and http://www.supercamp.com!
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 Make it a Great Start to the School YearAt SuperCamp, students learn valuable techniques that make learning fun and easy. To ensure these skills are not lost or forgotten when the leave camp, it is important for parents to help enforce them at home. With a new school year upon us, one of the biggest things parents can do to help set their student up for success is to create a positive study environment at home. The Quantum Learning TenetsThe Tenets are important concepts or guiding principles that are basic to the Quantum Learning system. These ideas are woven throughout the fabric of the system, and as a result will be rediscovered in many applications and strategies. The Tenets are specifically designed to improve our practice in the classroom by directing our focus. We recommend that you post them in a place where you will see them on a regular basis. The Home TeamEspecially during tough times, young people need to know they can talk freely with someone they trust to really listen - someone who they feel is "on their team." Trust and security are created through acceptance, traditions, sharing, and a sense of belonging. At SuperCamp, our campers open up so freely and talk so deeply in our programs because we create this environment. Everything we do is on purpose. At Summer Camp, Students Learn That It's Fun and Exciting Outside of Their Comfort ZoneEverybody's familiar with the concept of the comfort zone. It's where we live most of the time. At SuperCamp, campers describe what it's like inside their comfort zones: comfortable, safe, familiar, and... boring. Summer Camp Gets Rid of Negative Self-imageYou don't have to look far into a group of young people to see examples of all the things they do to create an image. It's in their clothing, music, language, attitude, hair, make-up, hobbies - even in their choice of friends. Why do people have an image? If It's to Be, It's Up to Me: Setting Extraordinary GoalsNo dream ever comes true, no obstacle is ever overcome, no goal is ever reached without focused action. Yet young people are seldom specifically taught how to set and pursue goals. Academic Summer Camp Teaches Students the Importance of MotivationMotivation is different from self-discipline. According to SuperCamp facilitator John LeTellier, self-discipline is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, when you don't want to do it. Motivation is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, when you want to do it. Motivation has passion in it. With Memorization Training at Summer Camp, Students are More Prepared for CollegeOne major difference between high school and college is the amount of studying and memorization that is required. Many young people worry that their memories aren't up to the task when it comes to schoolwork. Here again it's a matter of training. Even though there are gazillions of ways to improve memory, schools don't do much to help students learn how to train their memories. I Hear You, I'm Catching On, I've Got the PictureYoung people often sense that there's a disconnect between them and their teachers, but they seldom know what's behind it. Frustrated teachers often assume that a student is being lazy or impertinent even though he or she is really trying to learn. Summer Camps Give Students the Confidence They Need to be SuccessfulCampers come out of our programs sparkling with confidence because they've come face to face with their own success. We don't leave it to chance, belief, or wishful thinking. We let them experience for themselves just how good they are. We build in opportunities for them to succeed. They don't just believe they can be successful, they know it - because they've done it.
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