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Program teaches leadership and teamwork

| 10 Oct 2016 | 04:58
    Four volleyball teams are shown competing.
    Four volleyball teams are shown competing.
    At left, teacher Kathy Davenport teaches the students about belaying techniques as Vice Principal Eric Kosek listens and learns along with the students.
    At left, teacher Kathy Davenport teaches the students about belaying techniques as Vice Principal Eric Kosek listens and learns along with the students.
    Students are shown taking part in the þÄúTalent ChairsþÄù activity at Glen Meadow Middle School.
    Students are shown taking part in the þÄúTalent ChairsþÄù activity at Glen Meadow Middle School.
    A Glen Meadow Middle School student is shown high above the ground on the schoolþÄôs Catwalk segment of the Rope Course during the Team Adventure program.
    A Glen Meadow Middle School student is shown high above the ground on the schoolþÄôs Catwalk segment of the Rope Course during the Team Adventure program.
    A student is shown high above the ground and swinging from the rope on the Flying Squirrel segment.
    A student is shown high above the ground and swinging from the rope on the Flying Squirrel segment.

VERNON — The Glen Meadow Middle School’s Team Adventure program brought the school’s 7th and 8th graders into exercises designed to teach leadership, teamwork, cooperation and trust on Friday.
According to Vice Principal Eric Kosek, this year’s program was organized by Guidance Counselor Alexis DiMartino.
In the fields to the right side and behind the school the students shared the school-wide initiative aimed to promote an exciting, positive, and supportive school climate. With students of both grades paired together in teams, teamwork and inclusiveness were the desired end result of the program.
Behind the school on the Ropes Course, students were high above the ground as they learned to trust in each other and the systems of ropes and pulleys that kept them from falling to the earth far below. The course has three segments: the Catwalk, Burma Bridge, and Flying Squirrel.
— Photos by Chris Wyman