Wednesday and Thursday onsite are always busy. Here are a few highlights for both programs! ALS had two workshops on Wednesday. Staffer Danny Gonzalez led Relationship Optimization, followed by Pathways with staffer Libby Norford and former ALS director Stephanie Barnes. In Pathways delegates identified their sources of motivation and linked motivation to intention and telos/purpose. Ask your child what [...]
Stay tuned for a special Wednesday/Thursday double edition of our blog! We'll report on Wednesday's "Falent" show by the Journey girls (Falent = Fashion + Talent) as well as "War Night" for ALS.
What an exciting day for both of our programs! The Journey girls took a field trip to Echo Hill Outdoor School for a full day of group development and confidence building. Girls got to climb the wall, zip line, and ride on the giant swing! They belayed, spotted, and supported one another while challenging themselves. Learn [...]
Young leaders from across the state of Maryland arrived at Washington College yesterday to participate in a week of fun, learning, and leadership. The MLW staff have been developing the programs for months and they could barely contain their excitement as they finally saw their delegates in person during registration. Moments after their parents [...]
We're pleased to announce that MLW is now accepting applications from those interested in staffing our 2016 summer programs. Instructions: Click HERE to access our new online application system. Click on "view" for "2016 Staff Application" If you've never staffed before, click "add" under "New Staff." If you have, select "add" under "Returning Staff" Click [...]
Missing MLW already? Well, we've got good news for you. You can view, and download for yourself, group pictures from all three programs! Click on the links below: Senior High Workshops - tinyurl.com/shwpics15 Middle School Experience in Leadership - tinyurl.com/msel15pics Advanced Leadership Seminar - tinyurl.com/als15pics We look forward to seeing our delegates from Summer 2015 [...]
Round Two of workshops started yesterday, and by lunchtime today all delegates had completed: Diversity - delegates described their own unique traits, roles, and group memberships and identified the ways their own team is diverse. The analyzed the strengths and challenges of working with a diverse group, and developed strategies to utilize group diversity effectively. [...]
As of this afternoon, all delegates have completed Round One of workshops and have been through: Public Speaking and Feedback Group Dynamics and Facilitation Self Awareness Committees also met again, as they will every day. See yesterday's post for details about workshop content and committee titles. In today's REALITY session, delegates began working on their [...]
Today was our first full day together, and it was indeed full! We started our first round of workshops, which included the following content: Group Dynamics and Facilitation - Delegates learned the individual stages of the Group Interaction Model, compared and contrasted varous group roles and their contributions to the group's perfomance, defined facilitation, and [...]
What a great kick-off to our week together! After the parents left, delegates were taken around campus to orient them to all the buildings where activities will take place throughout the week. They then got to see their group rooms decorated to fit their teams, and they played games to start getting to know their [...]
