6th Grade Retreat - Day 1
What a great day it has been for our 6th graders! We’ve had a lot of new things and firsts, but there has been a lot of excitement! I don’t know if I’ve ever so many students so excited about something. It’s been a blast!
We started off our time together at an orientation talking about the retreat and some guidelines. From there we got settled into our cabins and rooms and then had lunch. After lunch we got to play some fun games in the dome (like our NCCS pavilion). From there we had free time. Some students did the blob, trapeze, slides, boats or other lake activities while others had fun up in the game room or on the zipline. Late afternoon we called everyone together and watched Soul Surfer. Students had a chance to get some snacks for the movie from the the snack bar also. It was nice to have a break for a movie…for students and teachers!
Then we had dinner and that’s when most of our senior leaders arrived. The 6th graders were very excited about the seniors arriving and leading them and they’ve done a great job so far (and both being guided by our awesome teacher staff up here too!). After dinner we had our first worship session and were led in songs by Chris Coleman and spoken to by Mrs. Strange about integrity. Some of our students made some really cool decisions through the time. After that, we had some cabin group time and then had s’mores and a bonfire! By that time, it had already been a full day and everyone went off to their rooms and are now all safely sleeping away…preparing for another full day tomorrow!
