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A tour of individual empowerment
The Taiwan Experience
Session 1 ~ December 22 – January 4Session 2 ~ January 18 -31
Jiacheng Community, Dashe District, Kahohsuing
What is Camp Beyond?
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
Camp Beyond is a place where students grow in
confidence and
character
through understanding and purpose of oneself.
The Basics
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
WHO: Young adults ages 12-16.
WHAT: A unique and tailored combination of education and adventure with expert and trained facilitators.
WHEN: Several programs are scheduled throughout the year. WHERE: Summer sessions in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and winter in warm and tropic paradise of southern Taiwan.
WHY: Because we believe your child deserves every opportunity to build their potential and our curriculum has already shown amazing results in our graduates.
Our Vision
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
Our mission is to deliver students a unique, exceptional, and challenging educational experience via a natural outdoor setting that combines purpose and confidence to strengthen character, overall effectiveness, and spiritual understanding.
Preparing students to successfully integrate, contribute, and transfer their learning - both academically and socially - is at the heart of all we do.
Education Experience
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
The building blocks for academic success are:
1. Sense of PURPOSE created through goal setting.
2. Sense of CONFIDENCE built by facing challenges and overcoming obstacles.
We chart a course for our students to build the foundation that leads to a successful future through repetition, challenge and accomplishment. Trained minds need great character for a profitable future.
fearless
What Sets Us Apart?
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
SafeSound Method
Quality AcademicsCultural Experiences
Access to U.S. SchoolsUnparalleled Experience
Valuable Educational InvestmentCompetent & Experienced Leadership
Taiwan Highlights
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
14 day program.
Around-the-island adventure.
Daily challenges that build confidence and character.
English immersion course in writing and speaking.
Lifelong friendships formed through a unique experience.
Workshop to build teenage decision making skills.
What better way to spend your Winter Break …
than an exotic tropical island?
A Day at Camp Beyond
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Wake up and breakfast.
8:00 – 9:30 AM: Public speaking and creative writing workshop.
9:30 – 5:00: Daily activities might include: Visit a dairy farm to feed and milk cows and talk to a farmer. Visit aboriginal village, dine with and talk to a chief. River tracing a Taiwan stream into the mountains. Snorkeling and learning about marine wildlife of Taiwan. Hiking around picturesque Sandiman area. Other adventures and challenges.
5:30 – 6:30 PM: Free time.6:30 – 7:30 PM: Dinner7:30 – 9:00: The 6 Most Important Decision You’ll Ever Make Workshop9:00 – 10:00 PM: Showers and lights out.
The 6 Decisions Workshop
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
The 6 Most Important Decision You’ll Ever Make by Sean Covey is a book we will discuss in the evenings. These lessons will give our daily activities meaning and purpose and build decision making skills for our campers.
1. School. What are you going to do about your education?2. Friends. What type of friends will you choose and what type of
friend will you be?3. Parents. Are you going to get along with your parents?4. Dating and Sex. Who will you date and what will you do about
sex?5. Addictions. What will you do about smoking, drinking, drugs,
and other addictive stuff (peer pressure in college.)6. Self-worth. Will you choose to like yourself?
Building Blocks
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
14 Days, 5 Cities, 4 Cultures, 2 Islands, 1 Goal
ACADEMC SUCCESS
Where Will My Kid Stay?
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
The unique experience will take place in southern Taiwan. We work closely with Morrison Academy (a private international school).
Campers will:
Stay in quality dormitories and youth hostels.
Experience a two day adventure living in a tent outdoors.
Be exposed to local cuisine and cultures such as American, Taiwanese, Haka, and Taiwan Aboriginal.
Camp Founder and Director
John is a successful entrepreneur and avid outdoorsman who speaks Chinese and has been living and working in China for over 20 years. Having grown up in Washington’s Columbia River Gorge, John developed a love for the outdoors at an early age. Since then John has gone on to start several companies and become a pioneer in the burgeoning retail market in China. He’s also dedicated himself to helping children develop through his involvement with various organization. Aside from establishing Camp Beyond, John was the founder of Boy Scouts troop 23, he’s acted as director at TYPA in Taiwan, and he founded the Sluggers Baseball Program while living in Shanghai. John is also a father two fantastic children and husband to the Camp Mother - Mei Lien.
Mei Lien is a native of Taiwan has lived and worked in both the East and the West. She is a caring mother of two great children and wife to the director of Camp Beyond. She is soft spoken, yet strong, and she is always there when you need her. Mei Lien is also an excellent cook, an empathetic listener, and a comfort to all who she spends time with. She plays a vital role in our camps as a loving and patient listener when campers are in need of a motherly figure. Mei Lien is an experienced camp counselor and will certainly be the one to make sure all campers and staff live up to their commitments. Camp Beyond is fortunate to have has as our camp mother!
Camp Mother
Camp Staff
Camp Staff
Dave is currently working as a senior trainer and cross cultural expert at OrientalXpress. He is also a teacher at Morrison Academy where he serves as Professional Learning Coach training other teachers. With extensive experience in intercultural training and cross cultural communication, he offers a unique background and life experience in that he grew up in Taiwan and attended Chinese school. Mr. Freeman earned a degree from Indiana University in finance before embarking on a successful career in the stock market. He turned to education and training later in life and has now been working with schools for over twelve years. Dave continues to delivered training to corporate executives but now holds numerous advanced degrees in Education. He has also been awarded numerous endorsements and certifications in the areas of cooperative teams, outdoor education, cross cultural learning, and experiential education. Aside from many years of running adventure camps and travel programs for private schools in the U.S., Dave also has extensive travel experience and has worked on various education projects in the US, China, and Taiwan.
Nurse Freeman boast twenty years of experience as a practicing nurse. After beginning her career at IU Health, Jennifer has worked as a nurse in four different states and received training in eight different specialties. Nurse Freeman has traveled extensively around the world and lead numerous student travel programs as the head School Nurse at Taipei American School. She has four years of experience running camp programs for Taiwan Adventure Camp and the prestigious TAS Summer Enhancement Program. She is the mother of three children and the wife of Dave Freeman, Camp Beyonds Head Teacher in Taiwan.
Head Councilor
Camp Nurse
What is Camp Beyond?
Camp Beyond builds focused purpose and confidence through goal setting.
Please visit our website at www.orientalxpress.com/camp-beyond
Or find us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/CampBeyond
You can feel free to email our director, John Stephenson, at
