What is Team?

The Team Program will now be running as the Team Academy at Archie Williams High School in the fall of 2022.

Team is an experiential learning model that combines the following: backpacking, hiking, community service, internships, wilderness medicine, ropes course leadership, project based learning, core academics, and a small learning cohort model. Students will be in cohorts of 26 students with two main teachers. Eventually there will be a cohort of 26 juniors and 26 seniors in the program.

Team is a one of a kind free public program that offers students an opportunity to explore the possibilities of education beyond four walls. Teens that have been searching for a sense of belonging, positive mental and physical health habits , and overall motivation and purpose in life have found truth resilience and transformation in Team.

Team helps young adults to find new pathways in life and to honor their own personal and collective strength in their communities. The long term benefits of this program have been truly remarkable for young people. It is a dream that all young people could have an opportunity to be part of a program as unique and student centered as this one. Education doesn’t have to look one way or be a one size fits all model. Education can be whatever our young people dream it to be.