Curriculum

Winners' Camp, Hawai'i Leadership Academy, is a one-week retreat designed to enhance teenagers' academic performance and social proficiency, giving them tools to make positive choices.

Personal Performance

ropes & challenge courses
problem solving tactics
goal achievement strategies
initiative adventures

Academic Activities

memorization strategies and mnemonics
mind-mapping / note taking
whole brain thinking
communication styles

Social Skills

conflict resolution
parent & teen understanding
teacher / authority relationships
Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Resilience & Restraint

History

Winners' Camp was founded in 1985. The program is internationally known as an extremely effective and successful motivational seminar for teenagers and their families. The Conference Board has cited Winners' Camp as being "among the most effective business-supported education improvement projects in the nation".

Media Coverage:

July 2008 - Honolulu Star Bulletin Article "Growing Leaders"
July 2008 - The Garden Island "Winners' Camp Transforms Teens"
July 2007 - East Oahu Sun "Taking the Challenge"
March 2006 - Small Business Hawaii "She's a Winner!"
February 2006 - Hawaii Reporter "She's a Winner"
December 2005 - Midweek "Teaching Teens To Be Winners"
February 2002 - Hawaii Reporter "Winners' Camp Founder is Big Winner Herself"
July 2001 - Small Business News "Building Dreams As Only Winners Can"
February 2001 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin "Winners' Camp Brings Lasting Change to Many"
February 2001 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin "Winning Manor"