For students to succeed academically and socially, a respectful and caring school community is essential. During the Youth Frontiers Respect Retreat, students from different backgrounds and social cliques work together to learn how to embrace respect as a core value in their lives and school community. At a critical time in these young peoples' development, the Respect Retreat helps build a positive school community by compelling students to respect themselves, respect others, and stand up for the value of respect.

What the YF Respect Retreat Will Do For Your School:

• Build positive school community by breaking down social barriers
• Help students identify ways they can respect themselves or others more
• Change the way students treat each other

Every Youth Frontiers retreat includes a dynamic mix of activities, designed to have the greatest possible impact on participants. Our schedules have been refined through years of contact with more than a million students and educators. Listed below is the general outline of the retreat experience.

• Welcome and group-building activities
• Introduction to the theme of the day
• Small-group activity: time to process the message from the presentation
• Large-group activity
• Presentation: topic-based talk titled: Respect Yourself
• Lunch
• Small-group discussion: processing time
• Large-group activity
• Presentation: topic-based talk titled: Respect Others
• Small-group discussion: processing time
• Closing: The Campfire: Participants commit to take action based on the day's retreat topic

The Details:

• Grades: 9 or 10
• Length: 5.5 - 6 hours
• Maximum number of students: 225
• School Portion of Cost for the 2012/2013 School Year:
  NOTE: If you are booking your retreat for spring 2012, please call us for pricing details.
  • Local Price: $2,490 - Within 100 miles of the Twin Cities, Minn.
  • Midwest Price: $2,790 - Within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
  • National Price: $3,290