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"I learned it is not always easy to stand up for someone but you feel much better when you do."
7th Grader, Courage Retreat

Reference Letters

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION OR REFERENCE FROM OUR CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

Each year some of our clients feel compelled to write us a note of thanks, recommendation, or reference. We have saved these letters throughout the years. Though some things have changed as the years have passed, their intended value and meaning still hold true. We hope our longevity, our excellence, and our credibility shine through the messages of these letters.

Letters on Elementary Retreats

Kindness Assembly

• Valley View Elementary: 2004 | Bloomington MN, (PDF)
  "As a teacher, I appreciate funny and energetic presentations as much as my students do."
• Glacier Hills Elementary: 2004 | Eagan MN, 2004 (PDF)
  "She was able to encourage through words, music, laughter and song our diverse group of students."

Kindness Retreat

• Pagosa Springs Intermediate: 2006 | Pagosa Springs, CO (PDF)
  "Within the first fifteen minutes of the Kindness Retreat, I knew that Youth Frontiers was exactly what I was looking for - and more!"
• Crooked Lake Elementary: 2003 | Andover, MN (PDF)
  "From the opening enthusiastic greeting by the YF staff and the high school group leaders to the moving closing at the end of the day, the entire retreat was a resounding success."
• Highlands Elementary: 2000 | Edina, MN (PDF)
  "The Kindness Retreat brings out the best in our students and helps to set a positive tone in our school. It helps our students see the importance of kindness and how they can be leaders in making our school a kinder place."
• Dayton Elementary School: 1998 | Dayton, MN (PDF)
  "It's so impressive and motivational, I'm quite sure that you touched every one of us in that room."

For additional letters on the Kindness Retreat click here.

Letters on Middle School or Junior High Retreats

Courage Retreat

• St. Stephen the Martyr School: 2008 | Omaha, NE (PDF)
  "We have students who still talk about the experience months later. We have made the Courage retreat and on-going component of our seventh grade curriculum."
• Laredo Middle School: 2007 | Aurora, CO (PDF)
  "After being in education for 8 years, Youth Frontiers is by far the most meaningful activity I have ever experienced with kids."
• Tarwater Elementary: 2006 | Chandler, AZ (PDF)
  "After 14 years of being an elementary school principal, and experiencing many different types of character education retreats, I have to tell you that your organization produced the most enjoyable and meaningful retreat I have ever experienced!"
• United South Central Middle School: 2004 | Kiester, MN (PDF)
  "The bond this retreat helps the students create is unbelievable."
• Kimball Area High School: 2001 | Kimball, MN (PDF)
  "Youth Frontiers, Inc. has helped to create a better environment for our students to learn."

For additional letters on the Courage Retreat click here.

Letters on High School Retreats

Respect Retreat

• Millard South High School: 2007 | Omaha, NE (PDF)
  "We teachers could hardly believe what these kids shared -beautiful, sincere expressions of thankfulness, apologies, and positive statements!"
• Mound Westonka High School: 2006 | Mound, MN (PDF)
  "Some of the most important things students learn through the retreat are that they are part of a true community at the high school and that their actions always have an effect on another human."
• ROCORI High School: 2004 | Cold Spring, MN (PDF)
  "The retreat made a difference to over two hundred sixty individuals that experienced the power of the day."
• Eden Valley-Watkins School: 2004 | Eden Valley, MN (PDF)
  "The Youth Frontiers Respect Retreat came to our school for the first time and I am convinced that our school is a better place because of it."

For additional letters on the Respect Retreat click here.

Wisdom Retreat

• Eagan High School: 2004 | Eagan, MN (PDF)
  "Due to our partnership with Youth Frontiers, our students and staff have been impacted forever."
• Osseo Senior High School: 2000 | Osseo, MN (PDF)
  "By combining high-energy fun, music and humor with times for reflection, introspection and group discussion you successfully create an experience that helps students remove the barriers that often separate them."

For additional letters on the Wisdom Retreat click here.

Letters on the Faculty Retreats

Honor Retreat

• Jeffers Pond Elementary School: 2006 | Prior Lake, MN (PDF)
  "We greatly appreciated the services of Youth Frontiers, especially your assistance in helping unite a new staff. It will be a morning that we will remember and carry with us throughout the school year!"
• The Blake School: 2005 | Hopkins, MN (PDF)
  "By the end, our group was bonded in a deep and lasting way, and I still feel the residual effects as I walk the building more than a month later."

For additional letters on the Honor Retreat click here.

Circle of Fire Retreat

• Crooked Lake Elementary School: 2004 | Andover, MN (PDF)
  "I believe the two greatest benefits we gained from the Circle of Fire meetings were a greater cohesiveness among the school."