West Seattle schools: Seattle Lutheran’s CHIP Day

A little time out of the classroom can go a long way. Seattle Lutheran High School students and staff got the chance to test that on Wednesday – including the freshmen in our photos, taken at Camp Long. SLHS’s Bil Hood explained that it was “CHIP Day,” focusing on the school’s “core values – Confidence, Hope, Integrity, Passion.” The first value was taken on by the freshmen, on a field trip to work through the park’s new Challenge Course. In part, as Hood explaied it, the Challenge Course was meant to “enable participants to grow at both the team and individual levels, exploring confidence, risk, leadership, communication, problem-solving, and coaching.” Collaboration was a big lesson for the “low” portion of the course, including this balancing challenge:

Other activities scheduled included sophomores pursuing “Hope,” by spending time working at the homeless encampment that calls itself “Nickelsville,” while juniors explored “Integrity” with an “honesty test” of sorts (which is being kept under wraps till its results are in, which will take days), and seniors explored “Passion” through one-on-one conversations with people over 60, about their life experiences.

3 Replies to "West Seattle schools: Seattle Lutheran's CHIP Day"

  • SudsyMaggie March 8, 2012 (4:48 am)

    Challenge course at Camp Long – awesome! I participated one during high school for new school year orientation down near Auburn (I think) – it was a fantastic experience, highly recommend.

  • miws March 8, 2012 (10:23 am)

    Kudos to SLU, and its sophs, for helping out Nickelsville!

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    Mike

  • miws March 8, 2012 (3:00 pm)

    Of course. that should be SLHS!

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    Mike

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