A letter from Tom Concannon: 28 days in the mountains
Our Special Wilderness trip ran from June 14th to July 3rd this year and our regular Wilderness Trip went from July 13th to August 6th.
These trips are always quite challenging due to our route and the duration of the trip. Most…
An Update from Sarah Cavallaro
As I write this, we are serving 5 youth at the Van Vleck House, 8 boys at Red Top Meadows, all of which just left on their 28 day backpacking trip (see the photo above from a past wilderness trip), 42 families at the Hirschfield Center, 12…
New Bike Program at Red Top
New Bike Program at Red Top Teaches Many Lessons
The obvious metaphor a bike presents is that of a vehicle. However, it can also be a tool, an adversary, a teacher, or a relationship. It truly is all those things and more. Biking presents…
2019 Red Top Meadows Summer Newsletter
Red Top Meadows School newsletter
Summer 2019
Summer 2019
How Do We Shift into Summer?
Much the same as for families, shifting from the school year to summer time brings changes in activities, work schedules and supervision requirements at Teton Youth and Family Services. Children have more free time that gets filled with varied commitments…
Learning to Take Control
People typically have one of two perspectives on intelligence and innate ability: they either believe it’s fixed and can’t be changed and that exerting effort or making mistakes are signs of stupidity, or they believe it can be improved…
Red Top Meadows School Newsletter Spring 2018
Personal Finance: As the Personal Finance course comes to an end, the focus has moved toward wise consumerism Students evaluated marketing and brand recognition by viewing popular commercials, reading about teens as the largest market in the…