Social & Emotional 

 Learning

Your Trip to the Center
Can Help Students!

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Students Build Social & Emotional Skills Through:

🌳 Meaningful personal connections

🌳 Leadership skills development

🌳 Individual and group challenges

🌳 Greater awareness of and respect for diversity

🌳 Appreciation for the outdoors

  • “The students learn to collaborate and communicate better with their peers, while also gaining greater self-awareness and self-confidence. The curriculum teaches [the students] that they have to rely on and challenge one another to perform at their highest level. Upon returning, there was also a noticeable difference in [their] behavior. The students were less inclined to act out and were more willing to try and talk through potential conflicts.”

    — Charles Weatherspoon, Former Director, Project SMILE/GEAR UP, Mercer County Community College

  • “PBC is a place where you can figure out who you are, where you’re at and what you want to be in your life - not a doctor or a lawyer - but do you want to be a good person, do you want to be a role model?”

    — Trenton Central High School graduate, college student, PBC summer staff

  • “Princeton-Blairstown incorporates everything from academia to life skills to safety to independence. [Here], they can go outside and listen to nature. There is no ambulance. They can have a peaceful night. A peaceful night means a great morning, and a great morning means a great day, and that’s what kids need. It’s conducive for their learning.”

    — Danielle Miller-Winrow, Headmaster of Sprout U School of the Arts  

  • “When I heard I was going to the woods in Blairstown, I was like, 'the woods?' To me it sounded boring and yet nerve-wracking sitting in the woods. What I quickly found was that it was exciting and challenging, and the people were so caring. I was encouraged to grow and see the world in new ways.”

    — Issac Evans, Leader-in-Training Participant