“Every day they pull themselves up one more rung on the ladder to a more successful future. For the rest of us, it is not enough to just applaud their efforts and hope that someday, more young people follow their lead. They did not get onto that ladder alone. They are only there because someone helped them to take the first step.”
What We Do
Princeton-Blairstown Center's social emotional learning programs promote community and help participants strengthen their creative problem solving, teamwork, and leadership skills necessary for success in the 21st century. Our experiential education facility and staff provide participants with the opportunity to try new things and empower students to connect personal actions with the effects they have on their academic and personal lives.
Click here for a description of typical Blairstown Campus activities in our course catalog.
Adventure-Based Learning and Experiential Education
What is adventure-based learning and why does it matter? The Blairstown Campus - 268 acres of pristine wilderness adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - provides physical and intellectual hands-on challenges to bring out the best in young people! Solving problems collaboratively provides opportunities for leadership, teamwork, cooperation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and more.
All of our adventure-based programs emphasize safety first, and use the Full Value Contract and Challenge by Choice methodologies to encourage young people to overcome perceived limitations.
When a challenge is successfully overcome, Princeton-Blairstown Center's skilled facilitators take the opportunity to reflect with participants on the problem-solving process to provide students with tools they can take back to the classroom or to their neighborhoods to approach real-life challenges.
Cost
For groups that work primarily with youth from historically marginalized communities, our 2023 base rate is $75 per person, per night; $65 per person for an extended day; and $55 per person for a day. For university groups, our 2023 base rate is $90 per person, per night; $80 per person for an extended day; and $70 per person for a day. For all other groups, our base rate is $115 per person, per night; $95 per person for an extended day; and $85 per person for a day. Overnight packages include food (lunch and dinner on the day of arrival and breakfast on the day of departure), overnight accommodations, facilities, and programming. Extended day packages include food (lunch and dinner), facilities, and programming. Day packages include food (lunch), facilities, and programming.
We have a limited number of scholarships which are available only to groups serving youth from historically marginalized communities. These Egner Scholarships are awarded periodically based on a number of factors including financial need, the alignment of the awardee with our mission statement, and the opportunity for the Princeton-Blairstown Center to build a strong, on-going relationship with the school or organization.
You can find out more about planning your trip to Blairstown by clicking here.
For specific pricing and available dates, please contact Pat Karl at pkarl@princetonblairstown.org or at 908-362-6765, ext. 1.
