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Accreditations
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For the 4th year..
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| The Cherokee Creek program is devoted to helping students gain personal insight — to reconnect with those powerful, loving, creative, wise parts of themselves that have become hidden or lost.
This journey of self-discovery unfolds for our students as they explore the PATH — an acronym for the four core areas of our program:
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ERSONAL ENRICHMENT
CADEMICS
HERAPY
EALTH and RECREATION
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Our curriculum honors the whole child — his intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual nature. We provide a balanced and healthy lifestyle at school and teach the tools for creating sustainable growth and happiness, now and in the future.
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We strive to create a place where “boys can be boys,” providing activities that can ignite their interest in learning and exploring, and have the potential to become life-long hobbies or interests.
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Key PATH program elements include:
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Personal Enrichment Activities
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Guitar Lessons
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League Sports: Soccer and Basketball
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Foreign-Language Lessons: French and Spanish
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Community Service
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Martial Arts
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Academics
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Accreditation with the Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools [since 2005]
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Individualized Academic Plans
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Customized instruction to meet individual learning styles and needs
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Special Education Services
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Supplemental services provided by Oconee County Schools for students with an IEP
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Integrative, creative, hands-on
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Standards-driven language arts, math, sciences and social studies
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Physical education
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Service learning projects and field trips
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Strong focus on nature and the environment weaves through each subject area
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Experiential outdoor classroom model using scientific inquiry with a focus on our local ecosystem and watershed
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Therapeutic Services
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Licensed Therapists and Experienced, Qualified Counseling Staff
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Comprehensive Therapy and Counseling Approach
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Individual and group psychotherapy, group counseling, crisis intervention and family therapy
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Weekly Focus Groups
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Anger management, grief, boundaries and passages [when boys are preparing to move on from Cherokee Creek]
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Other focus groups are offered throughout the year — topics are assigned as needed
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Full-time LPN assesses illness and injury, maintains medical charts and administers medication
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Access to psychiatric services
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Home, Off-Campus and On-Campus Visits
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Quarterly Family Seminars
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Promotes the growth and healing of the student, parents, siblings and extended family
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Passages
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A curriculum for students and families to prepare for success after Cherokee Creek
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Health and Recreation
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Cherokee Creek Treks
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A weekend wilderness program
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Students participate about once a month
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Focused, outdoor skill-building including camping, hiking, whitewater recreation, horseback riding, flat-water boating and more
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Opportunities for self-responsibility, as well as teambuilding
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Active Daily Schedule
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Weekend Recreation Activities
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Swimming
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Hiking
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Fishing
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Field trips
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Access to local recreation fields for baseball, tennis and flag-football
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"Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire."
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— William Butler Yeats
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