Over the years we have offered and developed numerous programs that enable children to try new activities or develop their skills and bring them to new heights. Hands-on experience and critical thinking are central to our programs as well as the opportunity to try to learn new skills in different ways depending upon the unique learning styles and abilities of each child. Many of these programs are similar to our RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, but in EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, the emphasis is on critical learning skills that have an impact on academic excellence.
We also invite parents and children to ask us to start a program or activity on any topic. When we have at least four children or adolescents who are interested, we make the effort to find out when, where and how we can do it. We have offered scuba groups, helicopter flights to Wall Stret to meet executives, and visits by attorneys, lawyers, carpenters, and computer programmers to answer questions for adolescents, meet students through exchange programs, and entrepreneurial development. Mohonk was the first organization in the United States to enable children in different countries to communicate with each other in real time through the internet.
Some courses have been designed with schoolteachers in an effort to apply what they have learned in classrooms to the “real world.” For instance, chemistry and biology classes have been combined to test and assess pollution, contaminants, and microbes in Long Island Sound, local lakes, and streams.
We encourage teachers and parents to contact us about upcoming programs or projects they may have in mind and are of interest to them. We will consider many and support them financially. We also encourage volunteers to offer their expertise in any area of interest.
In order to register for classes or request more information and requests, please contact us.