Prince Edward County Public Schools - Creating Respectful School Communities

Project Adventure, Inc. (PA) is pleased to announce that Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS) in Farmville, VA has joined a growing list of schools and agencies nation-wide using PA’s researched methodology to enhance learning and behavioral outcomes for students.

Beginning with an all-day professional development session for Superintendent Patricia Watkin’s leadership team in July, PECPS will be embarking on a whole-school climate and culture change that will result in:

Common behavioral norms and expectations that foster greater individual accountability for behavior and academic achievement and create a positive learning environment at PECPS.

Experiential and adventure-based skills to help educators create lessons that engage all learners.

Enhanced relationships between students, educators, administration, families and community.

A continuum of programs that support student success within the PECPS campus and reduce out-of-school placements, dropping out and/or out-of-school suspension or expulsion.

Physical Education, Health and Fitness programming that focuses on social and emotional competency, motor skill development and health-related fitness for all students.

Training will begin at the start of the school year with on-going training and consultation throughout the year. Evaluation of the implementation will be conducted jointly between Project Adventure and Prince Edward County Public Schools.

Project Adventure, Inc. (www.pa.org) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971. Headquartered in Massachusetts and Georgia, PA has trained and consulted with schools and agencies across the US and worked internationally as well.

The core methodology, which PA has termed Adventure Education, has been the core theme of PA’s own residential and alternative school programs in Newton County Georgia since the early 1980s.