Daily Schedule:

11:00 AM - Check-In
[Eccles Building A]

Noon - Opening Banquet
[R. Haze Conference Center - Great Hall]

2:00 Group Photo

2:30 Rules of the Academy

3:30 Meet Your Counselor

4:15 SPEAKER: Jane Vankomen
“How To Succeed With Nothing ”

5:15 Dinner

6:30 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

7:30 SPEAKER: Brenda Burrell
“Are You Up for the Task at Hand? ”

9:00 Barrier Breakdowns & Snacks

10:30 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

11:30 Retire

Videos from the Day:

Brenda Burrell "Reach Your Dreams"


Speaker Jane Van Komen


Getting ready for our group photo


Jon and Juliann do the Cha Cha at Check-In


Checking in at GHA

GHA Bloggers of the Day:

Late nights have begun. All of the counselors met yesterday for the first time since the school year and we were in fine form. The energy in our meeting was absolutely electric. The bonding began with Quinn's "claim to flame" and Lindsay's biting attack on me during dinner. Literally...she's a biter! However as the us girls all settled in at the end of the night we began pillow talk about how anxious we all are for the participants to arrive. We sat around with scissors, tape, glue sticks and textured paper as we created our masterpiece doortags! I expect to see some of them in the Louvre someday. However as we finally settled into our posh beds with silk lines and big fluffy pillows provided by the ritzy establishment in which we reside (aka Manzanita which is practically the same as the Carlton) all I could think was, "I'm excited."
-Sherstin Creamer [GHA Counselor]