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  • This Is It!
    Quantum Learning Network president, Bobbi DePorter, calls making the most of every moment "This is IT!" Over 25 years ago, Bobbi developed the 8 Keys of Excellence, which students who attend SuperCamp, a worldwide learning and life skills summer camp program, are exposed to. "This is IT!" is one of the Keys.
  • Teen Summer Camp Teaches The Four-Part Apology
    Teens are taught the Four-Part Apology, a very effective communication tool with friends, family, fellow students, even teachers.
  • Teen Summer Camp Offers Tips For Students
    Students who attend the academic summer camp, SuperCamp, acquire many valuable learning and life skills. Here are some Quantum Learning tips that can help every student do better in school. Share them with your son or daughter.
  • Teen Summer Camp Explains How Failure Leads To Success
    Teens at our academic summer camp, SuperCamp, find out an important life lesson when we talk to them about how failure leads to success. Our failures provide us with valuable gifts—they give us the information we need to learn so that we can succeed next time.
  • Tackling Peer Pressure
    As a teen you may already have encountered peer pressure ... if you're approaching your teens, it's something you may face fairly soon. During the 26 years of conducting learning and life skills summer camp programs, the educators of SuperCamp have learned quite a lot about the problems that teens face. Peer pressure is something that teens find very hard to deal with so the SuperCamp team has come up with some suggestions.
  • Summer Camp Tells Kids How To Keep Balance In Their Lives
    At SuperCamp, the learning and life skills summer camps for students in grades 4 through 12, kids learn about the 8 Keys of Excellence. SuperCamp co-founder, Bobbi DePorter, has lived the 8 Keys for more than 25 years. They are principles of behavior that inspire people to try great things—and succeed. These Keys have the power to constantly propel you forward and to help bring purpose, meaning and fulfillment to your life and your work.
  • Summer Camp Shows Kids All About Commitment
    One of the 8 Keys of Excellence kids 9-19 learn about at SuperCamp, the life skills and academic summer camp, is Commitment. Commitment is about doing whatever it takes, following your vision without wavering. When you do this, you literally can change the world.
  • Students Learn Flexibility At Academic Summer Camp
    Flexibility is being prepared for change and having the willingness to do things differently. If a strategy is not working, try something different until you find something that does work. Many times every day you face situations that look different from what you had planned. You could be rigid and continue to do things the same way over and over.
  • Speak With Good Purpose
    Words have the power to build people up and bring them down. They can uplift and enlighten, or depress and destroy. You have complete control over the words you use, so choose them carefully. The first step is awareness. Think before you speak. Focus on communicating positives: strengths, praise, encouragement. Handle negatives carefully. Your intention is a powerful tool.
  • Nine Easy Ways to Get Those A's
    Students who attend SuperCamp's teen summer camps acquire many valuable learning and life skills. Here are some Quantum Learning tips that can help every student do better in school. Share them with your son or daughter.
  • Live In Integrity
    Live in INTEGRITY is the first of the 8 Keys of Excellence campers learn about when they attend SuperCamp's learning and life skills camps each summer.
  • Help Your Teen Through The Rough Patches - Ten Hot Tips
    We see changes in kids every summer at our SuperCamp academic summer camps where we teach learning and life skills that help them know themselves, like themselves, and learn better. During our more than 25 years of running these summer programs we have learned lots and lots about teens and their problems—and how adults can help them through those sometimes rough years.
  • HELP YOUR KIDS LEARN - Create a Positive Study Environment
    Parents can support and encourage their children's successful learning by helping them create a positive study environment. Here are some of the ideas we give to parents of children who have attended SuperCamp,
  • Communication Is A Key To Success For Students
    Teens at the summer academic program, SuperCamp, learn how important effective communication is in life and are given advice on how to improve their communication skills. Here are some of the tips they learn.
  • Accountability And Responsibility Are Skills Taught At Summer Camp
    Ownership is the quality of accountability and responsibility. When you feel a sense of ownership, you give your best efforts and take pride in the results. When you take responsibility for your life...
  • Academic Summer Camp Provides Parent Support
    9 Great tips for parents about how to interact with their teens.
  • Academic Summer Camp Has Cure For Senioritis
    Learning specialist Bobbi Deporter has some advice for high school seniors suffering from senioritis. It is possible to prevent this common disease and if you already have it, there is a cure. Seniors can avoid this affliction with the help of a few Quantum Learning study skills.

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