PEAK

• on-the-bike skills 
• trail maintenance
• place-based education.

Participants will explore trails both on and off campus, learn how to navigate trail features and obstacles, and improve their fitness. They will also learn how to build new trails sustainably and take ownership of maintaining the current trail system. 

Photography is a natural bridge between art and science and an exciting, hands-on, creative process. This afternoon program will engage students with their environment while teaching them the fundamentals of traditional, film-based, photography. Students will learn how to develop film, as well.

Farming is a hands on/off road experience! Students harvest vegetables and herbs from the SAS greenhouse, apples and pears from the SAS orchard, and deliver our harvest to the kitchen staff for use in meals. Students learn to germinate seeds, transplant seedlings, and apply organic soil nutrients. Along the way, they learn about organic pest control. They prepare growing beds for planting and help with the water collection system for harvesting and transporting rainwater. Farming provides the dining hall with several lettuce varieties, kale, radishes, cilantro, parsley, and basil, as well as, snow peas and tomatoes. In addition, students care for our perennials, mulching, pruning and fertilizing our grapes, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. Future plans include aquaponics and animal husbandry.

In a media driven world, students must understand how to communicate clearly and effectively with their listeners. This hands-on course introduces students to the elements and skills needed for radio broadcast production and DJ-ing shows on our own school radio station WMTN, 103.1. Students will learn the basics of broadcast news writing and editing, creating weather announcements, gathering and incorporating sound into productions, remote sports announcing, and creating podcasts and music shows for on-air broadcast. Students will also learn how to use radio equipment needed for a broadcast. 

Strength and Conditioning is designed to provide our students with an opportunity to improve their general physical fitness in a cooperative environment. The barbell is the primary tool the students will use. The initial goal is to develop better movement patterns. After proper technique and understanding of the movements has been established, the students will see improvement in a variety of areas including: speed, power, strength, coordination, balance, flexibility, work capacity, and confidence. 

Theatre begins with all participants engaging in theater games and becoming acquainted with each other. The initial activities segue into rehearsals, as the theater director selects or creates a play or musical based on the number of participants, recent productions and other factors. From this point, Theater focuses on getting the play ready for performance. All students in this program are expected to perform.

After the three performances, all the students participate in strike, readying the theater for the next show. Theater will follow a flexible rehearsal schedule utilizing weekday afternoons as well as some weekends. Students may be able to sign up for Theatre in addition to another Afternoon Program, depending on the commitment required for the other program.

Yearbook is a product-based program where students work on the production of the St. Andrew's-Sewanee Phoenix. Students will use a variety of publishing programs including PhotoShop, InDesign, and various online design and editing software as they work on their skills in photo taking, writing, interviewing, editing, layout, and design. Because there are strictly set deadlines, students must also exercise their abilities to be dependable and organized members of a team. This program is ideal for students who wish to showcase their design skills, practice their photography, or learn the elements of these disciplines.