What is the Award?The Award is a program of activities. Each student who takes part in the program learns a skill, improves their physical fitness, volunteers in their community, and experiences a team adventure in a new environment. Success in the program is measured by regular participation over a fixed period of time while showing commitment and progress in each activity. Throughout the program, all participants receive support from adult mentors, Award Leaders, Assessors, and Coordinators.
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The Award FrameworkThe Award is divided into three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold, which correlate with varying time commitments growing progressively longer from Bronze to Gold.
Key Elements of the Program
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Discover Infinite PotentialThe core of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is to raise young people's aspirations, to help them build confidence, resilience, communication, and team working skills, and to give them experiences that will help them navigate the challenges in life.
The program is designed to have students contribute to society and build character through four key elements: physical activity, learning new skills, volunteering service, and developing navigational and survival skills. OYA participants from grades 9 – 12 will follow a personalized path to progress through the sections of physical recreation, skill building, and voluntary service. For their adventurous journey, the participants are taken out of their comfort zone but kept in a safe and secure setting, with suitable training and supervision. The aim of the final challenge is to provide the adventurers with the opportunity to learn more about the wider environment, as well as to develop their self-confidence, teamwork, and optimize their health |
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