Victoria’s Life Contract
When an enrolled student reaches what is called PC3, or Parent Child 3, they start their life contract and when it is completed both the parent and child sign it. By signing it the child agrees to any behavioral changes in the contract such as not hanging out with bad influences, limiting their Facebook and cell phone times etc. By doing so it helps the child slowly ease him or herself back into their normal family life without everything thrown at them too fast, and helps the parents limit all of the negative things in...
read moreIsabellas Graduation Speech
Hi I’m Isabella; I’m a pure, humble, and worthwhile young woman! My purpose for being up here today is not only to graduate and go home but to know that I inspired, opened eyes, and motivated most if not some of you. I’m going to be sharing a poem that one of my closest friends here, Victoria, wrote. This applies to all of us. This is our story. Addiction, Recovery, Sobriety Addiction Something so hard to overcome I turned into someone I never thought I’d become I became lost, someone I didn’t know My biggest enemy, my greatest foe I...
read moreCross Creek Ranch Program
To all parents with a child currently enrolled at Cross Creek Programs, as some of you may or may not know Cross Creek Programs has a beautiful Pond House and ranch in a nearby town called Toquerville. One of the things we like to offer to your kids is some time to have some fun there, whether it’s a BBQ, upper level party or part of group therapy, however one aspect some of the kids miss out on is having fun at our ranch. We want to make sure that the kids get to take advantage of all the opportunities for a good time we have to...
read moreScorekeeping
Today was really fun! A few other upper levels and myself went to St. George for the huntsman World Series. The huntsman games is a world softball tournament for senior citizens. They are the best at softball in the world for their age group. Today I spend about 12 hours scorekeeping. Everyone at the Hunstman Games, umpires and players, were very positive and kind. I had a great time today and I felt awesome to help out and give back! Kade 10/09/12
read moreDodgeball/Basketball Tournament
So a few days ago, on Sunday, we did a really fun activity for the entire facility, Cross Creek and Horizon girl and boys had a blast. We did a very competitive, but fun, dodgeball tournament and we also did a cool basketball tournament which was fun as well. There was music playing and the positive vibe that we had in the gym between all of us was just astounding. I really enjoyed socializing with new people, and just being together and having fun. This was not for a holiday either. This was just a random thing that they decided to...
read moreService Project
Yesterday I went on a service project with some of the other upper levels in Cross Creek and Horizon as well. We were all helping out at the St. George Annual Marathon, and I had a blast. We were helping the runners get their clothes and belongings back and afterwards we helped put everything else away, like the extra clothes left behind, and putting all of the supplies used for the marathon. I had a lot of fun getting away for a little while and spending quality time with my friends. I also really enjoyed socializing with new...
read moreCross Country
This Cross Country meet we went to Escalante and did the track. It was kind of hard because they had a sand trap that was 15 meters long. It was fun and we ate good food. Rudie came in 6th, Dustin came in 15, Kade placed in the 20′s, Ryan placed in the 30′s, and Todd in 46th. There was a total of 49 kids at this meet. The team as a whole has done really well this season, and we hope to go to state with the whole team this year. It looks really promising. Dustin 10/04/12
read moreWorking on Communication
Well, Cross Creek has been an adventure, no doubt about that. It has been an adventure filled with ups and downs, mountains to climb, and walls to break down. The biggest thing I have really looked at and practiced here has been communication. Everything in your life depends on how effectively you can communicate with others around you. I know hundreds of different ways to explain this to people. Every single word means something different to every single individual. Communication is key. What I find amazing is how far I have come. I first...
read moreSt George Marathon Service Project
Today was pretty cool, one of the Horizon Staff, Jason, took me along with a few other upper levels on a service project. The service project was making gift bags for a marathon is St George. The gift bags included everything from protein to foot powder. Our goal was to have 5000 bags done by the end of the day and me and the other upper levels got organized in assembly lines to increase efficiency. We all worked hard together and met our goal. The other people we worked with were very kind and helpful and treated us to some pizza...
read moreCross Country – Sand Hollow
Our last meet for Cross Country was at Sand Hollow. It was a home meet, Sand Hollow is a golf resort/reservoir that has a beautiful landscape. I would not mind staying there for a week or two. We got one of our star players back because he finally started doing good again, Rudie came in 10th place, Ryan 28th, Cole 30th, Dustin 33rd (Because I rolled my ankle) and kade came in 37th. It was a great meet and we had lots of fun running it and helping set it up. Dustin 10/03/12
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