Adventures in the sun

Here at Heritage Schools, the students are constantly invited to prepare and participate in fun adventures. As summer is coming to a close, the camping adventures are coming to an end as well, but the students here at Heritage have been able to enjoy some good times in southern Utah.

Here is a little message from the Therapeutic Recreation Department at Heritage on their camping adventures:


On a beautiful summer morning, students from Heritage School loaded up in large, white limos and drove south. Yes, they were on their way to a great adventure in a wondrous National Park! OK, so the limos were big, white vans, but this really doesn’t change the fact that they went to Arches National Park and had the trip of a life time. The students from various homes on campus experienced camping, hiking, white-water rafting and exploring on a three-day, two-night adventure.

This is an annual event that the Recreation Therapy Department provides for students that are of a certain phase level. Our campsite is located in Arches National Park, which is just outside of Moab, Utah. A few of the activities included seeing some of the over 2000 arches in the park. We actually hiked to a few arches, including the world famous “Delicate Arch”, which is on Utah’s license plates.

Day two included fun on the Colorado River. We embarked on an All Day guided white water rafting trip. Later that day, amazing food was cooked over coals on the barbecue and in Dutch ovens.


Students were able to roast star burst candy for the first time and learned how to build a banana boat for dessert that night. Sleeping under the starts, witnessing the sunrise and observing wildlife were a few other highlights of the trip.









We offered a total of three trips this summer, providing an opportunity for all the eligible Students to experience something extraordinary in their life."