Aerie College is on countdown for start as an alternative residential senior high school with an intake for 16 students each term, both sexes, ages 15+, to live and learn as a team with a teacher couple as mentors. First entry term is "Time Out" on "School-ship Aerie" cruising Murray river remote from their previous life. We create a strong mutual support team of friends for essential learning, finding and filling the knowledge gaps they missed, to create a positive future for them. Our community home overlooks Port of Mannum, home port for our school ships. The river boats and the river is our learning environment. There will be friendly competition between teams as the college grows. Confident happiness with friends is our goal. Those who can, help those who can't.
Membership of the Aerie College community will set youth up for a good life. Maintain your membership and always have team member backup if needed.
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Come and meet us any time you see us at Home. Mary Anne reserve, Mannum or out and about on the river in our school ships TS Aerie and TS Mundoo. Phone Principal Bouc to arrange a time to meet. 0418 836 137
Aerie College Is a registered Business name, operating within the Established charity ANCOM ON MURRAY Inc. It has been working school camps and adventure education for more that 40 years.
Some teens suffer bullying and other mental stresses in large high schools. These are bad places for some young people.
They become school refusers, just curling up in their room, or worse. It is rough being a different young person.
GET THEM OUT OF THAT SCHOOL TO JOIN A SAFE GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR "TIME OUT".
Give the eaglets time to repair their wings, smooth their feathers and fly in safety.
We have a "Time Out" place for Senior teachers suffering Burnout, a free Houseboat Holiday with partner, helping the young teacher couple.
The Aerie College full time adventure school for teens 15+ provides learning adventures, with focus on finding and filling gaps in essential learning, starting each new intake with a team of 16 students and a teacher couple, "time out" on a river boat each term.
After term one there is a discussion Principal & family. Decision to stay or leave.
If stay, their teams continue supervised learning and safe living based in a variety of different living and learning locations. Our recording and documentation required for a "registered SACE school" and as a "VET College" is all online. We have no "School Building" as such although we have a House as home base in Mannum. Students do their learning documentation work online, working anywhere with internet access. They do most of their learning work with their mentor teachers, face to face in partnerships and teams, participating in a wide range of learning activities. Wherever they may be.
The Community home base hostel, is planned for 9 River Lane, Mannum.
The College "School ships" all in commercial vessel survey, will home port at Mannum.
All time spent with Aerie College is recorded in each student's personal log and signed off by their mentor teacher as evidence of school attendance, required by law until their 17th birthday.
Aerie College promotes wellness as the major focus. We find and fills gaps in learning and provide safe time to transition to strong, competent, confident adults. We keep costs as low as possible with backpacker style hospitality and peer service skills for living and learning.
SACE curriculum documentation is our learning guide.
The teens are not lost from family. They are given supportive time out, to fledge safely, giving the whole family time out.
Families are welcome to join in during their family vacation time.
Aerie College promotes wellness as its major focus. It provides a safe place to become strong, competent, confident young adults.
Aerie backpacker hostel style living and learning is based on teams of 16. Each team with a care teacher/mentor couple who stay with team for all subjects. Each hostel may have one or two teams in residence. Friendly competition between teams is encouraged.
Some family homes are not safe for teens, if things go badly wrong in the family, if parents are too busy to provide the required time,
or if waring parents and divorce creates severe teen problems.
Get them out of the war ground. - - - It is not their fight.
Aerie College can hold them safe from the storm.
Parental conflicts affect teens badly.
GET THEM OUT OF THE STORM. Give them TIME OUT to let the storm blow over then perhaps a new relationship with your young adult.
Older teens are "flock birds". They need to build partnerships and participate in group adventures.
They remain fledglings with undeveloped wings.
They still need support.
NURTURING, SHEPHERDING, LEARNING SUPPORT.
Aerie builds adult skills to help them fledge safely.
We plan an intake of 16, (boys and girls) each school term, under the care of a teacher couple, Care teachers (Competent Parent role) in basic SACE with with, tourism, hospitality, care services, and some passion curriculum and learning tasks provided by Open Access College or local high school. Our learning focus is care, wellness and competent home skills.
Starting term 3 of 2025, living and learning with Aerie is an essential core good living skills for all as a team skills set and individual progression in their individual passion study.
There is no specific age or school year level for enrolment.
We will ensure they repair learning gaps and continue learning at their current level.
Online learning to follow their passion is useful motivation for teens in their own quiet time. We help and supervise the passion subject.
All students come together for community teams events and essential skills learning.
We know the residential school camp experience is a circuit breaker for many children who are miserable at school or at home.
Aerie Teens backpacker school will reboot their brain towards happiness.
Entry Term is a 10 week River cruise camp, with close living time together with a young group mentor teacher and visiting teachers getting to know each child, building partnerships and teams, and working on their study plans = a total reboot.
IF THE FAMILY DECISION IS STAY AFTER TERM ONE, they will work with Aerie teams to complete SACE and VETIS work skills at Aerie House or on Aerie School Ships.
Aerie Teachers and students focus on Murray River industries for a career future while completing their high school years.
We invite families to Join Community and invest in our family holiday properties.
Individual families can do very little to help these disrupted kids without a change of school.
We propose collective investments to purchase appropriate holiday properties to host an alternate school and temporary home for youth in transition to adult.
As a family investment collective club, Aerie College (Registered Community Charity) can purchase safe family holiday place near the Murray River, to host the Aerie College Adventure school for teens who feel pushed out of their school and/or home and entering depression.
Adventure with partners and a team of friends is what older teens seek.
YES. WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT BABY MAKING - - - AND THE CONSEQUENCES.
This is a time when teens are under strong mental stress and need constant steady guidance. It can be difficult for busy parents. Teens in severe stress in school or home, want out, they try to fly too soon and get hurt. Aerie College can hold them before their life gets too difficult and provides the change necessary to help them repair their damaged wings to fledge safely.
Aerie College can provide the necessary safe adventure change for mental repair, and safe home base (nest) for fledging in the proposed community holiday properties. We help any teen who feels pushed out of their school or home (real, imagined, or just want different and adventure).
Families, join Aerie Community, enjoy our collegiate community lifestyle, and help your kids.
Backpacks offer several advantages for older teen students entering college:
Current Aerie College value of an Annual "Bed Loan Licence to Occupy " is $30,000 (Annual LltO) . This value is expected to increase over time as college entry places become popular. The Licence can be resold at current value to new students on graduation, and no longer need the bed. The licence can be held as an investment and rented out to another renting student for 10% return on capital value.
Key Benefits of Owning a College Bed License:
Receiving a college bed license as a gift is a valuable investment in your future. It provides a stable, affordable, and potentially profitable housing option during your college years. By understanding the benefits and considerations associated with owning a bed license, you can make an informed decision about this thoughtful gift from your parents.
Kayaking on the slow-moving River Murray offers a unique blend of tranquility and adventure. It's a fantastic way to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and reconnect with nature.
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