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Nate Parker (fightlikenate) wrote in rpgads,
@ 2010-11-17 02:47:00

Mount Triumph

Where do you go when practically everyone in your life has given up on you, you’ve given up on yourself?

APPLICATION | RULES | DROP BOX | TAKEN/HOLDS | CREDIT

For a lucky few there is a special year-round school for troubled teens located in the Cascade Mountains approximately two and half hours northeast of Seattle and miles from nowhere in rural Washington State. Mount Triumph High School is one part private boarding school, one part rehabilitation centre in a mountain cabin setting. The students there come from all walks of life from the high school football star to the girl from the trailer park and the aim of the school is to give the kids a second chance, a way to get their life on track, and as such it relies heavily on donations to keep the doors open to everyone who truly needs them.

The staff at Triumph help the students deal with their problems no matter what they are or how bad. Drug and alcohol abuses, eating disorders, emotional problems, as well as their varied and dark root causes... nothing is to serious or scary to the counsellors or teachers. The school is to be a safe haven, a sanctuary away from the societal, social, and familial pressures that contributed to their problems, and a safe place to heal.

Taking advantage of the wilderness that surrounds the school, things like mountain climbing, canoeing, hiking and camping are part of the therapies employed by the Triumph staff in addition to the more standard things like group therapy and independent counselling.

Many teachers in the school also serve as group leaders/counsellors in charge of twelve students a piece, most split equally between boys and girls and usually spanning several grades. Additionally, classes tend to be on the small side and are usually multi-grade.

The rules at Mount Triumph are simple: no drugs, no sex, no inappropriate touching, no violence. (Of course the students are of the mindset that what the staff doesn’t know can’t get them in trouble and they find ways around that whenever possible)

As was said above, this is a safe place, a sanctuary to learn to feel what you feel and not be afraid of that. Anything you say to the counsellors stays with them and will not be repeated without permission with the exception of hints towards self-destructive behaviour or threats towards others. In that case they have no choice but to report it to the appropriate authorities.

Staff and students alike share all the work at the school, be it chopping firewood, kitchen duty, keeping common areas clean – you will never be asked to do anything the staff wouldn’t do themselves. Additionally students are expected to keep their dorm clean, beds made, to do their own laundry and stay on top of their homework.

How will the kids take to the remote setting? How will the staff deal with kids convinced they don’t need anyone’s help and are determined to find a way around the rules? Whatever happens is in your hands.
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