The Summit - An Amazing Camp Venue

Mark Dobson's latest project is building and designing school and corporate programs at The Summit Camp Venue.

In building the Summit we wanted a place that had our guests go WOW!

To do it we knew we would have to start with activities that were available at no other camp anywhere! Activities like:

• an army tank students can actually drive, a seven storey pole climb
• a car that has all its controls in different seats
• and over 100 team building activities!
  

Then the learning would need to be inescapable. The personal growth would have to be extraordinary and the facilitation would have to have a unique blend of wisdom and friendship.

Now this place exists... The Summit 

Bard High School Early College - New York City

In 2001 a radical educational project was founded at Bard High School, New York. This program fast-tracks students in years 11 & 12, moving them straight into college studies. Mark Dobson was a founding member the project, with a specific role to establishing an elite school culture. President Barack Obama is now leading the movement to begin further similar initiatives stating that, to achieve America’s educational goals “we also have to explore innovative approaches, such as those being pursued in New York City. Innovations like Bard High School.”

15 Years of Camp Aspire

For 15 years Mark Dobson and his team ran a series of personal development camps for teenagers, parents and athletes. People flew in from all over Australia and the world to learn strategies to achieve their goals.

Although the programs are no longer available for individuals to attend, the same content is available for school camps run at The Summit. You can find out more at www.thesummit.net.au.

Individual can however access this information through the new customized CD's that Mark will release in the first week of September 2009.

Select 'Read More' tp find out more about Camp Aspire.

Port Keats Aboriginal Community

During 1995 Mark was approached to lead youth programs on the remote aboriginal community of Port Keats. The local government had decided to create youth programs to combat the on going problem of destructive behavior by teens during their school holidays. 

Navajo Indian Exchange Program

In 1997 Interlocken was employed to lead an intercultural exchange program, taking 40 inner-city underprivileged students onto a Navajo Indian reservaion for three weeks. This program was lead by an Apache Indian, Mark Dobson and Andy Taylor (ex 60 Minutes journalist.)