Typical Day at Wellspring Academies
A typical day at Wellspring Academies is filled with plenty of activity, great food, interesting classes, time with friends, and lots of opportunities to learn. Below is an example of a daily schedule that a High School or Middle School would experience at Wellspring. For more information about a typical day at a specific program, visit the North Carolina, California, and College Program sections.
| 6:30 | Wake up for stretch and morning walk. What a great way to start the day! |
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| 8:15 | Breakfast of turkey bacon, egg beaters, and English muffin, fruit and yogurt, followed by self-monitoring. |
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| 8:50 | Off to classes. Core classes in the morning with small class size and excellent student -teacher ratio (8-1). |
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| 12:30 | Lunch of Better n'Butter or turkey sandwiches, pretzels, vegetable soup, and fruit, followed by self-monitoring. |
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| 1:20 | Electives of Music, Art, Exercise Science, or Nutrition/Culinary Class. Today it’s Culinary and we’re learning to make pita pocket sandwiches and pasta salad—yum! |
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| 2:15 | Group Behavioral Coaching—we're talking about emotional eating triggers today. |
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| 3:00 | Snack of fat-free ice cream or caramel rice cakes. |
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| 3:35 | Team sports: soccer lesson followed by a match with your team. |
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| 5:00 | Free time! Join the running club, visit with your new friends in the dorm, get in some extra activity at the weight room, or read your book in solitude. |
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| 6:00 | Time for dinner! Tonight it's chicken or bean burritos, rice, taco soup, and fresh fruit |
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| 6:35 | Evening activity: tonight is floor hockey or salsa dancing lessons—take your pick! |
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| 7:55 | Snack of fat-free brownies. |
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| 8:05 | Study Hall time |
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| 9:10 | Back to dorms for letter writing, time with friends, personal care time |
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| 9:45 | Lights out. |
