Alaska FishingLighter Side of TYS

Teaching our youth about nature.

Sterling, one of the owners and founders of Triumph, had a teacher named Dallas A. Jackman who strongly believed in the importance of teaching youth about nature and the outdoors. His philosophy: At Triumph, we believe in this form of teaching and do our best to spend a lot of time in nature, giving the youth outdoor experiences, and teaching them to enjoy and appreciate the outdoors.  Being located in…
Lindsay
April 11, 2016
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Community Service at Triumph

We believe it is vitally important for our students to learn, understand and appreciate the importance of work ethic, and be able to apply it to their lives. Our “Work Hard Play Hard” philosophy helps us to achieve this goal. We implement this through charity, meaningful community service, school work, therapy/program assignments, chores and apprenticeships/employment. After working hard it is equally important to play hard (and we do). We teach…
Lindsay
April 7, 2016
7 Habits of Effective Teens

Living a principle-centered life.

Living a principle-centered life. Last week we talked about the importance of the book "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" in the Triumph program and the role paradigms play in our lives.  Whatever is most important to us (or our kids) will become our paradigm--our "life-center".  There are many different centers we can have:  friend-centered, stuff-centered, boyfriend/girlfriend-centered, school-centered, parent-centered, sports/hobbies-centered, work-centered, etc.  All of these life-centers don't give us the…
Lindsay
April 5, 2016
Triumph Youth Service

Teen drug rehab

Teen Drug Rehab Let's talk about drug abuse.  And addiction.  And teen drug rehab. Addiction runs in my family.  On both sides.  My brother is an alcoholic/addict.  He tried alcohol for the first time at a very young age at a neighbors house.  He was caught with marijuana at school for the first time in the 8th grade.  He slowly spiraled out of control with drugs and alcohol throughout high school…
Lindsay
April 2, 2016