[LEVELS THE 7 -14 year olds are ranked at and associated privileges and deprivations:]
Level 1:
NO games, music
No hair gel or spray, jewelry, make-up or shaving
No nice food snacks
No talking to other level ones or 2s
Level 1s are new or non-working students who deserve nothing but the necessities to live until they learn otherwise
Level 2
Privileges of level one
No hair gel spray, jewelry make-up or shaving
No cards
May have nice food-snacks
Level 3
Privileges of level 2s
No jewelry, make-up shaving
May have nice food snacks
May play with cards
Make have one phone call from parents a month
May attend church (with parent’s permission
Level 4
Privs of level 3s
Make up on special occasions and jewelry May shave
May have games
2 phone calls from parents a month
1 on ground activity
May see Parents
Level 5
Privs of level 4s +
May speak to parents on phone 3 times per month
May spend the night with parents
eligible to attend a parent child seminar if receive recommendation
level 6
prives of level 5s +
4 phone calls from parents a month
May go home to visit parents
Upon obtaining 1600 advancement points on level 6 eligible to attend parent child 3 seminar if receive recommendation
Special Activities and Responsibilities
Lambing in early spring we have 1500 sheep give birth lambs. Students help staff and ranch owners with this process and are responsible for feeding the abandoned lambs.
Branding Students hold down calves while they are branded, castrated, and given vaccinations. We end the day by feeding them the castrated testicles-“Rocky Mountain Oysters!”
Ducking In late Spring students help staff cut off the tails and castrate the testicles of the lambs they raised. They paint the labs for identification, force identification tags throught their ears, and give vaccinations. This is another dirty job that the students learn to love!
Sheep Train Every Spring and Fall Students push the lambs they raised down sheep trail. It is 90 miles long and takes a month to travel, Students who have earned the opportunity to ride are allowed to ride along, awhile the other follow behind on foot. During that time, students sleep on the trail. (are the lambs they raised are slaughtered then?)
