The following activities provide dynamic opportunities to practice the skills learned in the classroom. In these situations, classmates bond together by cooperating, sharing, and caring.

• Fine Arts—
  One hour a day in which each member of the Discovery class works on a project together—a quilt, stained glass window, sculpture, etc.—that is symbolic of their experience in Discovery. At the end of the six-week session, they present their gift to the entire school.
  
• Grounding—
  Each morning the entire class takes 30 minutes to check in. Students are asked to share three responses: name, feeling (students must identify an emotion), and respond to the prompt of the day. Daily topics vary and are progressive in developing appropriate disclosure.
  
• Council—
  Council is the practice of speaking and listening from the heart. Through attentive listening, Council inspires a nonhierarchical form of deep communication that reveals group vision and purpose. Council offers an effective means of resolving conflicts and for discovering the deeper, often unexpressed, needs of individuals and groups. Council provides a comprehensive means for covisioning and making decisions in a group context. This process is used in communities, schools, therapeutic settings, and business organizations throughout the country. The inherent qualities of the Council process provide a foundation for communication and exploration within the Discovery Program.
  
• Daily Activity—
  Every day students have 30-40 minutes of group activity. Activities range from traditional games like volleyball to new games like "Wind in the Willows." The emphasis is on participation, cooperation, and team building.
  
• Ropes Course—
  Every third week of the six-week course of study, the class participates in a challenge ropes course event. It is a day of adventure learning that reinforces the skills students have been learning and practicing in class. This activity cements the group and is mandatory for all students in the class. The entire day is "Challenge by Choice," but all students must be there and at least participate as a member of the support team. Trust, appropriate risk taking, team building, and comfort zones are all processed before, during, and after the event.
  
• Autobiographies—
  Students are asked to write a story of their life. The teacher is the only audience and confidentiality is established early, except for legal issues and ethical issues (injury to self or others, or any kind of abuse, etc.).
• Graduation, Gifts and Certificates of Completion—
  The last day of the class is graduation. Students exchange gifts with their secret classmates. No money is necessary, but rather a personal gift that demonstrate's a student's understanding of a fellow student. Students draw names and give their designated classmate a poem, a drawing, a handmade card, or some other personal handmade gift…a very special prelude to the Certificate of Completion. In addition, there is an informal graduation in the classroom. Every student is asked to come to the front of the class to receive his or her Certificate of Completion and to share a memory of Discovery.