Before the Bloom doors opened for the Fall Season, our wonderful team of instructors and administrative staff gathered at Camp Rivercrest in Fremont for 36 hours of training, vision casting and team building.

Each of our lead instructors led breakout sessions to discuss how best to instruct the specific age levels. Great discussion ensued including setting goals for the upcoming school year.

Can you guess which teacher had the following goals for their dancers? 

• “Progress (gaining skills and seeing improvement) and EXCITEMENT (excitement in coming to class and learning, making friends).”

•  “I want my students to feel brave and secure in who they are. That they belong and are part of the Bloom fam and they matter!”

•  “Being a family: honesty, looking out for each other, and loving each other through hard times…”

• “I want my students to be confident and comfortable enough to have fun and enjoy dance. NO STRESS!”

The afternoon was spent with fun team building activities out in nature. Picture your dance instructor ziplining through the trees, rope climbing over tall walls, and doing back flips off the high dive. Yes, they are a very active group outside of the dance studio!

Our evening session was a time to dive into our Bloom vision, mission and core values. We broke into teams and diagrammed what each of our core value looks like at Bloom!

Bloom’s Core Values:

• Encouraging Environment

• Excellent Instruction

• Commitment to Modesty

• Informed Parents

After a short night’s sleep, with some dancing late into the night, we enjoyed a morning barre class, followed by a sweet time of praying for our new dance year.

We left the retreat closer as a Bloom family, and ready to welcome all our amazing dance students for the start of the new dance season!