2024 MESA Student Leadership Retreat
April 5–April 7, 2024 

Register now! 

Please only use this link if your college has been billed. 

Registration 

Due March 8, 2024

For more information, please contact  

Gisela Spieler-Persad, Ph.D. (Rio Hondo College)  or Nicole Trager, Ph.D. (Los Medanos College)

2024 Program - At a Glance

Field Projects & Breakout Session
Descriptions

In-Person Retreat 

Event/Site Information:

Happy Valley Conference Center, Santa Cruz, CA

Web Site:  www.happyvalleycc.org/ 

Map:  www.happyvalleycc.org/grounds-map/

What to Bring:

Click on the List of what to bring and share with your students.  Most importantly, be sure that all students and chaperones bring a towel, pillow, and either a sleeping bag or sheets/blankets.  There is an extra fee if anyone needs to borrow bedding from Happy Valley.

Disclaimer

Directors and chaperones understand that Happy Valley is a nonsmoking, alcohol-free and drug-free facility. Students can smoke (or vape) in designated areas in the parking lot. Violating those rules will result in the student's removal from the property and the program will be charged a cleaning fee.  

Chaperone Information:

It is important that your students have someone from your campus at Happy Valley to support them if there is an emergency.  Therefore, all chaperones need to remain at Happy Valley.  If, you do need to leave Happy Valley, you will have to have another chaperone from another campus to be your “sub” while you are gone. A sign-out sheet will be provided during the retreat.

Snacks During the Retreat:

Each director is required to bring enough snacks for 50–100 people to share at the Retreat.

2024 Retreat - Details

2024 Cost and Due Dates:

• Cost per person Onsite $400 (check)   $410 (credit)

• Cost per person Offsite $300 (check)   $310 (credit)

General timeline:

• Early January 2024 - Interest poll for participation closes 

• (mid) January 2024 - Billing through CCAMD

• (early) February– March,8, 2024 - Registration for students and chaperones

• March 15, 2024 - Payment Due to CCAMD

• March 15, 2024 - Insurance Certificate to CCAMD submittal deadline

Unfortunately, we cannot hold spots without payment as we are locked into a number of participants without refund.

COVID Protocols (if necessary)

Current COVID policy is as follows, effective immediately, Happy Valley will implement the following updated COVID-19 mitigation policies:

1. Groups are encouraged to bring only non-symptomatic students to Happy Valley.

2. Masks are not required to be worn except for in specific circumstances (i.e. serving food, etc.), though wearing of masks is encouraged while indoors;

3. Happy Valley COVID-19 policies are subject to change at any time in response to increasing cases or hospitalization rates, or if required by Federal, State, and/or County health mandates, or Community of Christ COVID-19 policies.

A Healthy Camp Begins and Ends at Home!  

Insurance Information and Documents:

We require a $1M liability certificate to be provided to Gisela Spieler-Persad by March 15, 2024. 

Your business office should be able to get this for you. 

Copy of Event Contract