Hello all. I hope all is well. We just concluded the Resiliency training. I am happy to report that the activities went better than expected. We were able to cover two of the follow-up activities. The first was the "family tree". The mentors had an opportunity to work on their family trees individually, they shared with a partner and concluded the activity with a whole group discussion. The second was the "dont hate debate" activity. We had a pre-generated vignetee, divided the group into three groups and assigned roles. One group was assigned the task of supporting the argument (proponency), the second had the task of the (oponency) and the third was assigned as the jury. They got an opportunity to develop their argument, build their case and report it to the group. Lastly, the jury gave their veridict.
Reflections: In an effort to keep the program organic, the mentors came up with some great suggestions for imporvement. They are as follow: frontload thi activities with questions or activities for the students, bring in local newspapers, show movie clips to reinforce the activities. We also determined that it is important to connect our activities to what is going on with the academic portion of the program and the student's real lives. A special thanks to the teachers and the mentors that particpated in the activities. This program now has a very speical touch from your hearts...
Thank you,
Alfredo and Janelle
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