Girls on Track Program, 6-8th Grades
Our brand new Girls on Track curriculum just launched in 2009 is now in use across the country! Specifically geared toward middle school girls, it provides the tools to take on the many challenges of this time of life. As with all Girls on the Run programming, what rests at our center is the belief that our girls have the wisdom to make decisions that will intentionally lead them toward a path of wholeness, fulfillment and seeking their greatest potential. What often interferes are the conflicting messages that they receive about what it means to be a girl in our society. The Girls on Track curriculum provides a girl with the skills to shut out the noise of an external world that is attempting to limit who she is and to instead listen to her individual truth - the one that will lead her toward an enriching and contented life.
Topic covered include:
Self-care, Self-awareness, Knowing Self
Lesson One: Getting to Know Each Other
Lesson Two: Understanding the Girl Box
Lesson Three: Learning to Deal: Minimizing Daily Stress
Lesson Four: It’s All About Balance
Lesson Five: Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Lesson Six: Empowered Bodies
Lesson Seven: Emotional Health: All Filled Up!
Lesson Eight: Centering: the Importance of Slowing Down
Lesson Nine: Gratitude: Celebrating our Bodies our Minds and our Spirits
Connectedness: Selecting Healthy Relationships and Keeping Them Healthy
Lesson Ten: Conflict Resolution and Standing up For Myself
Lesson Eleven: Collaborative Leadership
Lesson Twelve: Peer Pressure/Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs
Lesson Thirteen: Gossiping and Bullying: Power vs. power
Lesson Fourteen: Cruising and Using the Internet
Lesson Fifteen: Romantic Relationships/Dating
Lesson Sixteen: Running a 5k!
Empowerment: Celebrating and Sharing Our Strengths
Lesson Seventeen: Tuning into a New Message (Combating the temptation to go into the Girl Box)
Lesson Eighteen: You Call IT!
Lesson Nineteen: Celebrating and Honoring our Living Planet
Lesson Twenty: Passing the Baton: How we serve as empowered role models to other girls
Lesson Twenty-One: Community Service Project Lesson Twenty-Two: Community Service Project Lesson Twenty-Three: Girl-Bonds: A Lifetime of Friendship
Lesson Twenty-Four: Final Celebration!
