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CITY, ND – (NewsDakota.com) Youth Frontiers conducted a “Courage Retreat” on September 14th with 8th grade students. The “Courage Retreat” put on by Youth Frontiers worked with students in the areas of respect, positive decision making, bullying, and how to handle peer pressure, moral courage, acting with courage and doing what is right.
On this day VCHS Peer Facilitating Group worked with students when they engaged in small group discussions on topics that are relevant in their daily lives. If you would like more information on this programgo to http://www.youthfrontiers.org/courage-retreat/
Here are some of the testimonials of the students who participated:
It was very uplifting and got us to work together. – Adrian Grafing
People learned how they can change or be a better person. – Britta Roehrich
It was inspirational and clearly affected a lot of people. – Jack Ingstad
It taught us to follow our hearts and stick up for others – and ourselves. Jordyn Klein
I think our class became closer. – Jared Eggermont
It showed us you find your inner peace in yourself. – Zander Johnson
The Youth Frontiers “Kindness Retreat” is an event that focused on building a learning environment where students will thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. The retreat was a one-day event that focused on kindness for the 5th grade classes at Washington Elementary on September 15th.
The following 3 objectives were covered with students throughout the day:
1) Understand why and how to make kind choices, 2) Enhance empathy skills to understand how words and actions affect others, and 3) Acquire conflict-resolution skills to safely respond to situations of bullying.
The day was filled with activities, a presentation, small groups, and sharing of how to show kindness in the student’s school community. The event was held on September 15 at the Hi Liner Activity Center.
Here are some of the testimonials of the students who participated:
Darci- “Dancing and singing were my favorite parts of the day.”
Ryanne- “Small groups was my favorite part.”
Adon- “I liked small groups. They were awesome and I really liked when we acted out scenes of how to be kind to others.”
Shelby- “The thing I took away from the retreat is to always include others.”
Drew- “My favorite part of the retreat was learning about Hannah’s (one of the leaders) stories about kindness.
Tillman- “I liked having a high school student lead my small group-she was really nice.”
