Hi girls,
I decided to take January off from posting to really think about what I can post on this website to get some responses and then it hit me: boys. How appropriate it is that Valentine’s Day is in February since this post is going to be about relationships.
Lately in my GEMS sessions many of [...]

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It’s official: the Newbury girls are now GEMS!! We are so excited for Principal Miller and her girls to be a part of what we think is an amazing program. This spring we will be getting the Newbury GEMS girls and St. Greg’s GEMS girls together to share their experiences, issues, and successes. We can’t [...]

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Hi Girls and welcome back to GEMS!! I hope you all enjoyed your summer vacation. I’d like to say a special welcome to our newest GEMS girls at Newbury High School in Ohio and John Paul II School in Canada, we are so excited to have you! As always we have to say thank you to our [...]

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We are so excited to announce that the GEMS program will now be at Newbury School. On Friday August 7th Mrs. Ball and I met with Principal Judy Miller of Newbury Jr. and Sr. High School. She is going to start GEMS with her 7th grade girls.
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Hi all,
I just wanted to let you know that we are working with the new t-shirt design company, Project 13 Designs to create GEMS t-shirts. A small logo with our web address will be on the front in the upper lefthand corner and a bigger logo with our motto will be on the back in the [...]

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Attention GEMS girls, our SPIRIT pals up north have their own website and program that they do to help girls navigate through relational aggression and all the other issues that girls face in adolescence. We are hoping to write to them when the school year begins to partner up and deal with these issues together. Keep [...]

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This past week, Nancy and I traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to present at the 3rd Annual Girl Bullying and Other Forms of Relational Aggression Conference. While there, we met some amazing administrators, counselors, and educators from all over America as well as Canada! It was a great experience for us both. Not only were we [...]

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Hey girls, I’ve decided to create a facebook page for GEMS so that I can post all of the great photos and videos from our meetings and retreats. I will have discussion topics for us, as well. If you are 13 or older you can become of fan of GEMS Girls Educated and Motivated to [...]

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Hi GEMS girls. The retreat is this Saturday May 16th at 5 p.m. We are so excited! Some new activities this year are: self-defense and frame decorating. We are also going to have a GEMifying ceremony on Sunday morning. The movie we are watching this year is “Now and Then” rated PG-13. It looks like [...]

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Nancy and I are so excited to tell you that we were just invited to present at the 3rd Annual National Conference Girl Bullying and Other Forms of Relational Aggression in Las Vegas June 24-26 2009! It is such an honor for us to be asked back. We are so proud of how far we’ve [...]

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