During this GEMS mentoring session, the 2nd grade girls learned how to apologize to someone. The 8th grade GEMS girls did an excellent job acting out a scenario, reading Trudy Ludwig’s book, Sorry! and talking to the younger girls about sincere apologies. The 2nd graders did a great job identifying the stereotypes of popular boys [...]

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All of the girls who participated in the GEMS program get to be a part of our culminating sleepover retreat held at the end of the school year. Nancy and I stay after school the Friday before the retreat to set everything up. The girls love the opportunity to bond with all of the GEMS girls, not [...]

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During this mentoring session the 8th grade girls taught the 4th graders about teasing. The girls read Trudy Ludwig’s book “Just Kidding” and discussed the story together. The 4th graders admitted that they were having some problems with teasing. The 8th grade girls listened closely and offered advice from their own experiences. Mrs. Ball was [...]

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This session the girls really got into performing their skits. They illustrated what happens when people act PHONY, CONFORM, and MANIPULATE each other. Then the girls showed how when we are GENUINE, and treat people with RESPECT, we build a COMMUNITY the GEMS way!

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