Wed, March 23, 2011 7:00 PM
Event Name: Step Up, Step Out, Get Prepared is based on the “Preparing for Adolescence: How to Survive the Coming Years of Change” series by Dr. James Dobson. It’s a 10-session course that is designed to help students, ages 10-14, prepare for their teenage years. This course is to assist parents as they direct their preteens along the way. Children of the preadolescent age group need to be instructed concerning the physiological changes in adolescence, followed by instruction in values associated with cognitive, psycho-social, and spiritual growth.
During this course students will cover the following topics:
A. How to handle feelings of inferiority
B. How to develop self-confidence
C. How to handle group pressure to conform
D. How to say no to drugs and alcohol
E. Physical and sexual development (only by parental permission)
F. The meaning of real love
G. How to handle emotions
H. How to make sound decisions
I. Understanding normal independence
J. Basics of self-identity
Cost: $20.00 (To cover in-class material, certificate of class completion and memento of completion for pledge ceremony at end of session on May 25th). Parents may purchase a parent’s workbook as well in the Shoreline Bookstore.
Age Group: Elementary - Bridge (5th & 6th grades)
Where: Children’s Bldg North
Registration: Online registration opens February 2, 201. Register by clicking here - Choose sessions 1-10
Cost: $20 includes class workbook
Class Dates: 3/9/11 – 5/25/11
March 9, 2011 -- Session 1: "Caution! - Bridge Out Ahead!"
March 23, 2011 -- Session 2: "Looks, Brains and Bucks!"
March 30, 2011 -- Session 3: "The Canyon of Inferiority"
April 6, 2011 -- Session 4: "Everybody's Doing It"
April 13, 2011 -- Session 5: "Something Crazy is Happening to my Body"
April 20, 2011 -- Session 6: "I Think I'm In Love"
April 27, 2011 -- Session 7: "Marriage: Drama in Real Life"
May 4, 2011 -- Session 8: "A Notion Called Emotion"
May 11, 2011 -- Session 9: "The Declaration of Independence"
May 18, 2011 -- Session 10: "Who Am I?"
May 25, 2011 -- Closure Session
Contact/Questions: Irene Sierra at isierra95@yahoo.com or Robert Sierra at dsierrar@yahoo.com.