A 20-30 minute lesson focused on fostering inclusion, empathy, and respect among 7th and 8th-grade students. This lesson covers varying abilities, cultural backgrounds, and bullying through interactive discussion and reflective activities.
A set of tools designed to help middle school students master the executive function skills of organization and task initiation through structured accountability.
A 7th-grade lesson focused on evaluating everyday decisions using a structured 5-step decision-making model. Students will analyze scenarios and apply the model to their own lives.
A goal-setting workshop where students 'reverse engineer' a long-term aspiration into immediate, manageable steps. Focuses on clarity, motivation, and overcoming potential obstacles.
Students identify personal stress triggers and develop a 'relief valve' system of coping strategies. The lesson focuses on recognizing physical signs of stress and planning proactive responses.
Students explore the layers of their identity, distinguishing between how they see themselves and how they are perceived by others. Includes a guided activity to create a multi-layered identity map.
The final summit project where campers create their own 'Vibe Check' Zine—a personalized guide to their own relationship rights and standards.
A deep dive into fairness and power dynamics. Campers learn the difference between 'Leader-Leader' and 'Leader-Follower' dynamics in healthy relationships.
Normalizing rejection as part of the camp experience. Campers build a 'Resilience Toolkit' and learn how to bounce back from social setbacks.