Author Archives: Girls Inc. Admin
Kalila Creates Her Own Thing
“Picasso makes funny arms. He made his hands out of bread…You know I really don’t care about Picasso. I want to create my own thing.” – Kalila
What I learned…
As part of In Our Own Hands, girls visited with seniors at Royale Oaks Assisted Living.
“What I learned at Royale Oaks is how to play the game “Machable.” Girls Inc. girls call that game “Go Fish.” It’s a very cool game, but what I was playing with Joanne, Gloria, and Al was Uno. We had a great time and I appreciated it.” – Alyxandria
Rashell casts her vote.
Rashell looks over the classroom flip charts to cast her vote for community service projects – a service component of In Our Own Hands, funded by Best Buy.
“I think being a good leader will show other girls that it’s good to help out in the community no matter your age.” – Rashell
To read more about In Our Own Hands, click here http://www.girlsincomaha.stagemydomain.com/NewsDetail.aspx?n=8d311d8d-ec93-4d05-84d5-d2cd755fa458.
Parental Involvement
My Dad is here! – Madinah
Mom loves Op SMART
I LOVE Operation SMART! I truly appreciate the opportunity for the girls to have a completely different venue where they feel empowered and inspired to learn!
– Shawne Coonfare (mother of Isabella and Chloe, and a parent representative to the Board of Trustees)
NOMA Shout Out
NOMA girls want to give a shout out to:
Ms. Emily, Ms. Kate, Ms. Angel, Jennifer & Danielle, and all of the UNO grownups [that would be Dr. Leonard, Dr. Lipschulz, Paul Sather…]. – Makayla, Denai, Jamece, Jasmine, and Ronneyce
Snackalicious Every Day!
If I were president….
A lucky winner!
Ariyah won one of the books raffled off at the GIRLStart parent sharing night. We raffled off 3 copies of Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse – the same book we used for the evening’s read aloud activity.
GIRLStart Parent Sharing
Last night was Parent Sharing for the GIRLStart literacy program.
Girls read poetry written in the class. Ms. Mara did a read aloud of Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3XR0XVXC4) and then each girl (and some of the moms!) decorated her own purse. Ms. Tess, GIRLStart coordinator, had a slide show of the semester’s GIRLStart activities and Ms. Kim, our evaluator, did some one-on-one parent meetings to discuss classroom progress.
Sister 2 Sister
I love the Sister 2 Sister peer mentoring program at Girls Inc. Teen and pre-teen girls volunteer to “mentor” our younger girls in programming, such as our GIRLStart Literacy classes, and also with to help them with life skills. A teen will be paired with a younger girl in the cafeteria to talk to her about her day and to help her with cafeteria etiquette. She might teach a younger girl how to use her utensils, how to use an ‘indoor’ voice, or encourage her to try new foods. The teens also help prepare program supplies and then help the younger girls with their craft projects when the time comes to apply glue or use scissors – new skills for our kindergarten and pre-k girls. Teens will be paired for read aloud with a younger Reading Buddy. Sister 2 Sister was a program initiated by the teens themselves and is supported by the Fund for Omaha through the Omaha Community Foundation. – Tess Larson
PS: In the photo below, Dae is helping get supplies together for a GIRLStart parent sharing night. She’ll help the younger girls decorate their own purses after reading Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse.
