Category Archives: Programming
“Girls Choice Day” in the GIRLStart Room
We had more girls than we normally do because Ms. Mara was out today but the girls did well and they were excited to change learning station and rotate to a new one each time. Yesterday we added a writing station and the girls really enjoyed that. We will keep their writing samples in a portfolio to measure their writing progress throughout the year.
Ms. Crystal
To see the busy GIRLStart room, follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es9Z7rO_bPY
Girls’ winning essays for United Way MLK Essay Contest
Ciera’s essay (1st place for high school division).
Ciera Hollingsworth MLK.pdf (31.15 kb)
Ebone’s essay (2nd place elementary school division).
Alphabet Yoga in GIRLStart
The girls loved stretching to the alphabet yoga video in their GIRLStart class.
Check out “O is for Ohm” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbtUjAfVFLA
Check out “J is for jellyfish” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzzUksCxqig
Ms. Tess
Koko’s Interview About Chloe
Check out Koko’s interview about Chloe, the Girls Inc. turtle, and reading the book Emma’s Turtle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aF3Vmn7pM
Music Mentors from the Omaha Symphony
Teens, who are themselves mentored by professional musicians at the Omaha Symphony, in turn mentor Girls Inc. members. Brilliant, right? The following link will show you a tiny bit (43 seconds, actually) of Erin’s clarinet lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyEbuNqMe8 and this link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THkf-cM4U0M – will show you a bit (one minute, one second) of Maya’s violin lesson. In addition to the instrumental lessons, the teens attend Omaha Symphony performances with their mentees and enjoy some pre-concert pizza or pasta at an Old Market restaurant. The Omaha Symphony has been collaborating with Girls Inc. on this program for several years and will receive our 2009 Angel Award at our Annual Meeting on January 21st in recognition of this cool partnership.
Ms. Roberta
Time to Kill the Cooties!
Step 1: Putting the “germ lotion” on.
The germs smell. – Merlaina
Nasty!
Aniyah after checking out her germs: “That’s so nasty!”
The Blacklight Reveals All
Setp 2: Look at the germs under the blacklight.
“Wow! Look at my germs!” – Itasia
Choosing a college…
Thanks to Brad Brown and EducationQuest Nebraska for helping our members use a computer program to help sort out college options. – Ms. Roberta
It was good seraching for colleges that fit my criteria. I picked them out by activities, my major/social studies and so on. My recommendations were UNO and UNK. This can’t be right. I’m redoing it. – Jaynesha
I don’t know what I really want to do yet but I want to major in psychology. My recommendation was Peru State. – Ciera
Teens at ANNIE
I think the teens had a good time, too. – Ms. Roberta
