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| Beatrice Caffrey Youth Service, 4924 S. King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60615, Phone: 773-624-5087, Fax: 773-624-4892 Copyright © 2009 All Rights Reserved |
| 21st Century Program Beatrice Caffrey 21st Century’s program goal is to support and enhance the academic, social and learning goals of the students enrolled in the schools that we partner with. Administrators, teachers, parents and BCYS staff work together in collaboration to decide upon the classes that would provide the students in a fun way to increase academic achievement, social development, decrease such behavior as in and out of school detentions and suspensions. One of the problems that are being felt by society at large is the issues of childhood obesity, which has and is creating serious physical health issues as well as emotional issues. Both of these have affected our children. In an effort to assist our children the nutrition program was developed. The Nutrition Program is designed to educate and inform about nutrition in a fun, hands on way. Students are taught how to make better food choice, choose foods with less fat and sugars, and how to read labels. They learn about food groups, the importance of the food they choose in creating healthy bodies, balanced emotions. They learn the effect that certain foods have on their ability to sit still, concentrate and focus. With the current challenges our children face today with obesity, diabetics, attention deficient disorder just to name a few, it is important that our children are taught early to make good food choice. Right of Passage Girls Program is a structured year long support group that is designed to foster self esteem, counter self doubt, and allow genuine self expression through verbal sharing and creative activity. The girls express themselves through creativity or focused activities such as role playing, drama, journaling, poetry, movement drawing, and collage. Some of the themes explored are: being a girl, friendships, body images, goals, competitions and decision making. Drop in Counseling is a valuable tool for the administration to take advantage of for the following reason:
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