Teens at Risk
(Published Oct. 1, 1997) It’s never been easy being a teenager, but two studies released today found that up to half of America’s teens face risks — poverty, welfare, the absence of one or both...
View ArticleValue Based Activities Student to Student Mentoring
The Bureau of Essential Ethics Education is currently working on a Value Based Mentoring program where 9th graders mentor 6th graders throughout their schooling experience. Some of the 20 minute...
View ArticleTo License or Not to License
Student Responsibility Drop out of high school and 18 states, 12 of them in the South, will revoke a license. Many of those states will also take it away for poor grades or poor behavior. The laws have...
View ArticleTeenagers and Good Manners
They Really Do Go Together One of the questions I hear frequently goes something like this: “Don’t those teenagers and their bad manners ever get you down?” The answer is NO on two counts. First,...
View ArticleTeens Needs and Tips for Parents of Teens
10 Needs for Teens 1. TEENS NEED TO BE LOVED 2. TEENS NEED TO BE HEARD 3. TEENS NEED POSITIVE MESSAGES 4. TEENS NEED POSITIVE CHILD MANAGEMENT METHODS 5. TEENS NEED AUTONOMY 6. TEENS NEED TO INTERACT...
View ArticleMonday Memo’s for Teens
Values in Action! I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t. I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I’ve learned that either you control...
View ArticleIdeas for implementing Secondary Schools – Values in Action!
* Identify a group of interested Staff Members / Site Council Members who will serve as the driving force to present different ideas to the greater staff presented through a Monthly or weekly Memo....
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