CM Girls Mentoring Program is designed to help girls build unstoppable confidence by exploring new experiences, engaging in team-building activities, having empowering conversations, and embracing positive values.
Our secret sauce? A powerful blend of Life Skills and Team Building — the key ingredients for success! While having a blast, girls will learn to set bold goals, tackle problems head-on, and communicate like leaders, all while growing into their most confident, empowered selves.
"Always be nice and respectful to everyone and yourself!"
The awardees received a Congratulations framed certificate, pencil box, inspirational journal, crayons, decorative pen, sketch pad and a $50 Visa gift card.
"Someone can be conventionally pretty or handsome based on societal standards of beauty, but that doesn't automatically mean they are kind, compassionate or respectful."
Excellent presentation from Makala Conner - CM member
Positive collaborative responses!
Concluding with open discussion!
4th Grade girls with guest speaker~ Makala!
5th Grade girls with guest speaker~ Makala!
A special thanks to Makala for her phenomenal presentation. It was filled with lots of engaging participation.
"Dream Big, Work hard!"
The pre and post-assessments were correlated from A Short Instrument for Measuring Students Confidence with ‘Key Skills’ (SICKS): Development, Validation, and Initial Results. There was a significant increase among the following statements:
Question 1- "How confident are you to work with other students to set goals and create a plan for your team?"
* 71.4% of the girls agreed, after the program, 91.4% of the girls agreed.
Question 2- "How confident are you to create something new that can help you express your ideas?”
* 48.6% of the girls agreed, after the program, 51.4% of the girls agreed.
Question 3- "How confident are you to prepare and deliver an oral presentation to the teacher or others?"
* 54.3% of the girls agreed, after the program, 74.3% of the girls agreed.
Question 4- "How confident are you to use peer, teacher or expert feedback to change your work?”
* 45.7% of the girls agreed, after the program, 71.4% of the girls agreed.
It is evident that the Mentoring program increased the confidence of the 4th-5th grade girls that participated.
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