Dear Parent/Caregiver of RWHS 9th graders, Our school believes that to do well in school, students need to be comfortable with who they are and feel physically and emotionally safe. In this effort to create a safe and caring culture, we are bringing in Youth Frontiers to facilitate a Respect Retreat®. Since 1987 Youth Frontiers, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, has partnered with schools to build positive communities where students can thrive socially, emotionally and academically. Their vision is to change the way young people treat each other in every hallway, lunch line and classroom of every school in America so that today’s young people make tomorrow’s world better. Last year, Youth Frontiers worked with more than 110,000 students and educators throughout the country. At the Respect Retreat, the Youth Frontiers retreat staff will create a more positive school community by engaging students in a variety of activities that build students’ empathy and perspective-taking skills and teach safe ways to prevent bullying. This high-energy, interactive retreat is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22nd, for the ninth grade class and will be held in the Red Wing High School Gymnasium. We encourage parents and caregivers to inquire about the retreat experience once the student returns home by asking the following questions: 1. What was your favorite part of the day? 2. What kind of respect do you think most people in your school need to work on? 3. Do you see any of your classmates in a new way? 4. What is one thing you can do tomorrow at school to show more respect? Visit youthfrontiers.org/parents/my-child-is-on-a-retreat/respect for more information on Youth Frontiers, to access great parent resources and to watch a video about the Respect Retreat. Sincerely, Todd Herber Principal Red Wing High School
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:04:23 +0000
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