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Girls Workshop Choices:
listed below are the workshops offered this year. You will be able to choose 3 out of these to attend during the day.
Bend it Shape It Yoga for Girls
Learn how yoga can help you deal with stress and help keep you fit. Introduction to the origination and practice of yoga. Learn and practice basic yoga poses and breathing techniques you can use throughout life. [Note: This session includes physical activity so comfortable clothes are required]
Workshop Leader: Sherry Ayers
BFF
Learn how to make a friend, be a good friend and keep a friend. Learn effective communication skills and how to cope with friendships/relationships in a healthy way.
Workshop Leader: Lauren Cattolico, MFTI, Jennifer Macias, MFTI and Stacey Touhy, PsyD Intern, Discovery Counseling Center
Bigger Than Myself
Nothing makes us feel better about ourselves than to make a positive difference in someone else’s life. This workshop will inspire you to volunteer so you can make a personal difference in your community or somewhere else in the world. Youth volunteers will be on hand from a local S-Club (a high school girls' service club sponsored by Soroptimist) and from the Volunteer Center of the East Bay to share their personal volunteer experiences and knowledge with you. You’ll learn how to get started as a volunteer and where to look for opportunities to help out. Caroline Lovell will introduce you to the simple but highly effective Traveling Postcard project she created. Through the Traveling Postcard’s experience she’ll help YOU see your strengths and help you to create a meaningful expression of compassionate caring that you can share with a woman in need.
Workshop Leaders: Caroline Lovell, Traveling Postcards
Cheer's All That!
Have you always wondered what it would be like to be a cheerleader? Come and learn the basics of cheerleading including jumps, motions and voice projection. No prior experience required. [Note: This session includes physical activity so comfortable clothes are required]
Workshop Leader: Valley Cheer and Dance
Code Busters Club
Develop your inner sleuthing skills and join Penny Warner, author of THE CODE BUSTERS CLUB, for a workshop of puzzling and mysterious fun! Each participant will receive an Evidence Bag filled with code-busting materials, including a variety of secret decoder cards, a secret packet for hiding the codes, an invisible pen for writing secret messages, and a bunch of codes to crack!
Workshop Leader: Penny Warner, Author of THE CODE BUSTERS CLUB: SECRET OF THE SKELETON KEY and THE OFFICIAL NANCY DREW HANDBOOK, www.pennywarner.com, www.codebustersclub.com
Cyber Safe and Sane On-line
You might think that you know everything you need to about the Internet but this class will help you better understand the social networking do's and don'ts to protect yourself while still having fun.
Workshop Leader: Meagan Callahan, Teen Esteem
Defining Me… Setting Personal Boundaries
My stomach hurts, my mouth opens, but there is no sound. When I am about to say IT, I change the subject.” Does having to say “No” make you react like this? If so, we will share and discuss in our workshop what boundaries are, why we need to have them, what makes it hard to set boundaries and we will review effective communication of boundaries with people we know—friends, fellow students, coaches and parents (yes! you can have boundaries with your parents!:). You will feel empowered at the end of this session—at least we hope you will!:)
Workshop Leader: Nicole Thompson
Discover the Writer Inside You
Explore your unique voice and unleash your creativity through writing. Students will learn techniques to "get the juices flowing," get in touch with their feelings and become comfortable expressing them through the writing process.
Workshop Leader: Cynthia Leslie-Bole; CTI-trained Life Coach, Amhearst Writers and Artists Method writing group facilitator, communications consultant and trainer; Mary Tuchscherer of Voiceflame International
Facial Finishes
Learn about different skin types/conditions and gain product knowledge for appropriate skin care. Develop an understanding of make-up types and brands/colors that work best for you. Learn not only the "tools of the trade" (basic implements) but also the "tricks of the trade" (application techniques) as well.
Workshop Leader: Teresa Sabin, Mary Kay
Find Your Passion
In this class, you will learn how to identify your true passion and brainstorm ways to continually pursue it. You will learn how to find and surround yourself with like-minded people who can mentor and guide you as you follow your passion. We will also talk about social media and the Internet, and how to use them correctly in both researching and networking with others on the road to making your dreams come true!
Workshop Leader: Rachel Capil, Professional Photographer
Get Your Parents Off Your Back (and On Your Side)
Parents only want what's best for you, or so they say every time they tell you what you should be doing—more homework, practice and chores and less IM, phone and friends! Find out how to get your parent's support so that you (and they) get what's most important.
Workshop Leader: Laurie Bodine, From the Board Room to the Family Room
Hip Hop Til You Drop
Learn the basics of this funky and popular dance style. The class includes a warm-up and stretch and then you will learn a short routine to perform at the end of the class. Not only is Hip Hop fun, it will build your confidence, cardio health, flexibility, strength and coordination. [Note: This session includes physical activity so comfortable clothes are required]
Workshop Leader: Valley Cheer and Dance
Hoop it Up!
Come get in on the newest fitness craze! Learn how to use the hula hoop to get some fun exercise! [Note: This session includes physical activity so comfortable clothes are required]
Workshop Leader: Jodi Lilly, Owner, Dance Instructor, Goddess Hoop Dance; Light in Motion
Inner Mean Girl Reform School - Stop Being So Hard On Yourself
What if you could turn down the volume on the critical voice in your head? We know that you are harder on yourself than anyone else ever could be. The negative voice that you hear in your head, your Inner Mean Girl, tells you a slew of lies like “you’re a failure” “you’re not enough”, “you should do more” “you are worthless.” The truth is your Inner Mean Girl is slowing you down and keeping you from the success and happiness you want and deserve. We want you to know that we’ve transformed our Inner Mean Girls into our Inner Super-Heroines and we want to show you how to do the same. Learn how to transform the critical voice in your head so you can stop being so hard on yourself, enjoy your life & feel truly successful!
Workshop Leaders: Christine Arylo (MBA, author, speaker and coach) and Amy Ahlers (speaker, certified coach), co-founders of Inner Mean Girl Reform School, www.innermeangirl.com.
Mean Girls
How to deal with gossip, bullying and other drama in a girl's world. Learn effective communication skills and how to cope with relationships in a healthy way.
Workshop Leaders: Michelle Cummings, MFTI and Jodina Ehle, MFT - Discovery Counseling Center
Mind Your Body
Ever wonder if some diets are really safe? Or how you can excel at sports? Learn how to eat healthy at home and on the go, including how to order at restaurants. Get the lowdown on fun fitness choices, strength training, eating disorders and diets. The media forms our ideas about what is healthy and what isn’t (fad diets, celebrity diets, etc) but we really need to learn about proper health and nutrition for ourselves vs. relying on the media to tell us what to put into our bodies.
Workshop Leader: Cori Lentz, President of San Ramon Valley Fitness
My Personal Style
Can you change your appearance by what you wear? Don't have a lot of money to spend on shopping? Learn about colors, fabrics, body types, wardrobing and how to be stylish on a budget!
Workshop Leader: Debra Grauss, Fashion Consultant
Self Defense—What Every Girl Should Know
Every girl needs to know how to stay safe and protect herself, if necessary. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to set verbal boundaries and physically fight back if you need to. Very interactive; everyone will practice multiple types of strikes and escape methods. [Note: This session includes physical activity so comfortable clothes and shoes are required. Waiver form signed by parent or guardian required - in the T's and C's section of the registration form.]
Workshop Leader: Erica Neuman, MS, Executive Director, IMPACT Bay Area
Straight Talk on Boys, Relationships and Other Teen Issues
How do guys think? What impresses them or not? Learn straight from a guy how to value yourself in relationships and deal with peer pressure in areas such as drinking, drugs and teen sex.
Workshop Leaders: JD Sarginson & Jill Daniels,Teen Esteem
Straight Talk on Boys, Relationships and Other Teen Issues – Level II
This fun and energetic workshop will help you to feel equipped, educated and empowered as you prepare to enter high school. It will focus on what a healthy relationship looks like and how you can build your self-confidence and self-esteem which will enable you to have an awesome high school experience. This is a FRANK discussion about: 1) making good choices to achieve your goals; 2) the stages of physical behavior in a relationship; 3) risks of early sexual activity (physical and emotional) including an update on STDs; 4) how to build healthy relationships and 5) drugs and alcohol. [Note: This class is for 8th Graders ONLY - this WILL be monitored! Note the waiver for this class in the T's and C's of the registration form]
Workshop Leaders: Diana Ewin & Tim Brady, Teen Esteem
Presented By Soroptimist
An international 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of professional women working
to improve the lives of women and girls throughout the world. Federal Tax ID #68-001475
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