PROGRAM OUTCOMES

During the 2008-2009 school year, This Is ME was able to positively affect the lives of over 140 girls through 8 programs, 4 field trips, and 4 special events.

We would like to share some of the achievements of these activities and here focus on the weekly school-based programs:

• The Hanson Park School Reading Enrichment Program exceeded all four of its objectives:
• At least 60% of participants will express a greater interest in reading. Actual 79%
• At least 60% of participants will improve their vocabulary.  Actual 65%
• At least 50% of participants will demonstrate increased confidence in reading aloud.  Actual 53%
• At least 40% of participants will adopt new study skills. Actual 79%
• Plus 93% responded that the program helped them learn something new about themselves.
• 93% responded that the program helped them learn something new about their classmates.
• 93% responded that the program helped them feel better about themselves.
  
  
• The 8th Grade Girls Circle at Saint Andrew School set out to build positive peer relationships among the group of 13.  We made the following strides:
• 69% said the program helped them learn something new about their classmates.
• 62% said the program helped them appreciate someone either they didn’t know or didn’t like before.
• 100% said they learned something they can apply to their real life as far as having self-confidence, accepting others, or making good choices in their relationships.
• 93% said the program helped make their 8th grade year better than it would have been without it.
  
  
• Participants of the 7th Grade Girls Circle at Saint Andrew School who completed their end-of-year evaluation unanimously felt that the program helped them learn something new about their classmates; appreciate someone either they didn’t know or didn’t like before; learn something they can apply to their real life as far as having self-confidence, accepting others, or making good choices in their relationships; and made their 7th grade year better than it would have been without it.  Some comments that stood out:
• I learned that people aren’t just what they seem like, they go deeper than that.
• I was never really sure about myself; I feel better than I did about myself.
• I learned a lot of them (classmates) were feeling the same way as me, too, just not saying it like me.
• Now I know how I can talk to others without hurting their feelings.
• I know now that some people aren’t as strong and as put together as they act.
• I know not to judge people because they just want to be accepted and we’re all the same in the long run in terms of our wanting to be accepted.
  
  
• By the end of the 8 weeks that the 6th Grade Girls Circle at Saint Andrew School met,
• 55% of the girls learned something new about themselves.
• 55% leaned something new about their classmates.
• 73% said the program helped them feel better about themselves.
• 64% learned to appreciate someone they didn’t know or didn’t like before.
• 82% learned something they could apply to their real life.

Girls commented at the end: