Much leadership curriculum focuses on the attitude of success. Our leadership text, Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, does a great job of using teen examples and lingo to empower our youth. Covey reinforces that an attitude of success is an “inside job.” The expectation is that each student takes a proactive role in… Read More »

How is your teen when it comes to being grateful? Have the days of automatic “please” and “thank you” tags passed? Many teens are so involved with their personal spheres that gratitude isn’t on their radar. November is a good month to refocus them. When we think of Thanksgiving, we think of gratitude. A Harvard… Read More »

Adults love “teachable moments.” We have all had a question arise that provides the perfect opportunity to create a learning moment. Tuesday’s elections offer that. They give us a chance to shift from the “should” to the “power” of exercising our right to vote. We want active and civic-minded youth. Knowing the topics and candidates… Read More »