Winter-Spring
2006
Weekly Schedule – TEEN ZONE MEETS MONDAYS, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
| Date |
Topic
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Meeting
Theme
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Jan 9 |
Welcome Back! |
Welcome
Back returning group members; welcome new members, check-ins, games,
goodies, guidelines, go over weekly topics. |
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Jan 16 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting this week. Martin Luther King Holiday |
| Jan 23 |
"Heroes" |
Who's your hero? Do you have one, many or none? We'll explore the role heroes play in our lives from childhood into old age! |
| Jan 30 |
Being gay in a heterosexual |
Being gay, lesbian or bi in a heterosexual world is tough. And being a non-heterosexual teen in a predominately straight world is even harder. We'll take about what it's like to be a gay teen, and a straight teen and what's needed to coexist. |
| Feb 6 |
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Group members discussed the recent attack on a nearby gay bar and related murders and suicide in the days that followed. Some of our group members knew the alleged attacker and killer. |
| Feb 13 |
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No school in Dartmouth today due to snowstorm, thus group did not meet. |
| Feb 22 |
Meet on Wed this week only! |
School vacation week. But because we didn't meet last week due to the snowstorm, we will meet on Wednesday during the school vacation, same time, 3:00-4:30 PM. Come if you can! |
| Feb 27 | "Traveling" | Practically everyone would like to travel, right? Let's talk about some of the places that you would like to travel to and why. Maybe you'll travel this summer, when you graduate or when you're an adult out working. But all traveling plans begin with a dream, then desire and then planning! |
| March 6 |
Dealing with Harassment |
Most teens have experienced being harassed. And some teens, sadly, have harassed others, too. We'll talk about what harassment is, what it isn't, how to stop it and how to check our own behavior so that we're not part of the problem. |
| March 13 | No Group |
Kevin will be away this week. So Teen Zone will not meet this week. (Sorry!) |
| March 20 |
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Sure, you're all experts on this already... but, how come some teens still post personal information and do stuff that puts them at risk online? Let's talk about how to "surf-safe" online from MySpace to AIM and in between! |
| March 27 |
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Ah love! We all need it, crave it and (hopefully) find ways to share it with others in appropriate ways. We'll talk about the kinds of love we all experience. |
| April 3 | Taking Responsibility | Yeah... you! What does taking responsibility mean, anyway? What are you already doing a good job at? And what areas could you/we be more responsible in? (Choose movie for next week) |
| April 10 | Pizza, Soda, Movie-Chill! | Come to relax, hang out, and enjoy pizza, soda and a movie together. No planned topic today. |
| April 11 | (Tuesday) Special Teen Zone Outing! | It's an early release day today in Dartmouth! Let's plan a trip to Laser Gate in Fall River! Meet at Kevin's office when school gets out, hit MacDonald's on our way to Laser Gate. Back by 5:30 PM. Details to follow. |
| April 17 | School Vacation Week. |
Teen Zone does not meet this week. School Vacation week! |
| April 24 | When people we know and love Die | Coping with death and making sense of things when we lose friends or loved ones is never easy. Understanding what grief is and how it affects us can help you during periods of loss. |
| May 1 | "My School" | Okay, here's your chance to sound off about likes and dislikes of your school! What's good and not good about your school? Are the problems with the school, with you, or what? |
| May 8 | Relationships | As the saying goes, can't live with them, can't live without them!" Relationships. What they mean, why they're important, when they're healthy and when they are NOT! (Oh yeah!) |
| May 15 | Understanding and Healing from Sexual Abuse | (Topic by request of several) Coping, recovering and healing from sexual abuse takes many years. The more all of us know about it, the better. So we'll cover the basics from getting help and stopping the abuse, to helping and supporting others we care about who have been victimized by sexual abuse. More info is available on our site, too. Click here. |
| May 22 | Open Topic Day |
Today's topic will be selected by the group! |
| May 29 | Memorial Day Holiday |
No school today. Teen Zone does not meet this week. |
| June 5 | Last Regular Teen Zone Meeting | Review, celebrate, have a (little) party on our last regular Teen Zone meeting for the 2005-2006 school year. We will also finalize plans for a group field trip to Six Flags, tentatively scheduled for Wed, June 21. Details to follow. |
| June 21 | Teen Zone Group Trip to Six Flags | For Teen Zone group attenders only! This will be an early morning to early evening event. Exact day of event will depend on which day school ends for Dartmouth and Voke. Details to follow. |