Girls Stepping Up to Success (SUS)
Girls
develop resiliency through physical safety, a supportive and nurturing environment, academic skill
building, high quality homework help, engaging activities, conflict resolution
skills, positive social experiences, and supportive relationships with adults in our out-of-school time programs.
Elements of this program include:
-KidzLit,
a research-based literacy program specifically designed for the afterschool
environment.
-Enrichment
activities such as creative and performing arts, health and fitness, life
skills, games, and free play.
-Protective
factors are built through group settings that provide supportive relationships,
opportunities to belong, and activities that promote skill building.
-Positive
social norms are built through rules, expectations, and experiences that
promote decision making, problem solving, and peaceful conflict resolution.
Girls Alternative Program for Success (GAPS)GAPS gives girls the opportunity to achieve long-term academic success with alternative education programs designed to meet their needs. Studies show that girls who attend gender-specific education programs reap the advantages of expanded educational opportunity, custom-tailored learning and instruction, and greater autonomy in their adult relationships.
GAPS opens up a world of possibilities for girls who are having difficulty in traditional co-ed classroom settings, and allows them to explore subjects and interests they may otherwise be deterred from due to social factors. Comprehensive academics and a strong focus on the prevention of risk factors enables and empowers girls to take ownership of their academic and professional futures.
GAPS for 6th-8th grades has achieved successful results in pregnancy and substance abuse prevention, improved grades and study habits, as well as setting and achieving personal and academic goals. GAPS for K-5th grades has achieved successful results in early study habits, math and reading gains, and improved empathy, teamwork and leadership. For additional information on the benefits of gender-specific education for girls, read HERE and HERE.
 Preventing Teenage Pregnancy / Baby Think
It Over
The Baby Think It Over Program helps
middle-school girls experience the real challenges of parenthood as they care
for an infant-simulator that behaves and needs to be cared for like a real
infant. This program is highly effective in preventing teen pregnancy.
Tutoring
Girls learn to achieve with remedial
education during after school, full day, and summer programs. Tutors provide extra
help in math, English, computer learning, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
(FCAT) questions, and other subjects.
Girls who received
Summer Tutoring in 2013:
100% stated that
it helped them feel more confident in the subject.
100% stated that the tutoring had
helped them learn how to study better.
Abuse Prevention
Children who live with the fear and burden of domestic violence receive
counseling services through collaboration with HOPE Family Services. Teens and
Tweens also participate in a Dating Violence Prevention Program where they
learn to recognize warning signs of dating violence and skills to protect
themselves.
S.M.A.R.T.
GIRLS
Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding
Therapy offers girls a creative education outside the classroom that focuses on
Relationships, Leadership and Service. Equine Assisted Learning builds
confidence and trust and inspires a more conscious and conscientious view of
the cooperative world around us.
Health
& Nutrition
Teaches girls ages 9-12 about the importance
of nutrition, physical fitness, reproductive health, the dangers of substance
abuse, and the recognition that each individual is responsible for her own
health.
Parent and
Peer Solutions
 Provides parent support and education with
peer counseling to teach and encourage prevention of A.I.D.S., pregnancy,
school dropout, and drug and alcohol abuse.
Sports
& Recreation 
Builds girls' competitive spirit, team
playing skills, leadership ability, and knowledge of the benefits of fitness
through participation in traditional and nontraditional sports.
For more information on programming and volunteer opportunities, call (941) 747-5757 or email JustforGirls@myjfg.org |