Congratulations Angel and Fernanda!

This week at ACHS we began talking about healthy communication. Students discussed the different ways through which they communicate and completed role play activities. Juniors and seniors had the opportunity to work with Emily this week where they learned about post secondary options and researched programs they might be interested in for the future.

The finalists for the Daniels Fund scholarship were announced and our two mentor leaders, Fernanda and Angel, were selected! They will have their interviews later this semester. Congratulations!!!

YESS shirts designed by Le Tia, Destiny and Ariana

Week 3: Healthy Relationships

The YESS program wrapped up their short unit on Martin Luther King Jr. this week. The mentor leaders facilitated some fun activities and discussions with the mentors about working with mentees and their goals for the semester. The mentor leaders also taught a lesson on healthy relationships. Students used their personal network maps from last semester to identify which relationships in their lives they felt were healthy and which they felt were unhealthy and then identified why. 

Angel leads discussion on healthy vs. unhealthy relationships 

Week Two: Introductions and MLK Jr.

    YESS students had another short week at ACHS because of testing days and a practice snow delay! Even day classes had an intro to YESS on Monday and had discussions around the role of mentors and mentees in their YESS class. Classes also discussed community norms and values and what they expected from their peers and teacher in their YESS class.
    This week students participated in discussions around the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr. Students were encouraged to share what they knew about MLK and the civil rights movement either from school, their own research or from the media. Students then read excerpts from some of his lesser known speeches. Students were then encouraged to think critically about how Martin Luther King Jr. is portrayed today, and to think about which of his ideas and values are discussed frequently, and which of his teachings are lesser known and why.

Community Norms and Values

First Week of the Spring Semester at ACHS

This week students arrived back at school after winter break. Many of the YESS classes have lots of new faces so students had an opportunity to learn about the program and do some team building activities. Students got hear about each other's' winter breaks and learn a bit about their classmates through some fun games. The first week of school was especially short due to a snow day on Thursday, so the ACHS YESS program is look forward to meeting the rest of the students for even day classes next week!