Service & Action
Stuff the Bus Last November, several HS students from the M.A.D. (Making a Difference ) service group traveled to the village of Berceni, in a large school bus stuffed to the ceiling with Mega Image bags of food. This yearly event encourages AISB students to serve others, and prompts discussions around poverty and privilege, while providing much needed food to others.
Building Self-Esteem & Confidence
in Adolescents In December, the Secondary Counselors hosted a presentation and discussion around Building Self-Esteem and Confidence in Adolescents. The counselors and parents discussed self esteem, how it develops, and what parents can do to build self esteem in their adolescent children. Two essential ‘ingredients’ for developing healthy self esteem are self-compassion and self-acceptance.
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Parents can play a vital role in modeling these to their children. An important takeaway from the session was that even when students are finding their independence from their parents, their parents are still the ones whose opinion they value most (more than their peers). Even when they seem to not listen to what their parents say, they do hear all of it!
