Grosse-Ile Entry Island CLC
Active Leadership Workshop 2013
Students from Grosse Ile CLC were taken to the woods of Grande-Entrée to participate in a workshop focused on leadership and team spirit building activities. Students took on leadership challenges such as: learning how to build fires, how to find their way out of the woods, how to work as a team, and build empathy.
The overall aim of each workshop was to equip students with the tools needed to develop themselves into competent and capable young adults while understanding that we must work together to reach common goals as well as individual ones.
Another goal was to engage fathers and older men in mentorships with the students. In the end this aspect was not achieved. However, reflecting on lessons learned we have several new ideas for better outreach and engagement for next year, including recruiting a few fathers to lead sessions and do outreach to the others.
Pink T-Shirt day -An Anti-Bullying event was another intergenerational activity developed in partnership with l’Accalmie, the CSSS and the 50+ club. During the event, students and members of the 50+ Club participated in a workshop that highlighted what is bullying as well as bullying prevention strategies.
This workshop aided the 50+ Club members by allowing them to understand the realities of today’s youth and what ways they can help as adults to bridge the generational gap between our youth and adults.
The students benefited by recognizing what bullying really is and learned key ways to prevent bullying in the community. The collaboration of the 50+Club also allowed bullying awareness to be spread in the community, further than the school.
These activities were developed in partnership: CAMI NPI, Grosse-Ile School Spiritual Animator, 50+ Club, an ex-scout/Grosse -Ile student, l’Accalmie and CSSS.
