[CCHS] Fwd: CHALLENGE DAY

[Louisa Coleman]

Hello Everyone,

CHALLENGE DAY IS BACK!

By now many of you have heard about the two amazing Challenge Days that
were held at CCHS the past spring.  We have been fortunate to be able to
bring the program back again for three days this year on February 26, 27
and 28 and we are looking for your help.  The Challenge Days are part of a
larger program entitled Be the Change.  In this program, all people are
encouraged to "Be the change they wish to see in the world."  The belief
of the Be the Change program is that "Every child deserves to live in a
world where they feel safe, loved and celebrated."

Challenge Day provides youths and their communities with experimental
workshops and programs that demonstrate the possibility of love and
connection through the celebration of diversity, truth, and full
expression.  Challenge Day is a one-day workshop where students, teachers,
parents, administrators, counselors and members of the community
experience for themselves that love and connection are indeed possible in
our schools.  During these days, participants will be engaged in
activities and discussions which will focus on confronting and resolving
many of the issues based upon discrimination, prejudices, stress,
violence, drugs, and alcohol that exist within the walls of our school and
the lives of our students.  If you would like to know more about the
program and the Challenge Day itself, we recommend that you go to the
links listed at the end of this message.

We are looking for parents to help us with the organization and
implementation of this program.  To ensure a successful Challenge Day, we
need volunteers.  During each Challenge Day, we must have 25 adults
present to help facilitate.  When volunteering, please know what you must
be willing to commit to one entire day from 6:55 AM to 2:45 PM.  Some
faculty members will be participating but we also need community members. 
We assure you that participating in a Challenge Day will be a
life-changing experience. 

If you are interested in helping us, please contact Caroline Cronin, Class
of 2008, by emailing her at ccronin08 at colonial.net and include the all of
the following information:

1. Name
2. Address
3. Phone Number
4. Email Address
5. Did you participate in Challenge Day last year?
6. Is there any day you cannot participate?
7. Would you be willing to participate in more than one day if necessary?

You can also direct questions to Brian Miller at brianmiller at colonial.net. 

Thank you for your time.

The Be the Change Team, 
Brian Miller, brianmiller at colonial.net 
Caroline Cronin, Class of 2008, ccronin08 at colonial.net 
JB Henderson, Class of 2009, jhenderson09 at colonial.net 
Tony Meyer, Class of 2008, ameyer08 at coloinal.net 
Ryan Miller, Class of 2008, rmiller08 at colonial.net 
Sebastian Rogers, Class of 2009, srogers08 at colonial.net 
Mara Storto, Class of 2009, mstorto09 at colonial.net 


Links:

http://www.challengeday.org (main page)

http://www.challengeday.org/watch-our-videos/teen-files.html (movie about
program)