Power Up - Personal Safety
Confidence-Power-Safety: This semester class will give you the skills to take control of your life. We teach you to stay calm and focused, and to appropriately respond in the moment of fear and intimidation. This class will help you negotiate peer culture and offer skills to address bullying, while also teaching you to manage your body's natural response to stress. Topics we will cover include: boundary setting, assertiveness, relationships, dating safety, and assault. You will practice your verbal and physical skills through simulations with a padded assailant. This course offers experiential learning in a safe and supportive environment and culminates in an all day retreat.
This film takes you inside a Massachusetts public high school classroom that offers this unique class as part of their graduation requirement for Fitness & Health. Follow the journey these students take in this experiential self-defense program. This is a story about tragedy and loss and inspiration and empowerment.
“You're never too tall to bend down to help a child”
~Rachel Thomas~
Impact at Wellesley High School
Activity Fee: $30.00 Please make checks out to Wellesley Public Schools.
Expectations: #ONEWORD, book club, , Pre-Retreat Activity, retreat, Everyone Has A Story (PBL) & Gallery Walk, Sharing of strength circle.