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Now in its sixth year, the Life On Point Leadership Development Program reaches teens on a personal level to develop teens that are healthy, wise, resilient, and confident. The groups offer students the opportunity to meet weekly to encourage good decision-making, help their peers develop and strengthen their leadership skills, and reinforce their sense of value and self-worth. Hands-on activities, field trips, poetry and essay contests, and volunteer opportunities build on the weekly If you would like to know more about the Life On Point curriculum, feel free to check out its theoretical framework! You can also read more about the local impact of Life On Point here. Reading Groups / TextualityIn the past two years, the great need for our students to develop strong reading skills and habits has become increasingly evident. For this reason, in 2006 On Point began developing a special literacy component to build into our LOP groups. At essence, we are endeavoring to incorporate more and more text into our groups--providing books to students in which characters deal with issues confronting many of our own students, allowing them to read about their own lives through the life of a fictional character. We are working to structure the use of text within our LOP programs--text in the form of song lyrics, poetry, books and short stories, even newspaper and magazine articles. Good readers make better critical thinkers, and critical thinking is crucial to our teenagers making wise and healthy choices!
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:22 |
meetings, allowing teens to become critical thinkers and exercise leadership skills. Each year, the Life On Point program expands to add new elements identified by the students. 
