Ready to be your real self?
Learn skills to improve all your relationships? Even with your dog? 
Talk about the stuff that really matters? ? 
Then join us!

Club Real Girl is the celebrated Girls Leadership Institute’s after-school program for girls in grades five and six. At Club Real Girl girls come together to create a socially safe community where they can play internationally recognized theatre games (Bop anyone?), practice emotional intelligence, learn concrete relationship skills, express themselves and have fun!

Taught by professional educators Simone Marean and Julia Loonin, Club Real Girl is a unique resource to guide girls through school with grace, courage and authenticity.  Sessions typically include community building, skill acquisition, practice or role-play, and the occasional craftiness. We always practice letting go of judgment of ourselves and others and have a blast.

Topics may include:

• Pressure to be Perfect
• Real Friends
• Sharing Difficult Emotions
• What To Do When Jokes Aren’t Funny
• Communicating On-Line
• Speaking with Confidence
• Moving with Confidence
• Part-Time Friends
• Taking Healthy Risks
• Questioning Assumptions
• And more!
  

Cost
$275 per semester

Where
Hillview Middle School, Menlo Park, CA. Room B5

When
Wednesdays, starting January 20, 2010 running until May 19, 2010. Program runs from 3:30 - 4:45 pm.

Who
Club Real Girl is open to any girls in grades five and six. Participation in the program is contingent on the student’s ability to adhere to the group contract. Registration is open to the first 24 girls who register.

Registration
Click here to register
Or give us a call at 410-878-2258.

P.S.
Participants in this program can join our other workshop alumnae for our Girl Expeditions four times a year. These will be weekend trips with just us girls, or some possible bonding time with a parent.

Bios
Simone Marean, Director
Simone Marean is the Executive Director of GLI and currently lives in Santa Cruz, CA, where she teaches GLI programs year-round. She has a Masters Degree in Educational Theatre from NYU. Simone taught the GLI program at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. She taught theatre at The Young Women’s Leadership School, The Brearley School, The McCarter Theatre, Henry Street Settlement, American Place Theatre, Red Bull Theatre, The School of the Future and the Neighborhood School. Simone Marean grew up on the north shore of Boston and graduated from Bryn Mawr College Magna Cum Laude.

Julia Loonin,  Assistant Director
Julia Loonin is the Assistant Director of Girls Leadership Institute. Julia moved to Santa Cruz from Boston, Massachusetts where she was the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Wellesley College. Last year Julia was a program assistant for Tenacity Inc., a youth development organization whose mission is to build resiliency and life-skills in inner city youth.

Julia grew up in New York City and graduated from Bowdoin College. A former basketball player at Bowdoin, Julia’s team graduated with a winning record of 112-9. During her four years, the team won 4 NESCAC championships and made 4 NCAA elite 8 appearances. She was elected tri-captain and graduated ranked 5th for all time leading 3pt scorer.  Upon graduation Julia received the President Award and was a Sarah and James Bowdoin scholar

Cancellation Policy
Full tuition refunds are available up to 60 days prior to the start of the program. If you cancel more than 30 days, but less than 60 days prior to the program, we can offer you a 50% tuition refund. No refunds are available within 30 days of the start of a program.