Empowerment Program

Empowerment Program was held for 5 days from the 10th August to the 14th August at our school. 15 students of the 3rd Junior High School, 17 students of the 1st year and 1 student of the 2nd year Senior High School, as well as 2 students of the 1st year of Sendai Shirayuri Gakuen High School, total 35 students joined it.

This program was held as a part of “Language Activities” which was one of the 3 approaches of Sendai Nika SGH, the purpose was to learn a global mindset and communication abilities in English.

We invited Mr. Guy Smith from New Zealand as a facilitator and 8 students of California University as tutors. Each tutor took care of several students and they made discussions facilitated by Mr. Guy who has many experiences.

Students introduced about themselves and their partners in the beginning, and they talked about their goals of this program in each group. They thought about leadership based on a speech from Ms. Malala, Nobel Prize winner on the third day. They also talked about an ideal society for elderly people and they made a drama in their group. It was a good rehearsal for their presentation on the last day. They presented what they learned from the program in front of everyone. Thanks to tutors’ preliminary check and appropriate advices, they were wonderful presentations.

They experienced not only fun things but also difficult things, but we thought they could achieve a feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment in the 5 days. They had grown up greatly.

　　
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