Gotham Girls Roller Derby -- Junior Derby!

Who can join?

The GGRD Junior Derby league is the place for any girls and young women between the ages of 8 and 17 yearsinterested in learning the sport of roller derby and working on skating and derby skills. We welcome all skill levels, but ask that you are able to comfortably stand in your skates and make it around the track without holding on to walls or people.

How is it structured?
All new skaters will start in one of our ten-week Basic & Beginners sessions. These classes will start by covering basic skating form, stops, starts, and safe falls. Skaters will then start learning to skate in partnerships and in packs and will eventually work their way up to light contact (positional blocking, lean-outs, hitting form). After each ten-week session, there will be an opportunity for a Skills Assessment to determine scrimmage-readiness. Once skaters have passed their skills assessments, they will be eligible to take advanced classes and start scrimmaging.

Basics & Beginners,10-week session
Thursdays from 5-7pm, starting September 5, 2013:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/44028
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*HAPPINESS CIRCLE AT THE CORNER*

*HAPPINESS CIRCLE AT THE CORNER*

Social & Emotional Support for Teen Girls

A Ten-Week Coaching Program

Circle Sessions held at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

Clifton Corner:  An Academic Coaching Center

Mondays at 4:30-5:45 PM,

Sessions Start on February 27^th - May 15^th

(excluding 3/26 & 4/9)

Coaching Modules Taught by Certified Coach in Emotional Intelligence, Sandra Clifton

Former Master Trainer of Emotional Literacy at Yale University

Curriculum Inspired by The Happiness Project

Learning Themes Include:

Mindfulness

Resilience

Interdependence

Diversity Awareness

Conflict Transformation

Motivation

Nurturing Leadership

Creative Expression

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): A Key to Children’s Success in School and Life
-Excerpts from CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning)

To succeed in school, students need to be engaged, interested, and excited to be there. They need to know how to focus their attention on their work, keep trying even when they get discouraged or face setbacks, work effectively with other students and adults, and be good communicators and problem-solvers. These skills form a foundation for young people’s success not just in school, but in their adult lives as members of the community, as productive workers, and as parents.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a process for helping children and even adults develop the fundamental skills for life effectiveness. SEL teaches the skills we all need to handle ourselves, our relationships, and our work, effectively and ethically.

Sandra Clifton has served on the Yale RULER Team of Emotional Literacy to teach this curriculum of SEL to schools in Brooklyn, and is now sharing these skills of positive thinking with teens at her academic coaching center in Brooklyn.

*Early Registration:  $195 by Feb 10^th*

Regular Registration: $245

Please contact Sandra, Director of the Clifton Corner for more information

cliftoncoaching@yahoo.com / #718.768.SOAR! (7627)