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The mission of the EDGE Academy is to empower girls with the skills and attitudes
they need to take healthy risks, maintain high aspirations, and stay resilient
in the face of difficulty.
Through hands-on projects and community involvement, the EDGE prepares girls to
meet the challenges of their future by training them to be creative, confident,
competitive and self-sufficient.
Summer Camps:
We're offering a wide range of
camps in 2009. Click here for our Summer Day Camp
Flyer.
"BE BOLD" SERIES
Bold Girls
Be Bold! Be You!
It's time to show off your creative side! As a Bold Girl, you will learn
about writing while creating your own journal. Using writing and art, you
will celebrate your dreams and learn to value your own unique qualities. Strengthen your
writing skills while creating a memory journal. Open to girls in grades 2-4.
Bolder Girls
See your name in
the Daily Camera newspaper! Get your ideas published! Experience what it is
like to be an investigative reporter. Work one-on-one with your own editor to learn all aspects
of newspaper production, including reporting, photography, layout, and
sales. Open to girls in grades 4-6. Click
here to view a copy of the Bolder Girls newspaper.
Boldest Girls
Boldest Girls is a news magazine written by
girls. Each week girls learn about a different aspect of magazine-format
writing and publication, including writing about social and environmental
issues.
Open to girls in grades 5-6.
Tech Tales for Girls
You'll learn to give your story a new spin.
Instead of writing a story using paper and pencil, you will tell it using
video, sound and animation. This modern-day form of digital storytelling is
a great way for you to express your creativity. For grades 3-6.
Day Camps for BVSD Closure Days
We offer day camps for girls and boys on many of the school closure days,
including spring break. Click here for more
information.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Teen Board Directors
Make a difference
in your community! Work with like-minded women to assure the success of the
YWCA of Boulder County. As a teen director, you will learn about policy and
decision making, fundraising and how nonprofit organizations tick. Apply
today. Two high school girls from Boulder County are elected each year.
Teen Parent Graduation Project
This collaboration
with Fairview High School gives teen moms the support needed to graduate or
earn their GED. Includes roundtable mentoring groups and job shadowing with
the goal and focus of increasing graduation rates among teen mothers.
For more information, call 303-443-0419 or send mail to
frontdesk@ywcaboulder.org.
This program is made possible by donors like you. If you would like to make a
donation please click here: Make a
Donation.
Take a look at our Suggested
Reading List for more ways to support your child.
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