Clubs

Program Features

Group Instruction

Topical object lessons prepared for easy large group instruction.

Small Groups

The needs of the individual girls can be more easily addressed and specific coping tools applied through small groups and supervised adult contact.

Accountability

Participants maintain a regular journal of choices and habit substitutions between meetings which is shared with small group members.

Bi-Monthly Meetings

Meetings are only twice per month, so the program does not become overly burdensome for coordinators and facilitators.

Wholesome

Finally a program that tells young women what they are hungry to hear: respect and honor from others comes first from setting behavioral boundaries and respecting and honoring yourself.

CLUBS

Who We Are

W.O.W. -- Women of Worth for girls™ is a self-esteem and behavior choice curriculum designed to give young women a forum to discuss the moral and ethical challenges they face. Written by a veteran public school teacher who recognized the need of a secular alternative to character building programs normally addressed through religious organizations, the Women of Worth curriculum takes a stand against the limited and often degrading images of young women depicted in much of today's popular social culture.

Topics Clubs

Topics begin with addressing the girls' needs as individuals including identifying unhealthy behavior habits and substituting positive ones, body image, anger management, accepting responsibility, forgiveness, healing, and standing for something bigger than yourself. Topics then move into dealing with friends, cliques, and gossip, as well as setting boundaries with our minds, emotions, and bodies.

To read a sample curriculum and order curriculum chapters and object lessons, click here.

Organized as an on-campus club, young women meet bi-monthly: first as a large group for an object lesson where the topic is introduced, then in small discussion groups led by female adult faculty and staff members (facilitators.) Counselors and/or psychologists are on hand for each meeting in the event a more serious issue arises beyond the scope of the facilitators' skills.

All students must have parental permission in order to participate.

Holly Stiles Johnson

HOLLY STILES JOHNSON is a veteran high school teacher with thirteen years experience working with teenage girls. She has taught English, ELD, and At-Risk Reading, but it is through her experiences running the Drama Department at Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California that she has worked with both young men and women on building self-esteem, owning their own baggage, and setting personal boundaries. Through conversations with students, colleagues, and mothers, Holly has created a program that attempts to combat many of the unhealthy and demeaning messages that young women are given today about body-image and self-worth. Holly was recently selected as "Woman of the Week" by CBS News.

Erica Ekstrom

ERICA EKSTROM has her Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services and her Master’s Degree in Social Work. She has worked in the field of child abuse and neglect for over 10 years. She is actively involved in transitioning foster youth into adults who are productive members of society. Erica has taught parenting, anger management, and life skills classes for teenagers. She is a passionate believer in not letting your past negatively impact your future.