Upper Elementary School
Middle School Advisory
Immigrant High Schools
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The Boys Project for Upper Elementary School Boys
Boys Project participants at this level are typical fifth graders, who clown around with each other, push and play, and often come to the sessions jazzed about sports, video games, or some song that they can’t stop singing. The Boys Project seeks to channel that energy and provide a safe space for boys to interact with each other away from the eyes of girls and the rest of their world. The Boys Project’s core values of non-violent conflict resolution, gender equity, and individual empowerment form the backbone of most elementary school BP activities.
The Girls & Boys Projects has proudly partnered with educators and students in the following Elementary Schools:
PS 19, PS 63, PS 15, PS 89 (Queens), PS 3 (Brooklyn), The Children's Workshop School, The Neighborhood School, The Earth School, East Village Community, Fred R. Moore Academy.
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The Boys Project during Middle School Advisory
Advisory is a time during the school day when students meet with a staff member (their advisor) to address social, emotional as well as academic issues. As outlined in 1989 by the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, “Every student should be well known by at least one adult. Students should be able to rely on that adult to help learn from their experiences, comprehend physical changes and changing relations with family and peers…” Our middle school Boys Project curriculum helps accomplish this goal.
At this level, The Boys Project begins to speak to the growing preoccupation that boys, ages 12 to 14, start to have with their changing bodies. Often issues pertaining to adolescent development are not discussed at home or within their community, so the only exposure many BP participants have to this information is what they hear on the street or in the media. Through a series of engaging discussions and activities, topics such as, anatomy, puberty, sex, and relationships are demystified, and boys gain invaluable information about themselves and their health. Boys also investigate the role of media and other influences on their attitudes about gender and society in general. They explore teasing and bullying and develop alternatives to violence with their peers. Another goal of the middle school BP program is to bring together girls and boys at the end of the workshop series to share what they learned and discuss how to improve “gender relations.”
The Boys Project Middle School Partnerships:
East Side Community School, Henry Street Middle School, Institute for Collaborative Education, Middle School 328, Robert Wagner Middle School (SSAT), TASS (Technology, Arts, Sciences Studio), Tompkins Square Middle School.
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The Boys Project in Immigrant High Schools
Within the last few years, The Boys Project has been implemented in New York City’s International High Schools, whose student bodies are comprised of recently arrived immigrants. The Boys Project is critical for these young men as they begin to adjust to a new culture and social climate; a transitional process that can leave them feeling completely overwhelmed. Offered as an elective class during the school day, the high school level BP introduces these young men to social and emotional topics that cover a wide range of their experience, from flirting and harassment to healthy relationships and sexuality to the real world of work.
The Boys Project High School Partnerships:
Bronx International HS, Brooklyn International HS, Flushing International HS, International HS (Canarsie), International High School at Prospect Heights, Manhattan Comprehensive Day and Night High School, Mlia Mbeya High School (Tanzania), Queens International, The School at Columbia University, School for Excellence.
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The Girls & Boys Projects CBOs and Other Partnerships:
500 Genders, Academy for Young Writers, Breakthrough NY, Brooklyn Mothers Collective, Children's Aid Society, Chinese American Planning Council, Girl Scouts of America, Girls for Gender Equity, Girls Write Now, Global Kids, Goddard Riverside Community Center Beacon, Grand Street Settlement, Harlem Childrens Zone, I Have A Dream Program, Love Heals, Lower East Side Girls Club (LESGC), Mayan (JCC), PHIPPS Community, Development Corp, Queens Library, Red Hook Initiative, Truth AIDS, WHEDCO, Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Youngstown State University
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