STAR:
Students Teaching Attitudes of Respect
Peacemaker Resources conducts STAR Retreats and
provides follow-up consultation to STAR teams.
Students Teaching Attitudes of Respect (STAR) is a program of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation that is offered to schools and organizations within the foundation's 12-county region.
Youth Advocates (college-aged students) participate in every aspect of the retreat providing on-going support and positive role models. STAR Team Advisors attend a special training session in the fall or winter.
How the STAR Program Works
It all begins in the fall when a team of six 6th and 7th graders and a STAR Team Advisor attend a 2-day STAR Retreat at Concordia Language Villages (CLV) for Session 1.
Upon returning home, they meet regularly as a team to decide how to teach skills of respect to families, other students and/or the community.
In late winter STAR Teams attend Session 2 of the STAR Retreat at Concordia Language Villages to re-connect with other teams, report successes and learn new skills.
Teams can call on STAR Trainers for help through a phone call, email or visit. The STAR teams can also apply for a mini-grant for to use on a project for their families, school or community. Read what students, advisors and advocates have to say about this program.
Goals of the STAR Retreat
- Develop self-awareness and a positive sense of self
- Improve ability to be aware of other people's thoughts, emotions and experiences
- Improve social and relationship skills
- Improve communication skills
- Enhance problem-solving skills
- Understand uses and influences of the media
- Understand how to use cooperation and competition to best benefit self and others
- Learn how to teach these important life skills to others
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call Jane McKelvy at the Northwest Minnesota Foundation (218) 759-2057 or (800) 659-7859.
Visit the foundation's website at www.nwmf.org.
