Self-Advocacy
 Chapin students develop strong, lasting abilities to express themselves and advocate for their needs and goals. The self-advocacy curriculum includes three parts. One component is the PrePARE program. Offered to girls twice in the Lower School, twice in the Middle School and three times in the Upper School, it teaches students how to stand up for themselves along a spectrum of situations — from what to do when a peer is mean to you to what to do if someone threatens you physically. The second part, a required public-speaking course, instructs Class 8 girls in speaking techniques such as physical presence and awareness, body language, diction, clarity of thought and assessing one’s audience. The third element is a program that teaches girls to write letters of introduction for themselves. Students in Classes 4 through 9 compose letters to the teachers they will have during the next school year, explaining who they are, where they come from, what their goals are and what conditions help them to work best in the classroom. The exercise helps girls to solidify their sense of themselves and to cogently express their strengths, weaknesses and future objectives. Girls in Classes 11 and 12 also receive formal résumé writing instruction.
Last updated 05.21.08
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