Empower Our Girls : Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More

The words used to describe girls and define traditional roles can set unintentional limits for girls. It's time for a change! In __Empower Our Girls__, educators Lynmara Colón and Adam Welcome collaborate with a strong cast of contributors to shine a light on simple, meaningful changes that need to take place in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more. Heres to Helping Girls Find Their Real Power!Girl Power! Its a popular marketing message that shows up on pink T-shirts across the nation. But sparkly words are not enough to get girls to realize their innate value and reach for their true potential. In Empower Our Girls, educators Lynmara Coln and Adam Welcome collaborate with a strong cast of contributing authors to shine a light on simple, meaningful changes that need to take place in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more. The words used to describe girls and define traditional roles can set unintentional limits for girls. Its time for a change! Its time for girls to hear the Tears are not a sign of weakness.Being bold enough to ask for what you want doesnt make you bossy.Glass ceilings are meant to be shattered.We must empower our girls to chase their dreams. Their futureand oursdepends on it!Our girls are filled with so much worth and potential, and it is our moral imperative to help them find and share it. Ramona Dunn, principalThis is a must-read for those in school leadership who wish to truly empower our girls. Rodney Kay, superintendentAs a mother and an elementary principal, Im looking forward to using this book for inspiration as I raise my own daughter. Lindsy Stumpenhorst, principalThe book is filled with calls to action, some simple and some seemingly impossible, and all meant to empower girls to embrace their own bodies and minds and make the world their own. Karen Richardson, VSTE president, professor « Here's to Helping Girls Find Their Real Power! Girl Power! It's a popular marketing message that shows up on pink T-shirts across the nation. But sparkly words are not enough to get girls to realize their innate value and reach for their true potential. In Empower Our Girls, educators Lynmara Colón and Adam Welcome collaborate with a strong cast of contributing authors to shine a light on simple, meaningful changes that need to take place in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more. The words used to describe girls and define traditional roles can set unintentional limits for girls. It's time for a change! It's time for girls to hear the truth: Tears are not a sign of weakness. Being bold enough to ask for what you want doesn't make you "bossy." Glass ceilings are meant to be shattered. »-- Quatrième de couverture Here's to Helping Girls Find Their Real Power! Girl Power! It's a popular marketing message that shows up on pink T-shirts across the nation. But sparkly words are not enough to get girls to realize their innate value and reach for their true potential. In Empower Our Girls, educators Lynmara Colón and Adam Welcome collaborate with a strong cast of contributing authors to shine a light on simple, meaningful changes that need to take place in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more. The words used to describe girls and define traditional roles can set unintentional limits for girls. It's time for a change! It's time for girls to hear the truth: Tears are not a sign of weakness. Being bold enough to ask for what you want doesn't make you "bossy." Glass ceilings are meant to be shattered. -Publisher

The words used to describe girls and define traditional roles can set unintentional limits for girls. It's time for a change! In Empower Our Girls, educators Lynmara Colón and Adam Welcome collaborate with a strong cast of contributors to shine a light on simple, meaningful changes that need to take place in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more.

This book outlines how to empower girls with simple, meaningful changes that can be made in schools and society at large to help girls achieve more, and shift traditional roles to remove unintentional limits for girls