2 HEARTS ACADEMY

1. 2 HEARTS ACADEMY • Serving at risk youth from 15-20 years old • Providing credits to get back on track for graduation • Providing a small, safe environment for learning the skills necessary to become successful • Giving students who have dropped out or are at risk for dropping out, another option

2. Target Group • Students on probation • Students dropped from regular high school • Students in Foster Care • Students exiting treatment facilities • Students exiting detention centers • Young adults in crisis • Young adults needing training and support

3. Our Goal • The goal of this Academy is to take capable but troubled youth and turn them around so that they can get an education, become life long learners, become positive leaders, become productive members of the community, become job prepared, healthy young men and women ready to meet their futures with enough practical tools to be successful throughout their lives.

5. Focus Education Health Psychology Life Skills Human development English/writing/ Literature Art Civics Community Cooperation Life long learning Positive, healthy life choices Citizenship Anti-violence Addiction awareness Restorative justice

7. Phase One • Collaboration with School district to identify students for this program • Collaboration with Judicial system to team with probation officers with legally involved students • Collaboration with area businesses to provide computers and support, job shadowing, • Connections with businesses to provide internship/community service projects • Collaboration with parents of students to reconnect in a positive way with the school system and support them as role models

8. Phase Two • Full time all day school 25-35 students • One year intensive program that transitions them back into an appropriate setting i.e. regular or alternative high school, college, community college, career training, or work • High School Credits/ certification of completion • Health, Psychology, Life Skills, English • Advance program • Groups • Community projects • Career skill building • Emotional intelligence training • Affect Skills training • Parent training program To name a few

9. Phase Three • Follow up program for former students • Offered twice a week as needed to offer support and continued education • Opportunity to volunteer at school as alumni • Become role models for younger students • Support groups for former students and parents • Connecting healthy social circles

10. Phase Four • Classes for young adults based on need • Health, wellness, parenting, human development, writing, life skills, communication skills • Support groups • Free educational, emotional support for addiction recovery • Community connections • Restorative justice

11. Benefits to School District

13. Violence Prevention Connecting community with at risk youth in positive circumstances give students ownership of their surroundings. The longer a student stays in school and receives educational information, practices healthy choices, learns to problem solve effectively and matures emotionally, the less likely they will be to commit acts of violence. Small, safe learning environments provide an opportunity for at risk youth to have a second chance and practice the skills they will need when they are on their own.

14. Units of Instruction • Units of Instruction • Oppression • overt/covert • Gandhi • Non violence education • Leadership education • City of Joy • Night • Schindler’s list • Holocaust speakers/CSU field trip • Malcolm X • Fried Green Tomatoes • Amistad • Research/power point presentations on--oppression in our current times • Body Systems • - Brain • - Circulatory • - Muscular • - Vascular • - Skeletal • - Reproductive • - Comprehensive Sex Education • - Power point from Weld County Health • - Teen parent speakers • - HPV cancer survivor speakers • - Goal setting for healthy, safe choices

15. Units 2 • Addictions • Dysfunctional family systems • Addiction models • Recovery models • Physiological impacts of chemical ingestions • Smoking cessation • Drinking and driving • Alive @ 25 • Speakers • Community resources • Laws / Consequences of drug/alcohol abuse • Jail video/speakers/ tours • Human Development • Stages of human development in depth • Stages of human social development • Stages of human moral development • Parenting skills for each stage of development • Baby project • Book buddies with 3& 4 year preschoolers • Recovering and restoring lost stages of development • Critical Skills • - Personality inventory • - Aptitude inventories • - Learning styles • - Goal setting • - Life Style paper • - Job Skill training • - Job interviews • - Job Shadowing • - Finance Project • - Ethics as an employee • -Character 1st Program • - Character 1st speakers • - Work ethics

16. Units 3 • Social Justice • - Social work • - Foster homes • - Child Abuse • - Sexual Abuse • - Dangerous relationships • - Domestic Violence • - Suicide education/Resources • Communication Skills Training • -Sending and receiving messages • - Communication process • - Physiological aspects of speaking • - Finding your voice/ confidence • - Presentations • - Group dynamics • - Leading group • - Building a solid argument • - Delivery of a speech • - Practice, Practice, Practice

17. Units 4 • Critical Thinking • Developing problem solving skills • Practicing those skills • Analytical education • Weighing choices and consequences • Creative Expression • Discovering the arts • Inspiration education • Experimenting with different art forms • Field trips to see art/music • Creating an art project to give back to the school for future students to appreciate • Practicing art once at least once a week for the pure enjoyment of it • Community Connections • - The power of Restorative Justice

18. Units 5 • Psychology and its impact • - Mental health education • - Psychological disorders • - Understanding human behavior • - Coping mechanisms • - PTSD • - Trauma • - Neuroscience and behavior • - Sensations/perceptions • - Biological clock systems/sleep patterns • - Operant conditioning • -Principles to improve self control • - Memory • - Therapeutic approaches • - Speakers living with disorders, therapists • - Power point presentation on any one of these topics in depth

19. How will they achieve this? • Students will be reading, writing, composing technical projects through research, designing graphics, adding audio, calling on the phone to set up speakers and arrange trips, they will be greeting guests, introducing themselves to guests and thanking those who have helped. They will be practicing handling mistakes, miscommunication, manners, chores, developing student climate, norm keeping, respecting boundaries, empathy and consideration for others, responsibility and ownership of themselves and their environment.