Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “life skill”
This month we discussed what it looks and feels like to be in a leadership role. Some of the kiddos talked about how happy it made them to lead their younger siblings, and how much they loved the leaders in their lives such as their parents or teachers. The masks are depictions of what leadership feels like to them. One …
Integrity, noun: 1: Firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values; incorruptibility 2: HALO’s September Life Skill 3: What our kiddos show in spadesThis week, our kiddos created comic strips depicting themselves or others showing integrity. We discussed how having integrity means keeping promises, being honest, and doing the right thing. Some of our characters are standing …
This month we’re focusing on “respect” as our July Life Skill. Three-time All American Pole Vaulter, Vera Schmitz, talks about respect and what that has meant in her own life. Vera began talking respecting others from her experiences as a member of a team. She stressed the importance of respecting the group’s energy. At a particularly difficult practice, those who …
This month’s lifeskill is all about respect. On Tuesday, July 11th, HALO invited Chadwick Brooks, Event Director of Walter & Ferris, LLC, a production and consulting company dedicated to nurturing creative ideas, to join us and speak at our monthly staff meeting. Thank you, Chadwick, for helping provide direction and advice to help HALO grow and continue to keep one …
Do you ever find yourself struggling to focus and get things done, especially when deadlines are looming, and you don’t know where to start? Like many life skills, learning to focus is not something that comes naturally for many of us. It is a skill that must be practiced and refined, even for executives who work in the fast-paced world …
Fairfax Alternative High School partners with HALO so that its students can receive a portion of their art credit for graduation, while also working on life skills. Fairfax explores the life skill respect in March. During the second workshop of the month, students, HALO staff and volunteers participated in respect round robin. Everyone was instructed to draw a symbol that …
