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Happy April Fool’s Day!!!
Pleasant Valley FNL
Meeting Times: Wednesdays at lunch in room B-1
EP Project: Pleasant Valley FNL is implementing Parent Committed, a program where officers and club members educate parents about underage drinking in Butte County. PV FNL members are working in conjunction with Athlete Committed to present Parent Committed toolkits at Athlete Committed Code Nights. PV Friday Night Live’s goal is to educate parents on how they can help the fight in limiting youth access to alcohol by being a “Parent Committed”.
School Climate Project: Pleasant Valley Friday Night Live is currently implementing their “Challenge Month” school climate project. This project features a weekly challenge for the month of February that students must complete to earn points towards gift basket prizes. Students who wish to participate can do so by visiting the Friday Night Live booth outside of the counseling office on the dates listed below:
2/3/16: Compliment a Friend Challenge
2/10/16: Teacher Appreciation Challenge
2/17/16: Bag Tag Challenge
2/24/16: The challenge winners will be announced!
The goal of this project is to spread a more positive and connected feeling among students on the Pleasant Valley High School Campus!
Pleasant Valley FNL is run by Vernon Spearman and Raven Mays. To learn more about FNL on PV’s campus, or to see how you can get involved, contact August Moore at aemoore@buttecounty.net.
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August Moore
Bidwell Club Live
Meeting Times: Thursdays at lunch in room 501 during both 7th & 8th grade lunches
EP Project: Bidwell Junior High School Club Live is implementing Merchant Committed, a program where officers and club members educate merchants in the community about underage drinking in Butte County. The CL officers went to Star Liquor Market and educated the merchant and remodeled the store by placing Merchant Committed stickers on boxes of alcohol. They plan on going to two more stores to educate more merchants and reduce youth access to alcohol.
School Climate Project: Bidwell Club Live is working hard to put together a school climate project. The 7th grade students wrote compliments to other students and placed them in the student lockers during lunch to increase campus spirit, confidence, and morale. The 7th graders also implemented a campus wide dance party at lunch with great games and music.
The 8th graders set up a booth at lunch where students could compliment different teachers and faculty members at lunch by writing compliments on pieces of paper. The Club Live members distributed them by putting them in the teacher’s box.
The 7th and 8th graders teamed up to deliver holiday grams during the Christmas season. The Club Live members distributed a gram with candy attached to it during class, and the CL members were able to provide every student on campus with a holiday gram.
Next, the 7th and 8th grade Club Live members are going to team up to write compliments on index cards and place them in student’s backpacks. They will continue implementing monthly school climate projects, with the goal to unify the school and make students feel more connected with one another.
Bidwell Club Live is run by August Moore and Jenny Castaldo. To learn more about CL on Bidwell’s campus, or to see how you can get involved, contact August Moore at aemoore@buttecounty.net.
Jenny Castaldo
Palermo Club Live
Meeting Times: Wednesdays at lunch in Room 22
EP Project: Palermo’s officers are implementing Merchant Committed and recently visited two local stores in Palermo and graded them using Merchant Report Cards. They are currently working towards re-visiting the stores to present the report card and provide Merchant Education to the owners, managers, and employees of the stores.
School Climate Project: Palermo’s School Climate Project centers around peer relationships and combating bullying of all types on campus.
Palermo CL is run by Julia Arenas and David Sapien. To learn more about CL on Palermo’s campus, or to see how you can get involved, contact Julia Arenas at jarenas@buttecounty.net.
David Sapien
Chico High School FNL
Meeting Times: Wednesdays at lunch in room A-207 for freshman, and in room B-9 for upperclassmen
EP Project: Chico High School FNL is implementing Parent Committed, a program where officers and club members educate parents about underage drinking in Butte County.
School Climate Project: Chico High FNL is putting on The Compliment Zone for their School Climate Project. The Compliment Zone is a project where officers and members try to implement an event each month based around compliments towards themselves or other students.
Chico High FNL is run by Vernon Spearman and Raven Mays. To learn more about FNL on Chico High’s campus, or to see how you can get involved, contact Vernon Spearman at vspearman@buttecounty.net.
Vernon Spearman
Fairview High School FNL
Meeting Times: Tuesday from 10:52am-11:40am in Room 8
EP Project: Fairview is implementing Parent Committed. See guide for description.
School Climate Project: Fairview FNL is implement monthly School Rallies, where the officers and members put on different events each month that involve students on campus, bring awareness to different causes, and show respect and love.
Fairview FNL is run by Vernon Spearman and Raven Mays. To learn more about FNL on Fairview’s campus, or to see how you can get involved, contact Vernon Spearman at vspearman@buttecounty.net.
Vernon Spearman
2016 Reach Registration
The 2016 Reach Conference Registration Packet is now closed. Please check in next year for the 2017 Reach Registration!
The Junior High Reach Conference is on March 3-5
The High School Reach Conference is on March 10-12
Click Here to access the Reach Registration Forms: Reach Registration March 2016
Watch last year’s video here:
<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/127677061″>Reach For The Future 2015 – Junior High</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/eventidevisuals”>Eventide Visuals</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
If you have any questions, please call 530-891-2891.
We can’t wait to see you up at Richardson Springs!
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Youth Nexus Application 2015
Youth Nexus is a county-wide, youth led philanthropy group. Members who join Youth Nexus are responsible for planning 3 small community service projects, and one big community service project each month. Youth Nexus have the opportunity to contribute to their community, lead a grant writing workshop, attend leadership trainings, help fund projects for local schools, and implement an environmental prevention project.
Youth Nexus Members must be willing to make a difference, attend all mandatory bi-weekly meetings, and be between the ages of 14-20.
For questions, please call Allison Hansen at 891-2891 or email ahansen@buttecounty.net
To apply for Youth Nexus, please fill out the form below:
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Impact Mentoring is looking for New Mentors!
Impact Mentoring is a program that was created to help Junior High Students who are struggling in school. Mentoring pairs Junior High Students (protégés) with High School Students (mentors) to create a one-on-one mentorship. Junior High Students learn essential skills such as how to raise their grades, navigate through their school, and how to set goals for their future. High school students assist with their goal setting, help the protégés through the program, and create a unique one-on-one bond with the students. Mentoring is a unique program that builds resumes, encourages connections between mentors and protégés, and builds lasting friendships.
If you are a high school student and you:
*Are in the Chico, Gridley, Biggs or Oroville Area
*Have a 3.0 or above GPA
* Are a sophomore, junior, or senior
*Would like to see a Junior High School student turn their life around as a result of your participation
* Enjoy working one-on-one with people
* Like the idea of adding that you worked for Butte County Department of Behavioral Health on your resume or college application
* Enjoy working with youth in the community
Please contact Allison Hansen at ahansen@buttecounty.net if you are interested in Impact Mentoring for the 2016-2017 school year, or call 530-891-2891.
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