Welcome to My Life

Worried about making new friends in high school? Wondering how you're going to survive homework assignments, find new activities, become more independent and keep a positive outlook on life?

Welcome to My Life is a fun and interactive program offered at selected schools in the Lower Mainland to help Grade 7 girls with their transition to high school. After-school sessions run from October to December and February to April.

The program runs once a week for seven weeks and each session includes a combination of activities such as games, journal writing, small group discussions and a community service learning project. Through these activities, you can learn to feel more confident in yourself and prepare for your transition to high school.

Parents of participating girls are invited to a one and a half hour session called Positively Parents, where they learn about the program and how to help their daughters deal with the challenges of high school.

Welcome to My Life is presented by YWCA Vancouver in partnership with the Vancouver School Board and the University of British Columbia's TREK Program. TREK students are fun undergraduate students who are becoming community leaders. They will facilitate the program in your school and be a great resource for you, answering questions and giving you tips and skills to help build your confidence to succeed in high school.

Taraneh Erfan
Program Coordinator
YWCA Vancouver
535 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2E8
tel 604 895 5845
fax 604 684 9171
terfan@ywcavan.org

All printed materials for our Youth Programs are kindly sponsored by Bond Repro.