1. GRADE 9 PROCLAMATION INTRO.

2. Who Are You? In pairs, tell your partner who are the 3 most influential people in your life…choose people who you have regular face-face interactions with.

3. Who Are You? Write down the names and relationship (to you) of these 3 people and write 1-2 sentences of how these people have and continue to influence your life.

4. WATCH THE FOLLOWING... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR8j_P1O0os&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg Consider what values are evident each video. Which assets do these characters seem to possess? Imagine where these people will end up if they maintain a positive attitude! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSM1mvMypWU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZrPVqR0D8 I AM... Jessica's Affirmation Motivation Daniel Beaty's Poetry

5. Miley Cyrus- father a country music one-hit wonder Paris Hilton – of the Hilton Hotel fortune

6. HOW DID I GET HERE? SHANIA TWAIN Shortage of food Parents violently fought Mom took kids to homeless shelter only to return to stepfather 2 years later Sang in bars at age 8 for $20 Singing in bars instead of school plays Worked for dad’s restoration business in N. Ontario, physical labour, bathed & washed clothes in lake

7. HOW DID I GET HERE? CLARA HUGHES Parents split at age 9 Drank, experimented with drugs, skipped school, ran away, and took off for weekends. No sense of right and wrong Friends from then are addicted, one friend was killed by boyfriend before he killed himself. At 16, watch speed-skating on Olympics: "And so there I was, this undisciplined, pseudo-amoral girl, young adolescent, and this thing happened inside of me. I was like `I'm going to do that.' I just knew. I KNEW." Told mom, and was immediately signed up for spring training camp.

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOcjiappRSg Watch the following video. Stop it at the 2:05 mark. What does Neo’s response to Mr. Smith mean for you… Which words or assets would you use to describe Neo and his response

9.  Research tells us that the success stories of Shania Twain and Clara Hughes are not easy and not likely.

10.  The Power of Assets—Studies of more than 2.2 million young people in the United States consistently show that the more assets young people have, the less likely they are to engage in a wide range of high-risk behaviours and the more likely they are to thrive.  Furthermore, levels of assets are better predictors of high-risk involvement and thriving than poverty or being from a single-parent family.  The Gap—The average young person experiences fewer than half of the 40 assets. Boys experience three fewer assets than girls (17.2 assets for boys vs. 19.9 for girls).

11.  0–10 Assets 11–20 Assets 21–30 Assets 31–40 Assets  Problem alcohol use—Has used alcohol three or more times in the past month or got drunk once in the past two weeks.  45%  26%  11%  3%  Violence—Has engaged in three or more acts of fighting, hitting, injuring a person, carrying or using a weapon, or threatening physical harm in the past year.  62%  38%  18%  6%  School Problems—Has skipped school two or more days in the past month and/or has below a C average.  44%  23%  10%  4%  * Data based on aggregate Search Institute sample of 148,189 students across the United States surveyed in 2003.

12.  SUPPORT – need to be surrounded by people who love, care for, appreciate, and accept. (# 1-6)‏  EMPOWERMENT – need to feel valued & valuable, safe & respected (#7-10)‏  BOUNDARIES & EXPECTATIONS – need clear rules, consistent consequences, and encouragement to do best (#11-16)‏  CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME – need opportunities – outside of school – to learn and develop new skills & interests with other youth and adults  (#17-20)‏

13.  COMMITMENT TO LEARNING – need a sense of the lasting importance of learning & a belief in their own abilities (#21-25)‏  POSITIVE VALUES – need to develop strong guiding principals to help them make healthy life choices (#26-31)‏  SOCIAL COMPETENCIES – need the skills to interact effectively with others, to make difficult decisions, & to cope with new situations (#32-36)‏  POSITIVE IDENTITY – need to believe in their own self-worth & to feel that they have control over the things that happen to them (#37-40)

14.  In small groups, connect 10 assets to our health units:  Fitness & Goal Setting  Healthy Sexuality & Personal Safety  Substance Use/Abuse & Personal Safety NEXT STEPS...