New Leaders Born in Middle School's Young Women's Club
The Young Women's Leadership Club transforms girls at West Deptford Middle School into more assertive leaders in and out of the classroom.
Once 2:47 p.m. hits, and that final bell rings at West Deptford Middle School, most sixth-graders don't even hesitate, they're right out the door, happy another school day has come to an end. But on Tuesday afternoons, for nine weeks, a group of sixth-grade girls stay after school for little while. They're not in detention and they're not getting extra tutoring for a class. As a matter of fact, it has zero effect on their actual grades. However, these girls are receiving very valuable life lessons, as they are mentored by high school teens in West Deptford's Young Women's Leadership Club, a group that helps middle-school aged girls become more assertive as leaders. Jamie DeFrancis, a teacher at West Deptford Middle School, brought the …
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