Programas

"The retreat has opened new doors to a lot of people in our school and more people can just be themselves."
7th Grader, Courage Retreat

Kindness Retreat

AN ACTION-PACKED PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

"I noticed kids wearing their kindness buttons and promoting kind acts toward other fourth grade students. It's these little things that are changing the climate in our building."
Paul Helberg, Dean of Students - Valley View Elementary School

Using the boomerang with elementary students

The "Kindness Boomerang" works just like the Golden Rule; treat others the way you want to be treated. If you want to be treated with kindness, you've got to throw the Kindness Boomerang and kindness can come back to you!

Elementary school students in grades four or five experience the positive effect of the Kindness Boomerang during a high-energy day with classmates and older student leaders. The Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat helps build a more caring school climate by engaging students in activities that demonstrate the painful effects of bullying and emphasize the value of kindness.

What the Kindness Retreat will do

  • Create a more caring school climate.
  • Reduce bullying.
  • Connect your students with positive role models.

And it's working

 According to data gathered through an independent study,

  • Sixty days after a the Retreat, more than 76% of participants thought their class was a kinder place.
  • Every teacher whose students participated in a Kindness Retreat rated the effect as "Very Positive" or "Mostly Positive."

Retreat Schedule

Every Youth Frontiers retreat includes a lively mix of activities, designed to have the greatest possible impact on participants. Our schedules have been refined through years of contact with thousands of students and teachers. Listed below is a typical retreat schedule.

This list may vary according to the specific retreat you've selected. For further details on the retreat you're interested in, we invite you to call us at 952.922.022 or toll-free at 1.888.992.0222.

  • Welcome and group-building activities
  • Introduction to the theme of the day
  • Small group activity: time to process the message from the presentation
  • Large group activity
  • Presentation: topic-based talk
  • Small group discussion: processing time
  • Lunch
  • Large group activity
  • Presentation: topic-based talk
  • Small group discussion: processing time
  • Closing: participants commit to take action based on the day's retreat topic

To find out more:

To create a more caring school climate, call Youth Frontiers at 1.888.992.0222 and learn more about our Kindness Retreat for elementary school students.