I am an AACPS:<\/strong> Student, Bates Middle School<\/em><\/p>\n In the fifth grade, my school Tyler Heights had a program called S.E.L.F which still continues now. This program helps young girls to gain determination, and self-confidence. I learned a lot from that program, and go there almost every Friday to see the new S.E.L.F girls. My favorite teachers are Ms. Bradshaw (Behavioral\u00a0Intervention Specialist)\u00a0and Mrs. Dillard (Parent Volunteer).<\/p>\n S.E.L.F. is an empowerment program for 5th grade girls designed to encourage self-awareness,\u00a0self-confidence, self-determination, self-worth, and self-sacrifice.\u00a0We meet with the girls\u00a0most\u00a0Fridays for 2 1\/2 hours\u00a0afterschool.\u00a0 During this time they participate in experiential learning activities, self-discovery\u00a0projects, and team building challenges. Each year the girls participate in a “Day in the Life” collegiate\u00a0experience at Morgan State University and\u00a0create PSA’s focusing on Girl Power.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “In the fifth grade, my school Tyler Heights had a program called S.E.L.F which still continues now. This program helps young girls to gain determination, and self-confidence. I learned a lot from that program, and go there almost every Friday to see the new S.E.L.F girls.”–Ariyanna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":9389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,130,132,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annapolis_stories","category-aacps_story","category-employee_stories","category-student_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9339,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions\/9339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is the S.E.L.F. Program?<\/h3>\n