Esteem Teens offers youth an opportunity to work with a caring mentor to improve their ability to develop a positive attitude towards their future. It also offers a forum for which the youth are adequately prepared for adulthood through a rites-of-passage program.  The long-term goal of Esteem Teens is to empower the young person to take control of their future while establishing self-love.

Vision

To see a world of adults who have been deliberately prepared to become what they have been called to be and to make positive contributions to their family and community through conscientious and dedicated service.

Mission

To purposefully prepare our adolescent males and females for adulthood in a way that immerses them through holistic life skills development so that we can celebrate their confirmation as adults who will make mature choices.

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Goals

• Offer a process that brings out of each teen, what has been placed inside them
• Support the growth of each student by supplying and supporting an adult mentor relationship
• Provide an opportunity for all teens to learn the value of life skills through seminars, workshops and immersion encounters (experiential education)
• Ritualize each teen who has successfully completed the process to touch the world with love

Objectives

• Support the growth of relationship with family and self
• Instill knowledge of cultural heritage and history
• Cultivate discipline and critical thinking skills
• Inspire creative thinking and positive expression
• Develop self-esteem and community awareness
• Increase problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Stress the importance of education and explore its various options
• Foster involvement in community service
• Emphasize the significance of physical health and nutrition
• Enhance global awareness including an understanding of social-economics and politics