Dove Self-Esteem Project

By Antionette Meeks of Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner Acceptance is a simple and powerful ten letter word. Acceptance opens the door for each student to be themselves and experience all that their classroom and school offer them. As educators, we do not fully know the life stories of our charges, neither do they know ours. Sometimes, a school is the only safe space, and the smiling face of the educator is the one thing they need to get their school day started on a Read ▸ about Acceptance; A Simple Word with Lots of Meaning

Greetings and salutations! I’m Brittany Echols and I’m waving to you all from Waldorf, Maryland! Umm let’s see, where do I start…well I’m the newly hired Health Education Curriculum Manager and while I’ve always loved health education, I didn’t have a linear path into the profession.  As a military child, I spent most of my formative years growing up outside of the Nation’s Capital. From the time I was in middle school I told myself, I would never go into the family business—education, Read ▸ about Brittany Echols, Health Education Curriculum Manager

By Antionette Meeks of Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner The Dove Self-Esteem Project (DSEP) has reached more than 82 million young people worldwide. Educators provide the instruction and DSEP cadre trainers (cadre), by in large, introduce DSEP to educators across the United States. Each year, the cadre come together to refresh, refocus, and reorient themselves on how to best share DSEP updates and new associated educational resources with educators. This year, cadre Read ▸ about DSEP Cadre Trainers “Connected the Dots” at Their 2022 Retreat

By Antionette Meeks of Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner It’s a new school year!  After overcoming the fact they must rise early once again, many students will jump out of bed excited for the drive, bike, walk or bus ride to school. Ready for the first day of school! Many will have on new or new to them clothing and come armed with supplies provided by caring adults. There is excitement as they think of the classmates they have not seen since school ended and special Read ▸ about Readied, Renewed, Recharged for A New School Year

Written by Jessica Dawdy, a Dove Self-Esteem Project incentive winner I have sat here thinking about my experience and how to sum it all up in a short write up and found that this is not an easy task. As a school counselor I tell my students you can do anything you put your mind to. So I am going to use those words of wisdom to accomplish this.  Where do I start; It was a typical January day. We had just gotten back to school from winter break and like any school counselor can Read ▸ about Dove Self-Esteem Project; A Winner’s Experience