Point Break is a day-long workshop designed to promote resiliency among students. Reslient students display social cometence, problem-solving skills, personal responsibility and a sense of purpose and future. Students learn to choose conflict resolution over conflict and respect for others over disrespect.
Point Break is a six-hour workshop designed to break down educational and social barriers that exist between students on middle school and high school campuses. Through high-energy activities, interaction with caring adults and relevant discussion (regarding bullying, painful life experiences and emotional expression), Point Break draws students together, focusing on empathy and respect. Students respond to the day’s challenges with self-reflection and the acknowledgement of personal responsibility. The end result is students who begin to pursue behavioral change.
What administrators are saying about their experiences at Point Break:
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"It is very hard to put into words the experience of yesterday's Point Break workshop. It was one of those times where you walk into a room one person, and you walk out changed...the world looks just a little different than it did 8 hours before. I’ve been processing the experience since leaving yesterday and am still marveling at and working through what I saw, heard and felt. I forget that I have worked hard for many years to make my life a safe place for myself and for those who share it with me. Yesterday reminded me that our kids are still living there, in those spaces that are not safe or sane. I was able to leave yesterday and appreciate the life that I have that is safe and away from all of that darkness, but I am very aware that the kids who shared yesterday walked right back into the dark and dangerous places from which they had emerged yesterday morning. I am inspired to continue our work and ensure that we create supports for our kids that reach beyond academics, that we reach into those dark and dangerous places and pull out of them the spirits and souls of the children that live there, and to help those kids heal and grow into the people that we know they can be."
Gloria White
Teacher, Sacramento High School |
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"Point Break is a life changing event in the life of students. Students who participate in the Point Break event learn to break down walls and see others differently. It has been an immense pleasure of mine to watch each student feel part of something bigger than their self and to return to their campus with new eyes and a new heart. I recommend that every student attend the workshop at least once. "
Valerie Erb
Teacher, Roseville High School |
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Two months after our Point Break Workshop a parent approached me to discuss her child. She said, “Ever since she went to the workshop you did with Point Break my daughter has been different; more hopeful and kinder at home. I feel like that day really helped her.”
When a program helps a kid at school AND at home, it’s a huge success.
Lori Sipkovich
Teacher, Lincoln High School |
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Point Break is an outstanding program. From start to finish students are involved with games, engaging activities, and breaking down social barriers. Lincoln High School has participated in the program many times and has had outstanding feedback from students and staff. They return feeling connected and part of the high school. Any school that is interested in breaking down walls and bringing students and staff together need to participate in the Point Break Program.
Jim Spratling
Counselor,
Lincoln High School |
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Initially, I was skeptical when I first heard about Point Break. I knew that we had a need but I was unsure if this program was the way to meet that need. And then I participated in Point Break. I was a believer. It was truly eye opening watching students “Cross the Line”. To see the number of our students letting other students see that they were not alone was so powerful. We have a diverse student population; I know that Point Break has done much towards breaking down the barriers between students and student groups. I wholeheartedly recommend Point Break; I also recommend that every adult on campus participate with the students. It is a great program.
Jon Coleman
Assistant Principal,
Roseville High School
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The world we live in has changed drastically in the last decade, and our teens face brutal realities that most of us never had to deal with—slurs of intolerance, cyber bullying and “sexting,” crushing pressure to do drugs, to binge drink, to have sex, to be cool, to imitate media icons, to excel. Kids need to know that they are not alone, that they are not the only one facing these problems that seem so insurmountable to them. My experience as a participant in the Point Break program made absolutely clear to me that many of our kids are hurting and they need help.
Judi Daniels
Granite Bay High School |
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