Harnessing creativity and confidence in a progressive high school
A progressive high school gives students a safe haven during their exciting high school years. High school is one of the most memorable and most challenging periods in any student’s life. This is because students have to cope with many changes physically, mentally, and emotionally. They have to deal with puberty and the many changes it brings – the growth spurts, weight gain, development of body parts, and hormonal changes, among others. Just like in coming of age movies, this is when the glasses and the braces make a debut, as well as the time when students get their first crushes, when they start to get social and make friends (and inevitably, frienemies), and get a dose of a lot of firsts – first night out, first dance, first soireee, first sleepover, and first outing, to name a few. This period is tricky because, apart from it being very exciting what with all the firsts, this is also when a lot of insecurities pop up, and it is very important that these insecurities are kept ...