Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Regional Workshop October 2, 2025

At Eastern Point Beach

8:05   Groton STA bus picks up New London High students

8:25   Groton STA bus picks up Ledyard Students Fitch High students

8:40 Groton STA bus picks up Fitch High students (load box lunches)

9:00 All students are dropped off at Eastern Point Beach

9:00 Icebreakers:

  • Cold wind blows
  • Name games
  • Blob tag
  • Captain’s Coming

9:45 Orientation to More Than Words:

  • History of program – Mike Graner
  • Missions and goals -Yesenia, Jacoby, Jordon,
  • Outreach experiences

10:00 Team Building Activities (each station should last for about 18 minutes, including time to move to next station)

  • Station 1 Marble Roll Jordan and Jacoby
  • Station 2 Shrinking Circle Mike Graner
  • Station 3 Clue Yesenia
  • Station 4 Stomp Damaris
  • Station 5 Fire Starter Karely/Nylah

11:30 Lunch

12:00 Igniting Change Conference:

Karley shares Igniting Change workshop design and then students provide feedback to the 6 student presenters about what to say about MTW from a student perspective (basically Karely can lead this session with a little help from advisors)

1:00 Closure – everyone explains their take-away from today

1:15  Bus departs from Eastern Point Beach

1:30  Drop off Fitch High students

1:50  Drop off Ledyard High Students

2:25  Drop off New London High Students