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March 23, 2010
This Month at Excelsior
Excelsior Girls Go Snowboarding

During the past six years, Excelsior girls have learned to snowboard and enjoyed Colorado's winter fun thanks to the Chill program.  Burton Boards sponsors the Chill Program whose mission is to provide unique and positive experiences to underserved youth through snowboarding. 

A lot of our girls have never seen snow, let alone been on a mountain and learning to snowboard. Chill gives them something fun to look forward to every week while teaching them life lessons in patience, persistence, responsibility, respect, integrity and pride.
 
In This Issue
Excelsior Girls Go Snowboarding
Yoga, the Art of Being
Art Therapy Helping Girls Work Through Issues
University Hills Rotary Club Sponsors Science Fair
Passport Party a Success
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Programs at Excelsior
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Yoga, the Art of Being

As part of the Wellness Program at Excelsior, the practice of Yoga is used to help guide girls out of their own depths with tools of empowerment, life balance, and well-being. Through Yoga, girls are allowed the opportunity to connect their mind, body and spirit, as they have come to us broken, with a sense of defeat, suffering, and loss.


Click here to read more about yoga and Excelsior's wellness program.
Advice from Excelsior Staff
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Art Therapy Helping Girls Work Through Issues

When faced with confronting distressing personal issues, young women in treatment can benefit from unique therapeutic tools. Excelsior offers a variety of Art Therapy experiences to help young women express themselves and work through difficult issues they may not otherwise feel comfortable sharing. The young women at Excelsior are encouraged to utilize means of expressions they are familiar with and explore new art forms.

Click here to read more from staff member Michael Pisney on Art Therapy at Excelsior.
Programs at Excelsior
Science Fair University Hills Rotary Club Sponsors Science Fair

On Mar. 9, members of the University Hills Rotary Club were judges for theExcelsior Science Fair.  For the past five years, this Rotary Club has underwritten the costs of conducting the fair and members have served as the judges. The Science Fair encourages Excelsior students to challenge themselves in their science classes.

Click here to read more about the Science Fair at Excelsior.
Excelsior Events
passport party Passport Party a Success

The Passport Party benefiting Excelsior took place Mar. 13 at the Palazzo Verdi in Greenwood Village.


Excelsior and Edie Marks, hostess, honored three triumphant women for overcoming significant challenges to achieve successful careers. The women include: Kelly Brough, CEO Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; Sheryl Renee, professional entertainer; and Jolene Reynolds, former Excelsior student who is now a pediatric oncology nurse at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles.


Click here to read more about the Passport Party.