Please note: In 2006, funding expired for the project at Poway Unified School District. Backyard Tourist is currently accepting offers from other school districts to provide alternative curriculum based on the successful components of Coyote Youth.
Coyote Youth is a Character Developing program
that started in the Poway Unified School District in the
Fall of 2002. The primary implementation took place at Abraxas
High School, Poway High School, Meadowbrook Middle School and Valley Elementary for the 2002 - 2003 school year. From 2003-2006 Coyote Youth was part of an alternative curriculum for all students at Abraxas High School.
By promoting community partnerships and creating collaboration
between schools, parents, and the community, we allow an
environment to exist that fosters family values, cooperation,
and open communication with the greater good in mind. Coyote
Youth acts a liaison between those who need to receive the
proper resources of time, attention, and encouragement and
the surrounding community who cares about their involvement
with those in need.
The character education curriculum consists of
practical life scenarios which students find themselves
in every day, but have never had any practice at. These
situations include going to the library, starting a bank
account, taking public transportation, and shopping for
nutritious groceries.
The mentorship program has a trickle-down effect: the adults
act as guides to the high school students, the high school
students to middle school, and middle school to elementary.
This way knowledge is passed on in a way that is both in
a format that is understandable, and makes the concepts
more ingrained once the student passes on this knowledge
to the next generation of Coyote Youth participants.
Through this cooperative interaction, we build a character
that has the core values of: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring, and community citizenship. We put into
action concepts that are based on the heritage of the past.
Not adopting old attitudes, but incorporating ancient truths
and spiritual wisdom that transcend culture, religion, and
time in order to create a more dynamically healthy and considerate
world view.
Coyote Youth - Where Character Counts!
School is not a place!
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