The workshops employ cross-cultural training. Students learn to communicate, to be non-judgmental, to feel empathy and to tolerate ambiguity. I ve used in almost 30 years of teaching, Fredrickson said. It was a really big thing for me, said Blake, a student at Winston Knoll Collegiate. I never looked at these situations in the eyes I do now.
Students go back to their schools and relate what they ve learned to the school.
They make a presentation to the staff and parent council, and have to organize activities for every grade level. The knowledge they take back to their schools is as important as their own individual change. Many students then return to the Fort San sessions as student leaders. I think what we do has a big impact on our schools, Wilson said. Our message is getting out to the other students.