Welcome to Just Learning Ally!
Graphic Novel Club for Teens
- Read and discuss your favorite graphic novels with other teens
- Learn how to design and draw your own graphic novel
- Play games and trivia
- Discover new titles and share your favorites with others
Snacks will be provided!
Location: Topsfield, MA
First week free!
$50 per week. Reduced rate for JLA members.
To register, e-mail contact@justlearningally.org or sign up here!
Events and Workshops
JLA offers a variety of workshops to address students needs. See our offerings below. Visit the community hub to see what's happening locally.
If you would like Just Learning Ally to host a workshop for your school or community, please contact us.
Executive Functioning Workshops
Time Management
Time Management
Time Management
Participants will learn different time management strategies. Students have opportunities to reflect on their current patterns of behavior. This workshop will include lessons in identifying thinking patterns and improving organization. Learn tips that can help save time and create more efficiency
Self-Advocacy
Time Management
Time Management
This workshop teaches students the role that self-advocacy plays in their success. Students will learn how to advocate for themselves and why it matters. This workshops highlights specific scenarios for when to use it, and the pros and cons that come with doing so. Exercises include email writing and role playing how to talk with a teacher or professor about a concern.
Anti-Anxiety
Time Management
Anti-Anxiety
This workshop will help teach students strategies for recognizing working through school related anxieties. Students will learn how to identify benchmarks and use specific strategies for a variety of school- related concerns. Participants are provided with resources and exercises. Topics will also include organization, time management, and goal setting as it relates to reducing anxiety.
Organization
Managing Course Loads
Anti-Anxiety
This workshop allows participants to discover an organization system that works for them. Students will learn a variety of organization techniques with time to develop a plan for themselves. This workshop addresses scenarios from organize a semester’s course load to keeping a tidy backpack. This workshop also includes time management exercises as it relates to staying organized.
Managing Course Loads
Managing Course Loads
Managing Course Loads
Particularly useful at the start of the semester, this is an active workshop where students bring in their syllabus and course material. They will learn strategies for staying organize and have the opportunity to develop helpful plans for the future semester.
College Preparedness Workshops
Preparing for College Academics
Preparing for Life Away at College
Preparing for Life Away at College
Get a head start on managing your academics at the college level. Resources and strategies available to plan ahead. Learn more about how to be successful in college with tips and activities. Understand ahead of time what a professor might expect while learning about office hours and planning around a syllabus.
Preparing for Life Away at College
Preparing for Life Away at College
Preparing for Life Away at College
Living away from home comes with new challenges. This workshop prepares students for life living at a college. Topics include adjusting to dorm life and preparing for roommates. Living away from home. Identifying necessary resources. Having a plan. Creating goals and benchmarks.
Building a College Application
Building a College Application
Building a College Application
The workshops helps attendees learn how to set up a common application. It breaks down the application parts and process. Students review deadlines and learn how to narrow down their selection of schools.
SAT/ ACT prep
Building a College Application
Building a College Application
This workshop prepares attendees for taking the standardized tests for college admission. Participants will understand how the tests work, how to prepare, and where to find additional resources. rhetoric.
Academic Workshops
Standardized Test Prep
Standardized Test Prep
Standardized Test Prep
Information about the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Participants learn details about the test, test-taking strategies, and resources to improve test scores.
Basic Writing
Standardized Test Prep
Standardized Test Prep
Students learn writing techniques and basic writing vocabulary that will be useful for the high school or college level. Prepare for an undergraduate education by reviewing the standards that academia desires.
Grammar 101
Fun with Learning: Basic Grammar
Fun with Learning: Basic Grammar
Students learn the basic grammar structure of English. Participants learn how basic grammar rules can be used to improve writing skills.
Fun with Learning: Basic Grammar
Fun with Learning: Basic Grammar
Fun with Learning: Basic Grammar
Through games and competition, students will review the parts of speech and basic parts of a sentence that make up English grammar.
Education Workshops
Gamification in Secondary Education
Gamification in Secondary Education
Gamification in Secondary Education
A presentation with the option to have games. The subject of the presentation is how “play” is good for students, even at the high school and college level. Play targets many of the skills that have waned particularly post-Covid. Educational games allows students to reconnect while learning necessary curriculum to progress in their academic standards simultaneously.
Understanding Visual Literacy
Gamification in Secondary Education
Gamification in Secondary Education
A workshop that stresses the ubiquity and importance of understanding communication through non-textual means. Topics include propaganda, humor, comic books, art, and storytelling.
Life Skills Workshops
Financial Literacy
Communication Etiquette
Communication Etiquette
A workshop to introduce young adults to basic financial terminology. Topics covered include credit, debit, budgets, and prioritizing expenses.
Communication Etiquette
Communication Etiquette
Communication Etiquette
Learn how communication has changed rapidly over the last century. Explore the different phases of etiquette, from answering a phone to positing a letter. Participants will then practice modern day code switching and distinguish writing for different audiences.
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