For: Seventh and Eighth grade students
Program length: One class period (45 minutes to an hour)
Class size: Real Talk Junior is most effective in smaller settings where the program has some relevance to the class material (ie. Sex Education/Health classroom)
Classes per day: As many as there are of the same grade
Annually: Each year we visit the same grade to avoid repetition
Cost: None, but donations to First Choice are welcome.
Program :
- How sexual activity effects the whole person and not just the body
- The most common STDs in the United States
- Teen pregnancy and its effect
- Relationship qualities in friendships and also romance
- Setting goals and making choices with the future in mind
- Personal testimony from the speaker
- Interactive role playing for students to get involved
Some of the schools hosting Real Talk Jr. are:
- Bogota Middle School
- Clifton Middle School
- Luis Munoz Marin Middle School, Newark
- Passaic Middle School
- Montville Middle School