OWL

** The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist ** toc =Introduction:= The Our Whole Lives Lifespan Sexuality Education Program is a well respected sexuality education curriculum which was co-sponsored in 1993 by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. The program has curricula for 6 age groups: grades K-1, grades 4-6, grades 7-9, grades 10-12, young adult, and adult. [|More detailed information about the OWL program is here.]
 * Our Whole Lives (OWL) Lifespan Sexuality Education Program**

=OWL at the Community Church:= The Community Church offers most of the OWL curricula on a regular basis. 5th Grade 8th Grade K-1: Spring 2012, Spring 2014 10th-12 Grade: Spring 2011, Spring 2013 Young Adult Adult: =5th Grade OWL--Fall 2012= Limited to 10 participants. Chris Hoerter, Dee Lavinder, Jean Genova will be the teachers. Sundays--11:15-12:15 PM 9/9 Orientation 9/16 Session 1 9/23 Session 2 9/30 Session 3 10/7 Session 4 10/14 Session 5 10/21 Session 6 11/4 Session 7 and 8 (2 sessions on this day, 1st session starts at 10:45) =8th Grade OWL--Spring 2013=  We are happy to announce that we will be offering the Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education module for 8th graders January-March 2013. The class will be limited to 10 students so please RSVP if you are interested. The OWLClass for 8th graders is a 27 session nationally recognized comprehensive sexuality education program published jointly by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. Here is a link about OWL __Here is a link about OWL.__ We are offering the 8th grade module every year. In the past we offered it every other year to 7th graders and 8th graders. In order to have smaller classes that are closer in age we have decided to offer it every year just to 8th graders. 8th grade OWL be held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Because attendance is required, we wanted to let you know the dates now so you can block them off. The schedule is below. There is a mandatory parent orientation required before a youth can participate in the class. The orientation session is held in December 2012 and is offered at several times. **Note:** 1.Youth are expected to attend all the OWL classes except in the case of illness or emergency so **//do not enroll your youth in OWL if the youth can not commit to the whole program//****//.//** If you have questions or concerns, please contact Marion Hirsch to discuss. 2. If your youth is a 9th grader this year and missed the OWL class the last time it was offered, your youth can participate in this session of OWL unless the 9th Grader is participating in Coming of Age. Sunday January 13 2:30-5:30 PM Saturday January 26 1-5:30 Sunday January 27 2:30-5:30 Saturday February 9 1-5:30 Sunday February 10, 2:30-5:30 Saturday February 23, 1-5:30 Sunday February 24 2:30-5:30 Saturday March 2, 1-5:30 Sunday March 3, 2:30-5:30 Saturday March 16, 1-5:30 Sunday March 17, 2:30-5:30 Snow Dates (please hold in reserve, March 23 & 24)
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 * 8th Grade OWL Schedule **

=10-12th Grade OWL--Fall 2012= We are offering the 10th-12th Grade OWL on 4 Saturdays in the Fall of 2012-Winter of 2013. There is a mandatory parent orientation. Youth are expected to attend all the OWL classes except in the case of illness or emergency so ** //do not enroll your youth in OWL if the youth can not commit to the whole program// **** //.// ** If you have questions or concerns, please contact Marion Hirsch to discuss. If your youth is a senior and has already participated in the 10th-12th OWL class offered in 2011 they should not repeat the class. Saturday, August 25 10 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, September 15, 10 AM- 4:30 PM Saturday, December 1, 10 AM- 4:30 PM  Saturday, January 5 th, 10 AM- 4:30 PM