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North Star Can Do! Workshops

Celebrating individual differences and abilities.

photo of Maribeth Bush reading the book The North Star to studentsPresented by Maribeth Bush, The North Star Can Do! Workshops encourage students to fulfill their true photo of a student working on a workshop projectpotential regardless of the obstacles that lay in their path. Through ability awareness and the allegory in Peter Reynolds' book The North Star, the workshops showcase students’ strengths in the face of potentially conflicting messages about capabilities and self-worth.

photo of student working on a workshop projectStudents participating in the workshops develop pride in who they are as individuals, and they learn to photo of student holding up his appreciate diversity and the life challenges faced by those around them. Students also discover for themselves that if they focus on what they CAN do, then "anything is possible".




link to The North Star Can Do! Workshops Story *link to learn about the workshops presenter *link to workshop content *link to workshop goals *link to workshop activities
link to workshop testimonials * link to workshop news *link to sign-up for workshops




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Can Do! web pages by Maribeth Bush, Copyright © 1997-2001, Maribeth Bush. All rights reserved.

Art by Peter Reynolds, Copyright © 1997-2001, Peter Reynolds. All rights reserved.