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The Ryzers provide different life tools with Adolescence coincides with one of the most
self-exploratory questions, the ability to set significant developmental milestones – the
goals, develop new tools, add artwork and transition from elementary school to middle/
create an individualized portfolio. high school. In elementary school, students
are, for the most part, in one classroom for
iRYZE understands that adults cannot expect the majority of the day. The teacher is able
teenagers to act like adults. Therefore, the to monitor the child’s academic skills, study
goal is to empower teenagers to define who habits, and behaviors. This type of support
they are and create their own success. iRYZE is necessary for children to successfully
offers a variety of tools to enhance their level transition into adolescence and the
of functioning. The teenager decides what expectation of greater independence.
would be helpful and how they will use it.
The student beginning middle/
Ideally, there is no one way to use iRYZE. upper school is expected to
The Ryzers can be used in any order be capable of greater
and the tools can be discussed responsibility and
and applied as it relates to autonomy. This means
individuals, small or large having the necessary
tools for time management, organization, • Home room; discuss, complete and review
conflict resolution, and study skills. This also tools for 15-30 mins a day or every other day
includes the teenager being able to balance
school, social, extracurricular, and family. • Life skills/home economic; a month, half of
semester or semester to work on students
This transition coincides with the most developing their Ryzer portfolio
significant psycho-social change in this young
person’s life. Puberty often represents the more • Psychology; an experiential exercise to
obvious physical changes, yet the emotional, understand developmental psychology and
social and cognitive processes are dramatically the expectations of adolescence
changing and there is no manual for how it works.
• Peer advocacy; students work together
Teenagers need a solid foundation to feel separate from the instructor and check-in or
some sense of grounding when everything discuss ways they are using the tools and Ryzers
inside and out is changing. iRYZE provides
• An advisory curriculum; a self-contained
the foundation to support young people
syllabus with workbook to develop or build
taking care of themselves while managing
into the life skills program
the demands of school and life.
• An after-school enrichment program; a
How to present iRYZE? program for teenagers who want or need
additional support to succeed in school and life
iRYZE empowers students by explaining
that the student is the brand and the Ryzer • A manual for new students; all new students
is their portfolio. iRYZE is an opportunity for receive iRYZE as part of the orientation packet
students to define who they are and how they to support their success at the new school
want to be successful in life. It is a chance for
them to identify their tools for success on • Students transitioning into middle and
their own terms. high school; iRYZE can be used
to provide fundamentals
How to use iRYZE? and developmental
expectation for the
iRYZE can be its own class or transition year
incorporated into any part of
the academic day;
• A tool for self growth for an individual 1. The Evolve Module is all about the
student or group of students; individual presentation of the concepts (i.e. roleplay,
students or a group can focus on a specific personal examples, art, literature, historical
skill set or Ryzer figures, cultural references, stories, artwork).
the study skills that will work for them. The ability to