| EDUCATORS
"I know you'll check your email tonight and I just wanted to thank you again for providing such wonderful programs today. The faculty was in awe of the way you had the high school kids in the palm of your hand! My daughter and her friends we're at our house this afternoon and they said the program 'was awesome'. The ultimate compliment from a teenager! I thought it was great to see so many kids turn out this evening. You'll be a tough act to follow. You'll be interested to know that the administrators at Saint Stephen's are already taking about having you come back!"
Jayne Giroux,
St. Stephen's M.S.
and H.S. in Bradenton (FL)
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"After his performance, the students talked for days about it, and many students sought the counsel of faculty and friends to talk about issues his comments raised. I sincerely recommend Mike to any school looking for a fun and fresh way to educate their students about dating and relationship dynamics, sexual assault, and open minds."
Hilary Cruz-Abrams, Health Program Coordinator,
The Kent School
(Boarding School in CT)
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"As the excitement of this week's successful series of 12 presentations turns into the sheer joy of having made such a large impact on the fabric of our children's lives, we want to say, 'THANK YOU'! Thank you because you connected so easily and comfortably with our students, and thank you because you also connected with their parents and with many other adults in our community."
Len Harlig, M.S. & H.S.
in Sun Valley Region (ID)
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"We thought your presentation was great, your rapport with the kids was terrific and the subject matter was right on target. The way we gauge if something is a success is if the kids are still talking about it a few days later. Needless to say, we heard tons of positive feedback from the students (and the PE /Health teachers too). I have already recommended you to the other School Based Youth Services Programs in New Jersey at the annual director's retreat last week. Thanks for helping us make our Wellness Week a great success!"
Suzanne Sarner, Counselor
Sussex County Technical High School (NJ)
"It was terrific to have you visit our school on... By the end of the presentation, the students were engaging in easy dialogue with you, asking pertinent and powerful questions, copying down information, sharing experiences, and asking for your expertise. What more could any educator ask for in a presentation?
Your program has become a valuable component in our goal of empowering and informing our students of their rights and responsibilities, not only in the legal arena, but also as human beings. For this, I am most grateful and heartily recommend you to any youth group from middle school through college."
Debbie Bartholomay,
Alternative High School (WI)
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"His command of the subject matter and his ability to relate to the students was superb... I would like to reiterate that this program was outstanding. The students and faculty of Fabens High School hold Mr. Domitrz in the highest esteem because of his down-to-earth approach and his willingness to share his knowledge of the subject matter."
Christine Gleason,
Fabens High School (TX)
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"Students can take what they learned from this presentation and use it everyday in and out of their school settings. The feedback I received was all very positive and I am very confident that we will be booking you again for future presentations."
Nicole Saavedra,
Youth Services
6th - 12th Grade Presentations
in East Granby, CT
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"With this subject matter it would be easy for the students to dismiss Mike’s presentation. However, Mike put the students in the position to respond to his inquiries and actions. Therefore, his message carried the credibility of the endorsement of the peer group. (example: the girls let the boys know that Mike was right). I think that the students were most impacted by the realization that they may have done something offensive to someone that they care about. Kids are so insecure when it comes to personal relationships. I am in the process of sharing the literature with the seven districts in Licking county. I believe that the message is solid, valuable, and delivered in a professional, caring manner.
Robin Galbari, Asst Dir for School Improvement,
Licking County Educational Service Center (OH)
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FROM A PARENT
"After your presentation in March
of this year, our 13 year old daughter (who deals with GAD and ADD in addition to
being a teenager) reported an incident that she had been hiding from us for nearly a year. A 14 year old boy had used
coercion to force her into a 2 second 'experiment' with the threat that he would tell everyone she was a slut and did
________ anyway. She held this inside from early July until a few days after your presentation, when she filed a report with the school counselor.
Needless to say, there were multiple incidents during the time she held the information in: he told everyone lies about her anyway, created an enormous amount of turmoil and so forth, resulting in GAD accelerating into RX treated depression.
While the results of her disclosure required involvement of the police and child welfare, which frightened us all, including her parents - she has rebounded phenomenally well. The perp has been transferred, I hope to an all boys' school. Her remark to us after we met with the child welfare people -
'I know you hate me now.' With that thought in her mind, she still had the courage to go on record and to seek help that your program recommends. Of course we let her know that Hate ain't in the picture. Thank you for your excellent program.
Thanks again"!
Due to the personal nature of this letter, the
names have been removed.
STUDENTS
**To respect the privacy of minors, no students' names are
listed next to their comments.
"What a brilliant presentation! Thank you for sharing your insights in a manner that caused us to challenge our beliefs and assumptions."
"Besides opening the eyes of the people in our class, you can be sure that by the way you presented your topics, the message will be spread by word of mouth."
"Your talk was entertaining and fun while also challenging us to think about basic dating situations in a new, insightful perspective. Too bad you aren't a professor -- I love your energy!"
"I like the way you use humor to soften the mood of what could be an uncomfortable subject."
"Please come back!!"
"Hey, I attended your assembly on Monday. I really thought it was great, very informational. It kinda puts everything about dating into a totally different perspective, which I think is good. I just wanted to send an email to let you know that what you do does effect people, so keep up the good work :)"
"You were a great inspiration to me that day that you came to the school. Once again, thank you for making a difference in my life."
"I just had the pleasure of viewing one of your assemblies today at my school. I would like to thank you for coming and speaking because it is definitely one of the best assemblies I have ever been a part of."
"We are 7th graders at ___________ (erased name for confidentiality reasons) Middle School. You came to our school and talked to us. We think you really got the point across to all of us and we really appreciated it. We think that some of the kids finally understood that what they were doing was wrong. We just wanted to say thanks again."
"You are an angel from god."
"You came to my school and I LOVED every minute of your presentation. It was awesome and I loved the respect you tried to show for relationships and not moving too fast into situations you would later feel uncomfortable in. Thank you very much."
"I was at school today and heard you talk in first hour. I thought you were cool and
I'm glad I got to here you talk. You made learning about everything you were talking about FUN. I just wanted to let you know that
I was so glad that you took time out of your day to come and talk with me and my school.
I'm glad to know that if anything ever happened to me I could talk to you and you could help me.
P.S I thought it was really funny when ____ was up their
acting out (that was so funny.) So thanks again so much for coming and talking to my class.
I think we all got a lot out of it"
"Hey, what's up???? Well, I loved your thing you did today and i will always ask before
I do something."
"I was at your presentation last night at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Port Washington. Thought it was excellent...I am looking forward to using your approach and letting them know how I felt when I was their age. Thanks so much!"
~ E-mail from a Parent |
