Resilience

Gutsy Girls and Wise Women

For girls entering Grades 5-8 and their mothers

Join us for a two-day retreat that will foster confidence and resilience in girls, build their mothers’ understanding of how best to support adolescent girls, and reinforce the critical mother-daughter bond. The retreat will take place at Laurel’s beautiful 150-acre Butler Campus, where girls will participate in confidence-boosting activities with faculty who are experts in social and emotional development in girls.

Retreat Basics

WHO: Girls entering Grades 5-8 and their Mothers
DATES: August 5 & 6, 2023 (Saturday & Sunday)
TIME: 10:00 am-4:00 pm on Saturday and 9:00 am-12:00 pm on Sunday
LOCATION: Laurel’s Butler Campus, 7420 Fairmount Road, Novelty, OH 44072

Girls will participate in workshops focused on appropriate risk-taking, problem-solving, creativity, and communication. They will also brave the 16-element Project Adventure Ropes Course.
Moms will meet in small groups for reflective writing and conversation about all aspects of motherhood–managing conflict in the developmental framework of adolescence and managing stress–yours and hers.
Before the weekend concludes, moms will also do resilience-building work and join their daughters in programming designed to increase mutual understanding and strengthen the mother-daughter connection.
See our Butler Campus through the eyes of Laurel’s Third-Fifth Grade students, whose learning happens outdoors every day through an innovative, one-of-a-kind curriculum in Northeast Ohio.

Presenters & Facilitators

ANN V. KLOTZ, Head of Laurel School and Founder, Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls
DR. TORI CORDIANO, Director of Research, Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls
DR. RACHEL HERLEIN, Assistant Head, Laurel School
SHANNON LUKZ, Laurel faculty member and Creator of Laurel’s Adventure Girls
Special guest, DR. LISA DAMOUR, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls

Tuition

$1,000 for a daughter and her mother

A second daughter and/or mother in the same household can be added for an additional fee of $465 each.
Workshop materials including monographs authored by LCRG staff, lunch, and snacks will be provided.
Travel and lodging costs are the responsibility of the attendees. Read about a discounted rate with Hyatt Place in Lyndhurst at the bottom of this page.*

I didn’t expect how great I would feel by the end.

mother
I learned that I am braver than I thought.

daughter
I made lots of friends.

daughter
It was a great one-on-one time with my daughter.

mother
It was perfect. Thank you for putting together a life-changing weekend that I will treasure forever.

mother
It was really, really fun.

daughter
It was super-fun.

daughter
Loved it!

mother
This retreat is awesome. It gives you challenges, information and places to grow as a person.

daughter
This was a fantastic experience. I feel so lucky and grateful to have had the time to focus on myself and my daughter.

mother
This was life-changing for my relationship with my daughter.

mother

*Hotels

Through our partnership with Hyatt Place in Lyndhurst, OH, a discounted rate is available to guests of Laurel School. Please use this custom link to book online, or call 216-382-3350. Laurel’s code is 102224. Subject to availability. Book early!

Additional hotels, including Aloft, Embassy Suites and Doubletree, are conveniently located in Beachwood, OH at the I-271 and Chagrin Blvd. exit.