Founded in 2014, LiveGirl empowers and equips the next generation of brave, inclusive leaders, including Carver students. LiveGirl helps girls thrive and make a positive impact on the world.

We are especially excited to share their fall 2019 Confidence Club data. LiveGirl Confidence Club is proven to build self-esteem and social emotional intelligence, the building blocks of a confident leader. Carver greatly values this vital partnership.

The post-survey responses provide strong evidence that the fall 2019 Confidence Club participants enjoyed being in the program and liked their mentors. Overall, 90.3% of participants rated the Confidence Club as excellent or good and 95.9% said that they enjoyed being in the program. Similarly, 96.9% of participants liked their mentor and 91.7% learned new things from their mentor. More than half of respondents said that their mentor encouraged them to be a leader in school (71.1%) or that having a mentor helped them resolve conflict in school (62.1%).

The majority of respondents also stated that they had a positive connection with other participants (80.4%) and this was also emphasized directly in the open-ended responses. When asked what they liked best about the Confidence Club program, about one-third mentioned “the people,” “talking to each other,” “being with friends,” or “making new friends.” Related to this, some answers also described feeling that their voice was being heard/being able to share or “how open everyone was.”

…When asked about what they learned from participating in the Confidence Club program, about three-quarters directly or indirectly described LiveGirl pillars and leadership in their answers: Be Brave (18.6%), Be Yourself (18.6%), Be Kind (18.6%), Be Empowered (7.6%), and leadership (10.2%). Other comments mentioned gaining confidence or learning specific skills like conflict resolution and self-control.