Girls First

Girls First is a tuition-free, trauma-informed out-of-school program for children in grades one through four serving Norristown, Chester, and Philadelphia. Vision: to reach children in more communities with our unique trauma informed, arts-based, and emotionally responsive academic programming, which inspires and empowers students to be their best selves every day. Mission: to build character, instill a positive sense of self, and provide tangible life skills through a creative curriculum of arts exploration, academic reinforcement, and social-emotional learning. Core Values • Promote Empowerment: Allow everyone a voice and a choice • Foster Collaboration: Teach the value of working together for the common good • Build Trust: Provide an environment that is physically and emotionally safe • Model Empathy: Show kindness to students and their families experiencing hardships • Celebrate Diversity: Value differences and each other’s backgrounds to build stronger communities • Nurture Creativity: Enable students to explore and apply arts and sciences through their own lens • Be Resourceful: Provide the best possible programming with the resources available to us • Measure Outcomes: Our compassion is supported by a data-driven culture to achieve results Girls First lets girls be girls, first! Girls First provides a safe, stable environment where students practice respect for self and others, exercise appropriate interactions with peers and adults, discover new skills and talents, and develop tools that will allow them to achieve greater success in school and beyond.