The Connecticut YOUTH Forum formerly known as the Student Board, was started in 1993 Below is the history of the monthly meetings, beginning in 1997

2018-2019 Location Topic

September Dunkin Donuts Park If You Really Knew My Story October TheaterWorks Friend or Foe November State Legislative Office Building The Violence in Our Lives February Hartford Public Library ‘Isms March Loomis Chaffee YF STUDENT CONFERENCE April Travelers Stressed Out! May Old State House Year in Review & Senior Spotlight

2017-2018 Location Topic

September Canton High School Who’s Really In Charge? October Rockville High School Being American November CREC - Aerospace & Engineering Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? December Bolton High School Alcohol and Drugs February Lewis S. Mills High School Express Yourself (The Power of Words) March YF STUDENT CONFERENCE The World as We Don’t Know It April Farmington High School Let’s Talk About Sex May Cromwell High School Senior Send Off

2016-2017 Location Topic

September Farmington High School Religion (Oh my… God?) October Ellington High School ‘Isms (You Is or You Ism) November Manchester High School My Future Self January Metropolitan Learning Center Competition Vs. Unity February Glastonbury High School Gender Roles in Society March STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Enough is Enough April Bacon Academy LGBTQ and You May Hartford Public High School Senior Send Off

2015-2016 Location Topic

September Pathways to Technology in E. Hartford What Makes You, You? October CREC - Aerospace & Engineering Pressure on Teens Today November E.O. Smith High School Texting and Social Communications February CT River Academy Truths & Assumptions on Teen Dating/Relationships March STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Your Education by: You! April Windsor High School Names, Labels, and Stereotypes May Hall High School Senior Send Off

2014-2015 Location Topic

September Two Rivers Academy Peer Pressure October Lyman Memorial High School Racism November RHAM High School Karma 1

February Conard High School Body Image March STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT What If…? April Simsbury High School Invention & Innovation May Bulkeley High School Senior Send Off

2013-2014 Location Topic

September Hartford Public High Keeping Your Word October East Hampton Stressed Out! December Stanley Black & Decker Triumphs & Resolutions January STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT We Are One May Bolton High School Senior Send-off

2012-2013 Location Topic

September Sports & Medical Sciences Academy Leaders and Followers October Glastonbury High School Friend or Foe November Aetna Vision into Your Future February STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT If You Really Knew My Story… May Metropolitan Learning Center Senior Send-off

2011-2012 Location Topic September Simsbury High School Chapters in My Life November RHAM High School My Life on-line December New Britain High School ’Tis the Season January Bacon Academy What Does Being an Adult Mean? February The Hartford Love, Sex & Dating March Plainville High School Stereotypes April Lyman High School Your Education Summit May STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Mirror Myself to the World

2010-2011 Location Topic September Avon High School If You Really Knew Me October Student Exchange Event Who am I? @ Loomis Chaffee Hero, Villain or Something In-Between November Granby High School What Our Parents Don’t Know December Sports Medical and Science Acad. Anger, Depression, Life: how to deal January Northwest Catholic High School High School and Life after February Glastonbury High School Truths and Assumptions on Teen Dating March Ellington High School Names, Labels, and Stereotypes April East Hampton High School DRAMA May Hartford Public High School Senior Send-off

2009-2010 Location Topic September Glastonbury HS Texting October Hartford Job Corps Academy Stress November E.O. Smith H.S. (Storrs) Taking our Future Seriously December Cromwell H.S. Body Image January Hartford Public Library Drugs and Alcohol February Lyman Memorial HS (Lebanon) Love, Sex, & Relationships March Plainville HS Religion and Beliefs April New Britain HS Culture and Stereotypes May Hall HS (West Hartford) Senior Send-off

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2008-2009 Location Topic September Avon HS Stereotypes October STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Our Time. Our Renaissance. November Granby Memorial HS Dreams vs. Reality December East Hartford HS School Issues January Cromwell HS Religion, Faith, and Spirituality February New Britain HS Sex & Sexuality March Hartford Public HS Power of Music April Plainville HS Teen Dating & Violence May Manchester HS Senior Send-off

2007-2008 Location Topic September East Hampton HS Gender Issues October STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT My Life, My Traditions, My Story November Big Picture HS (Bloomfield) Teen Pregnancy and Teen Parents December Simsbury HS The Skin You’re In: Race in Our lives January Lyman Memorial HS (Lebanon) Alcohol and Drugs March Hartford Public HS Love, Sex, Dating, & Relationships April RHAM HS Families and Their Influence May East Hartford HS Senior Send-off

2006-2007 Location Topic September Avon HS Back to School: Where Do You Belong? October STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT The Masks We Wear November Cromwell HS IMs, TMs and Myspace: Life, Virtually December Bacon Academy (Colchester) Tis the Season for Winter Blues January Classical Magnet School (Hartford) What Parents Don’t Understand February Hall HS (W Hartford) Love, Sex, Dating and Relationships March Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford) YOUTH Forum Melting Pot April New Britain HS Violence In Our Lives May Plainville HS Senior Send-off

2005-2006 Location Topic October Glastonbury HS Current Events November STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT What I Believe About…morals, religion, school violence, friends etc. December Manchester HS First Impressions/Assumptions/Stereotypes January Watkinson School (Hartford) What would you change in this world? February Rocky Hill HS Love March RHAM (Hebron) & Thomaston HS Heroes and Villains April Plainville HS The Power of Music May New Britain HS Senior Send off

2004-2005 Location Topic October American School For The Deaf If I Were President November RHAM (Hebron) & Bulkeley HS Key Relationships in My Life December East Hartford HS Religion & Spirituality January STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT The American Puzzle: Which Piece are You? February Weaver HS (Hartford) On The Outside Looking In March E.O Smith HS (Storrs) & Plainville HS Media: Information or Propaganda April Bacon Academy (Colchester) Violence and Teen Culture May Hartford Public HS Hopes and Dreams 3

2003-2004 Location Topic October Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) Teen Stigma November STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Authority, Power Structure & Independence December Bolton HS Love & Relationships January Bulkeley HS (Hartford) Body Image February Cromwell HS Drinking & Drugs March Thomaston HS & Bacon Academy Stereotypes April New Britain HS Speak Out About School May Kingswood Oxford (W Hartford) Annual Farewell Picnic/Hopes & Dreams

2002-2003 Location Topic October Watkinson School (Hartford) Teens, Pressures and Stress November Conard HS (W Hartford) The Power of Music December Lyman Memorial HS& Canton HS Authority Figures January Manchester HS Parents February STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT The American Teen: You Think You Know… But You Have No Idea March American School for the Deaf If I Ran The World April Glastonbury HS & Plainville HS Eating Disorders, Cutting, Suicide, Depression May The Learning Corridor (Hartford) Annual Farewell Picnic/Hopes & Dreams

2001-2002 Location Topic October Hartford Public HS September 11th November Hall HS (W Hartford)& East Hartford HS Gender Issues- Male/Female December Watkinson School (Hartford) Stereotypes January Farmington HS Stereotypes II February Police Explorers (Hartford) Crime/Safety February STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Influences on Us and Others March Southington HS Spirituality/Religion April Simsbury HS& Rocky Hill HS Telling the Truth May Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) Annual Farewell Picnic/Hopes & Dreams

2000-2001 Location Topic October Watkinson School (Hartford) What’s On Your Mind? November Avon Old Farms Identity December East Hartford HS Family January American School for the Deaf Deaf Culture February Cromwell HS Asking Each Other @ Race, Ethnicity, Culture March Rocky Hill HS School Climate April Southington HS Sex May Weaver HS (Hartford) Annual Farewell Picnic/Hopes & Dreams

1999-2000 Location Topic October Windsor HS Welcome Back November RHAM (Hebron) Questions To the Opposite Gender December Hall HS (W Hartford) Life after H.S. & Relationships January Bulkeley HS (Hartford) Technology & Mergers in Business February Canton HS Cliques and Groups March South Windsor HS Dealing with Loss, Death and Tragedy April Bolton HS Hopes and Dreams May Kingswood Oxford (W Hartford) Annual Farewell Picnic 4

1998-1999 Location Topic October Hartford Public HS What’s On Your Mind? November Cromwell HS Open Dialogue December Rockville HS Define Your Ideal Family January East Hartford HS Family, Part II February Institute of Living (Hartford) Pressures on Kids March American School for the Deaf Asking Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask April Bloomfield HS Racial/Ethnic Isolation in Education

1997-1998 Location Topic October Windsor HS What’s On Your Mind? November Bacon Academy (Colchester) Obstacles to Talking Openly December STUDENT EXCHANGE EVENT Talking @ Things that Rarely Get Talked About December A.I. Prince Tech (Hartford) Student Exchange Event January Simsbury HS Latrell Sprewell Incident February East Hartford HS Do Schools Prepare Students for Future? March Kingswood-Oxford (W Hartford) Describe Your Generation April Berlin HS Youth Violence May Ethel Walker (Simsbury) Spirituality June Manchester HS Annual Farewell Picnic

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