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High Tea Society-Girls Connected is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization created to provide educational and cultural enrichment activities for inner city girls who attend the District of Columbia Public Schools. In 1997, Associate Judge Mary Terrell founded High Tea Society-Girls Connected because she was so greatly disturbed by her observation of the behavior of girls that revealed improper demeanor, decorum, discourse and discipline in their social interactions with peers and adults. Sensing that if girls were ever to develop leadership skills they would need a changed environment, exposure, high expectations and varied experiences,

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Mission

"Because Street Skills Are Not Enough"

High Tea SocietyThe mission of the High Tea Society (HTS) is to work with girls ages 8-18 from economically challenged communities to bridge the gap between the family and the civil and global communities and prepare our girls with social, life and critical thinking skills for successful passage into the civil and global communities. Afternoon tea, the symbol of social civility, was adopted as the backdrop for its immediate transforming effect of calmness, serenity that would enable the girls gain immediate personal insight and self-awareness about who they were.

Goals
The HTS’ goal is to prepare girls to become “Ambassadors of Civility” and equip our girls with the academic, social, work and life skills to become leaders in their local communities and, as well, in the global community.

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