Newsletter

October 2009

Hello SmartGirls!

Happy October everyone!

This month is so beautiful in Ann Arbor, where the University of Michigan and SmartGirl.org are located. The leaves are changing into all kinds of beautiful colors! Do you have any photos of the changing season? Send them in to ideas@smartgirl.org so we can post them on SmartGirl!

Keep on reading for the new content we added in October:

Express Yourself

There have been some changes to SmartGirl Authors, so you may notice that the pages are now loading a lot faster. Also, we have another brand new author! Check it out:

SmartGirl Authors:
Waves Too Strong, by SmartGirl Author Missy
Ellie's whole life has just turned upside down... or it might as well have. A hurricane blew her home to bits, and now she's homeless. Her family moves into a shelter in a wealthy town the hurricane missed. No one in the town seems to like having refugees walking in their streets. But Ellie thinks that Cheston's different from everyone else. Can she make her parents see the same thing?

Would you like to be a new SmartGirl Author? Submit your story today!

Don't forget about our other authors, and keep on checking Real Life and our Short Shorts!

Take a Stand: The SoapBox
Do you have lots of opinions? We hope you do! Having opinions shows that you are thinking about things, and that's important (duh!). This month's topic: Best Friends.

Game: Dream Dictionary
We added some new words to our Dream Dictionary. Did we leave anything out? Let us know what you want to see in our dream dictionary by sending us an email to--you guessed it--ideas@smartgirl.org.

Survey Center
We have some brand new surveys up! Here's a list of all the surveys currently running:

Are you Eco-Friendly? -- Coming Soon!

Finding Your Dream Job

Sibling vs. Sibling

The Good Fight to Eat Right

In between surveys, you can take our Quick Poll. We change that question and the multiple choice answers every week.

Have you read the latest survey results for SmartGirls Speak Out About Smoking? Come back soon for a report on "Are You A Perfectionist?"

Reviews

We've switched things up in SmartGirl Suggests. We now feature BIGGER pictures (hurray!) and we're working on building up our archives. So now when we review something, you can still check up on the review months later. This is great because we often show you sneak peeks at advance copies. Now you can come back and leave comments when you have a chance to check it out yourself!

New Content The Moment It's Up

Join us on Facebook or Twitter to get updated as soon as we post them!

Once again, thanks for all your kind words in the Chatterbox. Your support means a lot to me, and I love hearing how much you love SmartGirl! As always, your suggestions and feedback is important to us. Let us know what you love and what you want to see done differently.

We hope you have a wonderful month. Take care!

Sincerely,
Boowee
The SmartGirl Team

SmartGirl Quick Facts:

	49.8% of SmartGirls who took our Friends Forever survey say they've helped their best friend get away with something "naughty."
	If you could live outside as any outdoor object what would it be? Most SmartGirls would want to be either an animal, a cloud, or the ocean! Find out more by reading our report on Outdoor Adventures.
	Our new SmartGirl Authors are still updating every week! Check back often for new content.
	70% of middle-schoolers have never been in a romantic relationship, compared to 22% of teenagers age 16 and up. Find out more in our Perfect Partner survey report!
	57% of SmartGirls have at least one person in their family who is addicted to smoking. Find out more in our SmartGirls Speak Out About Smoking survey report!

Recipe for Disaster: "In the great cheesecake of life, dreams are the flour that holds it all together."

True Jackson VP: Season 1 Volume 1
: "You can be a fun-loving teenager and work your dream job at a huge corporation without giving anything up."

Run outside or at the park for 30 minutes, then go to the shade and do some jumping jacks and sit ups for 15 minutes every two days.

~ Katie, age 13

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