Please help remind students and families about the Title 1 family night on Thursday.
This is an interesting article. It's long and probably one to come back to later. Leader in Me is mentioned. There are also several items mentioned that relate well to our school and what we have been focusing on. Academic achievement, test scores, and going to college are important. In addition, there are so many behind the scenes items that are also essential, and we have been including them with learning. This includes social and emotional learning and skills, leadership, learning about famous leaders and their lives, persistence and not giving up, goals, and making a plan. We not only want our students to attend college, but also to persevere and finish.
Here are a few quotes from the article:
"instilling a set of social and emotional skills and attitudes in their students would be the key to getting them to and through college."
"We know a ton about what it takes for kids to be college eligible, [like] the level of knowledge you need to do well in a college course,” said Jimenez. “What [that knowledge] can’t tell you is if your class is at eight in the morning, are you going to be able to get up and get to class? Are you going to seek help when you need it? That’s where the social-and-emotional-learning conversation is starting to take off—there are plenty of kids who are eligible but not ready.”
"identifies five essential aptitudes: self-management, self-awareness, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness."
"The idea is to make every child a leader by assigning each a role in running the school.
“They call the buses, they do the announcements, they water the plants,” said Kimberley Cummins, the school’s principal. “They truly think I just come in and unlock the doors.”
Here is the article:
When Social and Emotional Learning are Key to College Success
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