
Practice Makes Perfect
The SEL Blog
To strengthen both our students' and staff's social and emotional skill sets, LSC intends to target students across the district to participate in a yearlong self-journey that culminates in a summer camp. The staff will work together in professional learning communities to develop their trauma-invested mindsets and SEL fluency, and the students will build a genuine relationship with a teacher and peers over the course of a year in an after-school circle setting. We expect that this experience will qualitatively increase our students' and staff's sense of self-worth and connection to school and quantitatively improve their discipline records and academics.
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Doug Stalnos
Our 31 elementary schools will participate in a yearlong project of engaging with common monthly SEL themes. These themes will... December 2020Read Story
Katharine Ludwig
Our project will peel back the label of an ED Self-Contained Program through open opportunities and community experiences. Studies show... December 2020Read Story
Lisa Fornwald
“The Three R's of Mindfulness: Resilience, Reflection and Renewal” was created to introduce mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques to students. The... December 2020Read Story
Fabiana Casas
This grant project focuses on supporting the social and emotional needs of our students. Our students have often been pushed... December 2020Read Story
Veronica Johnson
Christopher House is a family of schools dedicated to closing the opportunity gap in Chicago through high-quality education and immersive... December 2020Read Story
Vanessa Acuna
The Prescott Peacekeepers will be a group of circle-keeping trained students and staff cultivating a restorative mindset in our school... December 2020Read Story
Loueva Smith
This student-led SEL project is designed to engage students in identifying and investigating a school community need, explore solutions, and... December 2020Read Story
Jean Roberts
Students learn and practice mindfulness strategies and healthy plant-based diet while exploring green spaces in the Chicagoland area using principles... December 2020Read Story