Dear Sakai Families,
One focus of our District and School Improvement Plans is to develop students' social and emotional skills to lead positive and healthy lives with strong connections, a feeling of belonging, and a sense of hope. As you know, each week at Sakai classroom teachers lead a common social-emotional learning (SEL) lesson during COHO time.
So far this year, our school has been piloting the SEL curriculum CharacterStrong. However, some teachers will begin piloting a few different curriculums as participants in the district's SEL curriculum adoption committee. The goal is to adopt quality vetted curriculums that can build and progress through our K-6 classrooms.
Students tend to deepen their learning when they discuss it at home. As such, please ask your student how COHO went today and how they interacted with the lesson. Did they learn anything new about themselves? How were they able to connect with their classmates? This week’s Family Dare is to spend a few minutes each day having a discussion about everyone’s day. Look for topics or ideas you can ask deeper questions about or have your kid tell you more about.
Have a wonderful week, Sakai!
Drew
