Middle School Counselors provide classroom lessons for all students. Topics include college and career exploration, wellness & resiliency, character education, and anti-bias training. A substance abuse prevention program is taught within our Health 7 classes.
Universal curriculum teaches:
Emotion management strategies
Decision-making skills
Interpersonal skills
Modules Include:
Emotion regulation
Mindfulness
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal effectiveness
Emotion Understanding & Regulation: How We Feel & How We Act
Empathy & Compassion: What We Understand & How We Care
Values & Purpose: Who We Are & What We Do
Goals & Habits: The Dreams We Have & The Actions To Get There
Leadership & Teamwork: Developing Agency & Working Together
Outcomes:
Belonging
Well-being
Engagement
These outcomes are powerful drivers of academic achievement, equity, and school behavior.
A Middle School Curriculum for Grades 6 - 8
This curriculum promotes anti-bias concepts in order to create safe, inclusive and respectful classrooms and school environment. The curriculum provides lessons that encourage students to reflect on their identity, understand and appreciate differences and explore societal issues arising from bias and discrimination. Students learn how to dissect information as independent thinkers and make healthy decisions in the classroom environment and throughout their personal and social lives.
Social Emotional Learning and Character Development in One
Our curricula and trainings are focused on fostering the Whole Child with vertically-aligned lessons that teach SEL and character, side-by-side.
SEL Competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making
Character Development: Patience, Kindness, Honesty, Respect, Selflessness, Forgiveness, Commitment, Humility