Edgewood Community SEL Newsletter

SEL Spotlight

Freshmen Character Day at EHS was a HUGE success! Every 9th grade student had the opportunity to join their classmates in an event that promotes acceptance, tolerance and communication. These students led by Coach Jim Place and an amazing team at EHS learned that we are more than our image, listening is a major part of communication and no matter your struggle, you are not alone. It was an emotional day with a powerful message! Shoutout to Scott Clemmons, Jason Heflin, Katie Vogel, Gary Clemmons, Casey Wells, Jill Domeschko, Jessica Hollinger, Matt Root, Corrina Center, and Brittany McClelland for putting on such an amazing event for our freshmen students!

WE Are Edgewood: Be Responsible

March's theme for We Are Edgewood is BE Responsible! During the month of March our focus is to help students understand what responsible sounds, looks, and feels like. Please join us by making Be Responsible the theme of your classroom and building this month!

Create a Classroom Culture of Responsibility

Activities and Children's Books about Teaching Responsibility

QPR Training

QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) are the three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Edgewood City Schools had 43 staff members volunteer their time to do an online QPR training to learn the common causes of suicidal behavior and identify the warning signs. With the amount of positive feedback provided from staff, we hope to continue to provide this type of training for all interested staff in future school years.

Sample EHS and EMS Staff feedback about QPR Training:

"I learned many things that I did not know. Signs, questioning strategies, etc. The format was easily accessible."

"I felt like it had great resources to be able to use and take with me in the future. It also had great examples of how to approach the topic with someone who you believe may be having suicidal thoughts."

"It's divided into short chunks (videos), so I felt like I could start and stop as needed during my plan period! I learned a lot!"

"No negatives about the program. I would like to just learn more about local resources to us specifically of where we can take those in need to get further help."

"Can't think of any other than how eye opening the crisis of suicide is."

Seals Teams

Since the start of the 2nd semester, students participating in SEAL teams at Edgewood Early Childhood Center and Edgewood Primary School have learned how to identify and understand basic personal emotions. These include sadness, anger, worry, and peaceful. Students are reviewing and practicing strategies to better understand that they are in control of their emotions.

At Edgewood Intermediate School, SEALS have worked through self-awareness and social-awareness topics. These include recognizing trusted adults who can provide support, identifying the viewpoints of others in order to settle on a respectful agreement, and learning how our actions as individuals can positively affect a larger group

pBIS Spotlight

EIS and EPS are holding their school-wide incentives on March 18th to celebrate students who meet school-wide PBIS expectations. Stay tuned to see photos of EPS's STEM-tastic Day, which will include activities where students collaborate and create using science, technology, engineering and math. Also, follow along to see highlights of EIS's "March Madness" event, which will include staff vs. student basketball games, free-throw competitions, and other great events.

BE RESPECTFUL | BE RESPONSIBLE |BE SAFE

#TOGETHER

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