COVID -19 Related Message

Greetings AJW Family

I hope you are well and taking good care of one another. I am here and available to email with students or parents if needed. Under the Student Resource Tab, you will find videos of books and songs familiar to students, as well as websites/games they can access to review career cluster and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) information. Under the More tab there are study tips, wellness reminders and mindfulness activities. I will continue to add information that may be helpful as we move through this time. Our school wide Empathy, Calming Down and Problem Solving Posters are also there, as a familiar reference for students. Under the Parent Resource Tab you will find specific Covid-19 related links, for how to speak to children and calm anxieties etc.

If I can be helpful, please email me at dblume@greenville.k12.sc.us

Please know you are supported.

Be well and do good,

Ms. Blume

In this time we must find JOY and offer it up to one another Join us and post a pic or story...

#AJWBeTheJoyChallenge

Twitter/Instagram @msblumeajw

My Google Classroom Link (There are PDFs for all grade levels.)

Work can be done orally or on notebook paper. (This is not for a grade)

• Mental Health America CRISISline and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline are still answering calls, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and will continue to do so. Please share these phone numbers with your network.

CRISISline: 864-271-8888 Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

Resource Information Below

Updated Daily

Free WiFi, Free Public Transportation, Keep Your Body Moving for Mental and Physical Health

FREE Internet

Charter Spectrum is offering free spectrum broadband and wi-fi access for 60 days to households with k-12 and/or college students who do not already have a spectrum subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees are waived for new student households. Confirm the terms with the provider.

Charter is also opening its wi-fi hotspots across their footprint for the public use.

Get Active/Move Your Body For Physical and Mental Health

CATCH

This google classroom is set up to provide free and easy access to several of CATCH’s evidence-based health, nutrition, and physical education materials.

All the activities require limited space and supervision. They are also organized into three sections: Physical Activities, Activity Breaks, and Family Health and Nutrition.

https://www.catch.org/pages/health-at-home

SC 211 Assistance with Utilities, food resources etc.

https://sc211.org/ or call 211

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Allows for children to copy the person they are watching in the video.

https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/physical-activity/fitness-breaks

Transportation

GreenLink (local bus transportation)

The GreenLink iss continuing with its regular schedule and route as of this time. It is now FREE until further notice! No tickets are needed.

General Message for 2019-2020 School Year

Ms. Blume is humbled and thrilled to be a part of the AJ Whittenberg Community for what will be her sixth year, as we move toward 2019-2020. She has been an educator for more than twenty-five years, working as a Special Education Teacher, Learning Specialist, Behavior Specialist and School Counselor. She received her BS from New Mexico State University in 1994 and her MA in 2004, also from NMSU. She holds SC Licenses in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Special Education and Guidance. Ms. Blume believes collaboration and communication are at the heart of creating and maintaining our AJW Comprehensive School Counseling Program. Ms. Blume works hard to be up to date on professional trends and issues in school counseling, as her data driven program is constantly evolving to meet the needs of AJW students. She presents at and attends conferences on the local, state and national level and has represented The Palmetto State School Counseling Association and the American School Counseling Association, Leadership Development Institute two years in a row. It is with a joyful and grateful spirit that she serves the AJW community.

Please stop in or make an appointment.

She generally has office hours Wednesdays from 8:00-8:45.

Contact her at dblume@greenville.k12.sc.us or 864 452 0504