We are excited to introduce our new Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) website, designed to support your child's holistic development. Explore a range of engaging resources, activities, and tools to foster emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and positive relationships. Together, let's nurture your child's well-being and growth on this educational journey.
An Introduction to Brookside Social-Emotional Learning:
At its core, SEL is an essential framework that nurtures emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, and personal well-being. By equipping our young learners with the tools to understand and manage their emotions, communicate effectively, and navigate social interactions, we empower them to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
In the formative years of elementary education, children are not only developing academic skills but also laying the groundwork for lifelong character traits and values. SEL provides them with the invaluable ability to empathize, collaborate, and persevere through challenges, fostering a sense of resilience and emotional balance. As we embark on this journey together, we invite you to explore the wealth of resources, activities, and initiatives that our school has meticulously designed to ensure an empowering educational experience for your child. Together, let's create a nurturing environment where our students flourish as confident, compassionate, and well-rounded individuals.
Below are a few incentives and activies we have planned for our Brookside students.
We created a whole school incentive to promote teamwork and community. Classes have the opportunity to earn feathers for being good listeners, walking quietly in the hallway, or if their group is demonstrating exceptional behavior. There are so many possibilities and teachers and staff members award the class for the exceptional behavior they see. Classes with the most feathers at the end of the month earn the Brookside Falcon for their room. Students also work as a school to earn feathers for a schoolwide reward. The goal this past year was 1000! The students completed the challenge and were rewarded with a schoolwide picnic!
As a school, we updated and set standards for students to earn rewards for their good behavior and choices. Purple and Gold tickets can be awarded to students who demonstrate good character traits and SEL skills. At the end of the month, students who earned tickets names are drawn from a jar and pick a special reward such as being first in line, lunch with the principal, basketball with the VP, or even podcasts with the librarian.
Students are given a packet at the beginning of each month focusing on the Monthly Trait. The packets include
One trait focus
Definition of trait
Affirmations
2 Read Alouds (QR Code and clickable links for digital copy sent to teachers)
1 Educational video teaching about the trait
Discussion Questions (Talk About It)
Engaging Class Activities (Engage with it)
Individual Activities (Express it)
Home Connection Page
Together as a team, we developed a plan for students to create their own motto. Each class submitted one motto and then was narrowed down to one per grade. As a school, staff, and students voted on the motto they felt best fit the school. The winner was Be Your B.E.S.T Self
( B.E.S.T- Brookside Elementary School Team)
Throughout the school year the SEL team planned a great number of student and staff based events. The goal was to keep our school culture and community growing and thriving. We wanted to bring students together and both challenge them and help them grow.
