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Kennedy Student Behavior Expectations
We define social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.
SEL advances educational equity and excellence through authentic school-family-community partnerships to establish learning environments and experiences that feature trusting and collaborative relationships, rigorous and meaningful curriculum and instruction, and ongoing evaluation. SEL can help address various forms of inequity and empower young people and adults to co-create thriving schools and contribute to safe, healthy, and just communities.
Monthly lessons will occur to implement SEL state and district standards to support the whole student as best as we are able. All grades/teams will be participating in grade and standard appropriate lessons on each of the designated days each month.
Dates of lesson are the following Fridays of each month: 9/5, 10/3, 11/7, 12/5, 1/9, 2/6, 3/13, (Monday) 4/13, and 5/1 (dates may change pending building wide needs)
On each of these days, an adjusted whole building schedule will be implemented to also support academic instruction or other team activities that may transpire during the remainder of the day.
NOTE: We traditionally go the the Skokie, IL Holocaust Museum; however it is closed for the next year due to significant renovations. There is a satellite location in downtown Chicago, but due to travel cost, distance, and uncertainty of exhibit impact which are factors that are preventing this field trip from occurring this year. (Our goal is typically one team field trip per trimester)
Thursday, August 15 - Welcome back to school team community building day
Becoming a community
Cantigny Field Trip:
Friday, 9/19/25
First Division Museum perspectives and Veteran speaker.
Chaperones needed - google form sent home 8/13
Empathy outside to our community
October - all 8th graders within the district attend
Naperville Yard
Motivate students to continue career exploration & planning
Feed My Starving Children
Tentatively April 2025
Several chaperones needed
Empathy for communities in need
Each month, we will be emailing communication about upcoming events and curricula. Within certain communications there will be opportunities for parents/family members to volunteer to chaperone for our trips. We thank you in advance for your time as we are unable to partake in these experiences without your help.
For our team community, students have the option to purchase a Griffins team shirt. More information coming out after Labor Day.