District-wide, K-12 program that will impact all students through implementation of a student empowerment initiative to ensure every student in the district develops the skills and belief system to advocate for themselves and their peers. This comprehensive program will

• Develop student voices

• Foster social and emotional learning

• Provide executive functioning skills to ensure all students are comfortable and capable of functioning in a virtual world

• Capability of reporting concerns they have about their safety, the well-being of others and the integrity of the learning environment.

Programming includes:

• Student groups partnering within the school and throughout the district

• Provide focused age-appropriate delivery of instruction on interpersonal skills to a myriad of topics while high school students will serve as role models to students in the lower grade levels.

• In addition, the district-wide program will provide K-12 support for all SHS graduates to fulfill the SHS “Vision of the Graduate,” NEASC standard that we will be developing over the next 2 years.