SEL and Academic Success Resources for Incoming High School Families and Students have been compiled by Mr. Alvin Peña of the High School of Economics & Finance, Summer/Fall 2020. Resources are organized for families and students alphabetically by publishing organization.
Social emotional Learning (SEL) and Other Resources
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation believes every child deserves a healthy future.
For more than a decade, Healthier Generation has worked with schools, youth-serving organizations, businesses, and communities to empower kids to develop lifelong healthy habits by ensuring the environments that surround them provide and promote good health. Driven by a passion that all young people deserve a chance to live healthier lives, their work has impacted up to 28 million kids across the country.
Parents can play a vital role in helping teens succeed in school by being informed and lending a little support and guidance. Even though teens are seeking independence, parental involvement is an important ingredient for academic success.
Most teens use some form of social media and have a profile on a social networking site. Many visit these sites every day.
There are plenty of good things about social media — but also many risks and things kids and teens should avoid. They don't always make good choices when they post something to a site, and this can lead to problems.
So it's important to talk with your kids about how to use social media wisely.
The Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility provides six strategies that you can use at home with your own children, or that can be integrated into remote learning to help young people deal with stress and anxiety.
The Overcoming Obstacles Parent-Child Snapshots provide parents and guardians with an opportunity to become more actively involved in their child’s growth. Through these engaging activities, you can reinforce the communication, decision making, and goal setting skills your child is learning at school.
Social emotional Learning (SEL) Resources for Incoming 9th Grade Students
Kids of all ages can reap the benefits of meditation and mindfulness using technology. Meditating even only a few minutes a day has proven to reduce stress, boost immunity, aid memory and concentration, decrease depression and anxiety, and even make you more compassionate. Don't know where to start? Check out some of our favorite meditation apps for kids. These tools will guide kids through the process and help them relax and ground themselves.
Learn to use problem solving skills to make decisions.
As part of the Greater Good Education Program, Greater Good in Education offers free research-based and informed strategies and practices for the social, emotional, and ethical development of students, for the well-being of the adults who work with them, and for cultivating positive school cultures.
It's totally normal to look at the world through rose-colored glasses in the early stages of a relationship. But for some people, those rose-colored glasses turn into blinders that keep them from seeing that a relationship isn't as healthy as it should be.
After a summer of sleeping in or doing things on your time, the alarm bell announcing that first day of school can be a rude awakening. Whether you're an anxious new freshman or a confident senior, heading back to school signals a time of transition: new classes, new teachers, new schedules, and a new social scene.
Dread it or love it, you gotta go to school. Here are some ways to make the transition from summer to school a little easier.
Whenever you use a social network, send a text, or post online, you're adding to your online identity. Your online identity may be different from your real-world identity — the way your friends, parents, and teachers think of you.
Overwhelmed by classwork? Scared because your parents are splitting up? Worried about a friend? Feel like you don't fit in?
Sometimes it's just not possible to sort through tough times alone. Problems can build up and you may lose sleep, find you can't concentrate on homework, or even become depressed. When you need to talk to someone, your school counselor (sometimes called a guidance counselor) can be a great place to start.
