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The Slice | November 2011
NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM PiE
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IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Aides Make the Connections
Strong adult-student connections at school predict academic success, according to a recent program developed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through these relationships with a non-parent adult, students develop academic, emotional, and social skills necessary to succeed in school. PAUSD elementary schools, together with PiE dollars, focus on creating these critical classroom partnerships.
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IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Counselors in the Middle
According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), students succeed when schools foster social-learning environments that facilitate healthy development and discourage high-risk behaviors. These efforts to help students feel valued and connected to school are critical for students’ health and academic well-being, a concept that our middle school counselors embody every day in their work.
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IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
Guidance for Teens
“Social and emotional learning is not a luxury in our schools, it is essential,” according to US Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH). “The overwhelming level of information and pressure coming at our children is unlike any time in our country’s history. The Academic, Social and Emotional Learning Act of 2011, HR2437, will help give them the tools they need to swim in the tumultuous waters of the 21st century.” These “tools” include skills in core areas of social and emotional competency: self-motivation, conflict management, situational analysis, negotiation, stress management, goal-setting, and emotional recognition.
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