A guided discussion template for the first session, designed to facilitate open dialogue about daily emotional experiences and regulation.
A 3-lesson unit on culture, identity, empathy, and building an inclusive school community. Students explore the cultural iceberg, share personal perspective narratives, and collaborate on actionable school-wide inclusion plans.
A high-energy, collaborative staff training session built around a competitive trivia game. Staff work in teams to analyze realistic scenarios and master MetroWest YMCA's Social Networking Policy (Appendix IV, Updated 6/2024), emphasizing child safety, professional boundaries, and brand protection.
A comprehensive restorative leadership and peer advocacy sequence designed for students transitioning to middle school. It guides students from understanding their social influence to actively protecting peers and spreading positive school culture.
Students apply their deep listening and empathy skills to design a school-wide inclusion campaign or classroom standard, designing collaborative action items.
A transition curriculum linking heavy metal passion with character, true rebellion, and leadership. Features an in-school coaching workshop and a parallel at-home action journal for tonight.
Students engage in active empathy and narrative exchange, analyzing how personal experiences and cultural backgrounds shape our perspectives of shared environments.
Students explore the concept of the cultural iceberg, distinguishing between visible elements of culture and deep, invisible values, to recognize the richness of identity.
Focuses on creating a sustainable positive culture through daily small actions, prompting students to track their leadership and reflect on how positive behavior spreads. Features read-and-respond profiles of real student leaders.
