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Middle school students need time to be kids, too. Incorporate play and discovery into all that we do.

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reopen schools with a 'golden age of play' (opinion) - cnn

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Reopen schools with a 'golden age of play'

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As schools re-open, they should adopt a 90-day "golden age of play," a transitional period when traditional academic education should be balanced as much as possible with learning through play, physical and creative outlets and mental health counseling write William Doyle and Pasi Sahlberg

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- can be a musician, artist,  athlete
- time in schedule given to all aspects
- can try something new

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Multiple approaches

Writing across the curriculum

Real life skills

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Close-knit community (faculty and students)

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Close-knit community (faculty and students)

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- hang out together, enjoy, happy, connect, spend time together

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- trust in teacher student/relationship
- When kids make mistakes, we value conversation as to the why over punishment of the what
- Students have pride in their own integrity and wanting to do their best work
- vulnerability and being abling to talk to teachers when they have trouble
- teachers showing vulnerability

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-Whole child focused approach
-Conversations to show value of the relationships
-Question focused to engage students
-Personalized teaching
-Understanding developmental age and individuality of the students
-A number of scheduled events and a great deal of time is dedicated to building relationships across different groups (ex. advisory, family groups, grade events, orientations, etc.)

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- portfolio, reflections on work, metamondays
- reflecting on events/presentations, etc.

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Community norms
Creating real opportunities for leadership
Student led parent conferences
Community service

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- field trips, metamonday, interdisciplinary work, freight farm, water walk
-engagement with community outside Rivers Campus
-time given to unpack important events/presentations (before and after)

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- time given to creativity in class, projects, groupwork
-performing arts time given

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- time given in class
-schedule
- silence given for self reflection or thinking (SSR)

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Process of dreaming out loud

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In a supportive environment
Supported for both students and teachers
"Lean into Discomfort"

Students start new clubs
Kids playing sports for the first time
Eighth grade speeches
End of the year trips - (new experiences)

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- we make sure students follow their passion over institutional tradition.
- using leadership week to affirm individuals, inclusion.
- affinity group, DEI work
- curriculum work to reflect our students (so they can see themselves reflected in the work)

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working hands-on, with peers and teachers in the same circle

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- give kids space to do that in every environment
- forgiveness of mistakes and taking ownership of them
- mistakes can take us in a new pathway that we maybe didn't intentional

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we are our own entity and focused on process and engagement rather than achievement based model
only one prize on prize day

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students see modeling of collaborative approach, openness to mistakes

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able to meet kids where they are, frustrations are met with support and finding ways to feel heard and how to move forward

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Group work in class
Working as a team - presentations
When assigned individual tasks, they share and reflect on others' work - help to build and scaffold
Common area - working together on homework
Family groups

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Student Centered and  individual support and love

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Student Centered and  individual support and love

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small community where communication about an individual is quickly and kindly shared
we take time for individual stunt conversations in class
faculty meetings on students
-Affinity groups
- take their own paths, with guidance on decisions and ownership

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Coming for extra help
Advisories doing fun things together
Going to their games, events concerts
Faculty room is buzzing
One on one student/faculty hanging out

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We give time for students to question, open space to think, and not so focused on the answer (present in our comments and feedback to students as well)

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Open-ended assignments. Value placed on visual and performing arts.

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No grades of record.
Student-centered learning.
Commitment to leadership skill development.