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HCPS is a PK-12 public school, with just over 200 students,  located in the mountainous hills of Highland County Virginia.

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What theme or slogan did we create for this program?

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What theme or slogan did we create for this program?

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SInce our mascot is the Rams, we decided our slogan would be "Together we can Climb the Mountain to Success".

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In order to bring a sense of community, we implemented school-wide classroom morning meetings. In order to do this we adjusted our bell schedule so that our day would start at 8:15. From 8:18-8:30 every classroom participates in a morning meeting session.

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Morning Meetings: Building Community in the Classroom

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As important as the start of a child's day is, so is the end. We wonce again changed our schedule to allow teachers the time to wrap up their day with their students. From 2:30-3:00 classrooms participate in closing day activities. For the first 15 minutes, students take the time to pack up, eat a snack and listen to a read aloud. Then because of our size, we double up with another class and participate in sharing activities

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Possible Prompts for End of the Day Routines

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Possible Prompts for End of the Day Routines

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*Something I am worried about
*Something new I learned
*A question I still have about today
*I saw someone being KIND
*I appreciate someone for doing something
* I am worried about

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This was an internal change within our day that did not affect or change any existing school policies. Since we are so small all of our administrators were involved in all of these decisions.

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How did we determine financial and volunteer support we would seek from community organizations?

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How did we determine financial and volunteer support we would seek from community organizations?

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Again, because this was internal there was no need for financial support. The only support needed was to allow teachers the opportunity to set up spaces in their rooms for morning routines and collaborate with one another for End of the Day routine activities.

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What goals helped our school system meet our needs?

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What goals helped our school system meet our needs?

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After each quarter (nine weeks) we presented our students with a quick questionnaire, asking questions about how they felt about themselves, their peers, their teachers and the safety of the school.

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How do we plan to communicate our school's ongoing progress?

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How do we plan to communicate our school's ongoing progress?

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We plan to create and share videos of these activities along with results of the questionnaires during open house events, parent teacher conferences and other events happening at the school. We will also shares these videos to our Facebook page.

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Edutopia. (April 22, 2018). 60 Second Strategy: Snowball Toss. [Youtube]. Retrieved November 16, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuu8_Ga63J8

Edutopia. (October 3, 2017). Morning Meetings: Building Community in the Classroom. [Youtube]. Retrieved November 16, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_pLkwaCeY.

Getty Images. (n.d.) Slides 2, 5, 8. Retrieved from padlet

Highland County Public Schools / Homepage. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2019, from https://www.highland.k12.va.us/HCPS