IDEA College Prep Brownsville

PARENT WEEKLY - 8/14/20

Principal Message

Hello Team and Family!

What a week! Thank you for an exciting week of virtual instruction! This is an absolute first in most of our educational careers. First and foremost, let me say thank you for your collaboration, participation and engagement. Across the grade levels, seeing our young scholars learn and grow is exciting.

There is lots to take in and lots to learn from. Please know that we are working diligently to iron out all the wrinkles we learned about from this week’s virtual environment. We are also still pending some technology items to be delivered. All in all, this week was a success considering the challenges we encountered over the last couple of weeks! We will keep you updated and we are appreciative that we have you supporting us!

Go Bobcats!

Vision for Student Culture

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IDEA student culture is defined by certain beliefs, behaviors and habits that we name as our School Culture Components. When implemented consistently we will enjoy a school that is positive, safe, and joyful so that learning can thrive.

IDEA 2: "When someone is speaking, keep you eyes on him/her at all times."

Social-Emotional Support

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What is Social-Emotional Learning?

Social-emotional learning is the teaching and implementation of skills and strategies aimed at identifying and managing emotions/behaviors, developing positive relationships, and making responsible decisions. This year, our campus will be using Move This World, a social-emotional learning curriculum to teach these skills during Morning Meeting. To learn more about the program, please read below.

Move This World

We are excited to share some updates with you regarding IDEA Public School’s social emotional learning initiatives this school year. Social emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and apply the skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions. The initiatives we have selected will continue to contribute to a strong school culture in which all students feel safe, supported and valued.

This year we will be using Move This World as our foundational social emotional learning program. Move This World uses fun and engaging videos to teach core social emotional skills and will help your child develop the confidence to express their feelings authentically, manage their emotions healthily and navigate challenges successfully.

Your child will watch and engage with short interactive videos at the beginning of the school day, virtually or in-person. Each video is tied to a core social emotional learning competency, including self–awareness, self–management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making skills.

What you can expect:

As the year progresses, you can expect and encourage your child to carry the skills they will learn through Move This World at home. They might begin to ask you some questions about how you’re feeling or how you manage stress (and they might even offer you some suggestions, too!)
You’ll hear your child use Move This World vocabulary, such as: the 10 Emogers (emotional management strategies), the Emotional Building Blocks (vocabulary words focused emotions) or the Positive Pivot Scale (a framework used to respond to challenges).
You might see your child experimenting with new ways to express themselves, setting new and ambitious goals for themselves or developing a new vocabulary around their emotions.

6th Grade's Corner

Hello parents and welcome to 6th grade. The following are the remind codes for all of the 6th grade teachers. Please make sure that you have them added to your remind so that we may be better able to communicate and help our scholars succeed.