The Circle Salt Spring Education Society is offering a new ‘Methods and Tools for Deeper Connections with youth’ course at the end of January 2022. This offering is ideal for individuals who work with youth in a variety of contexts, whether it be formal educational...
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‘Social-Emotional Learning Encourages Kids to Care about Each Other’
Adele Mark, Education Outreach Program Coordinator, at The Circle interviewed Gail Bryn-Jones, a dedicated advocate of social-emotional education and teacher of over 30 years on Salt Spring Island. Gail has a master’s degree in Education and has served as a board...
From L.A. to a Rural Island: Social-Emotional Learning insights
When Adele Mark was fifteen, she moved with her parents from Los Angeles, a city of 13 million people where she had lived all of her life, to Salt Spring Island, Canada. A place she thought of at the time as a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with more...
‘Social-Emotional Learning Is about Empowering Youth with Tools to Grow more Confident’
Kate Nash has been our Programs and Development Coordinator and the facilitator of the Pass It On and Respect programs for more than ten years. Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications assistant at The Circle interviewed Kate to hear her reflections on her work...
“I Can Be my True Self Here”
Do you want to know what our Pass it On Boys program is all about? Participants of last year’s program tell in this video about what Pass it On Boys did for them. “I am able to express myself here, where I can’t always at school or at home,” says Liam Walsh. “I can be...
Pass It On Boys: Fun, Friends and Thoughtful discussions
Adele Mark, our Education Outreach Program Coordinator at The Circle, interviewed Kai Nash and Ewan Holmes, two Grade 9 students who have been a part of the Pass It On Boys program since September 2020, to hear about their experience in the program. Why did...
The Circle’s Leaders in Social Change Bursary’ awardees
Every year The Circle awards a bursary of $250 each, to one male and one female student who have participated in The Circle’s Pass-It-On Program as a mentor and have demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership and fostering healthy relationships. This years'...
‘Our whole family benefitted from the skills our daughters learned through The Circle’
August is the month of our annual membership drive. You can support our organization and our mission to encourage young people to challenge assumptions and learn skills that foster healthy, equal relationships. Kim Dalton became a member in 2020, here is why she...
‘Pass It On helped me to grow stronger friendships’
Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications Assistant at The Circle and former Pass It on Girl, spoke with Emma Phillips to hear about her experiences the past five years in the Pass It On Girls program. Emma has been a part of the Pass It On Girls program since...
Consent from the Start
I have advocated for consent for over a decade, but if I am going to be honest, I only began to practise consent within the last three years. I am not talking about sexual consent. However, I am going to assume that when I said “consent,” you thought I meant “sexual...
Social–Emotional Development: How Does It Help Create Safer, Healthier Relationships?
Social–Emotional Learning and Violence Prevention: What’s the Connection? Here at The Circle, our focus is to deliver innovative, evidence-based social–emotional educational programs. Our motivation? We want to encourage youths to develop empathy, respect,...
Top 6 Benefits of Social–Emotional Learning in the Classroom
COVID-19 Impact on Social–Emotional Learning The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected students’ academic performance, but it has also significantly impacted their social–emotional learning. Research shows that students are experiencing an increased lack of...
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Learn How to Work Better with Youth
The Circle Salt Spring Education Society is offering a new ‘Methods and Tools for Deeper Connections with youth’ course at the end of January 2022. This offering is ideal for individuals who work with youth in a variety of contexts, whether it be formal educational...
Islanders Invited to Join December 6 Memorial
On Monday, December 6, Salt Spring islanders are invited to gather online at 5 pm in memorial and solidarity of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Like last year, the memorial - hosted by The Circle Salt Spring...
‘Social-Emotional Learning Encourages Kids to Care about Each Other’
Adele Mark, Education Outreach Program Coordinator, at The Circle interviewed Gail Bryn-Jones, a dedicated advocate of social-emotional education and teacher of over 30 years on Salt Spring Island. Gail has a master’s degree in Education and has served as a board...
From L.A. to a Rural Island: Social-Emotional Learning insights
When Adele Mark was fifteen, she moved with her parents from Los Angeles, a city of 13 million people where she had lived all of her life, to Salt Spring Island, Canada. A place she thought of at the time as a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with more...
‘Social-Emotional Learning Is about Empowering Youth with Tools to Grow more Confident’
Kate Nash has been our Programs and Development Coordinator and the facilitator of the Pass It On and Respect programs for more than ten years. Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications assistant at The Circle interviewed Kate to hear her reflections on her work...
“I Can Be my True Self Here”
Do you want to know what our Pass it On Boys program is all about? Participants of last year’s program tell in this video about what Pass it On Boys did for them. “I am able to express myself here, where I can’t always at school or at home,” says Liam Walsh. “I can be...
Pass It On Boys: Fun, Friends and Thoughtful discussions
Adele Mark, our Education Outreach Program Coordinator at The Circle, interviewed Kai Nash and Ewan Holmes, two Grade 9 students who have been a part of the Pass It On Boys program since September 2020, to hear about their experience in the program. Why did...
The Circle’s Leaders in Social Change Bursary’ awardees
Every year The Circle awards a bursary of $250 each, to one male and one female student who have participated in The Circle’s Pass-It-On Program as a mentor and have demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership and fostering healthy relationships. This years'...
‘Our whole family benefitted from the skills our daughters learned through The Circle’
August is the month of our annual membership drive. You can support our organization and our mission to encourage young people to challenge assumptions and learn skills that foster healthy, equal relationships. Kim Dalton became a member in 2020, here is why she...
‘Pass It On helped me to grow stronger friendships’
Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications Assistant at The Circle and former Pass It on Girl, spoke with Emma Phillips to hear about her experiences the past five years in the Pass It On Girls program. Emma has been a part of the Pass It On Girls program since...
An End-of-Year Thank You!
As another school year comes to an end, The Circle Salt Spring Education Society would like to thank all of its members, donors, and funders for their unwavering support over the last year. Everybody has felt the highs and lows of this past year as we all navigated...
Something Many Youths Don’t Know? That They Can Benefit from Self-Care, Too
At The Circle, we are all about building healthy relationships, and that includes building one with yourself. We all need time and space to focus on ourselves. Practising self-care is especially important as we all struggle with the effects of the pandemic on daily...
Consent from the Start
I have advocated for consent for over a decade, but if I am going to be honest, I only began to practise consent within the last three years. I am not talking about sexual consent. However, I am going to assume that when I said “consent,” you thought I meant “sexual...
Social–Emotional Development: How Does It Help Create Safer, Healthier Relationships?
Social–Emotional Learning and Violence Prevention: What’s the Connection? Here at The Circle, our focus is to deliver innovative, evidence-based social–emotional educational programs. Our motivation? We want to encourage youths to develop empathy, respect,...
Top 4 Things I Didn’t Know I Was Learning as a Pass It On Girl
Getting involved with The Circle’s Pass It On program was the most meaningful thing I did in high school. When I first started, Pass It On seemed like just a cool-girl group that met once a week to chat about what was going on in our lives and eat yummy snacks. But...
Learn How to Work Better with Youth
The Circle Salt Spring Education Society is offering a new ‘Methods and Tools for Deeper Connections with youth’ course at the end of January 2022. This offering is ideal for individuals who work with youth in a variety of contexts, whether it be formal educational...
Islanders Invited to Join December 6 Memorial
On Monday, December 6, Salt Spring islanders are invited to gather online at 5 pm in memorial and solidarity of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Like last year, the memorial - hosted by The Circle Salt Spring...
‘Social-Emotional Learning Encourages Kids to Care about Each Other’
Adele Mark, Education Outreach Program Coordinator, at The Circle interviewed Gail Bryn-Jones, a dedicated advocate of social-emotional education and teacher of over 30 years on Salt Spring Island. Gail has a master’s degree in Education and has served as a board...
From L.A. to a Rural Island: Social-Emotional Learning insights
When Adele Mark was fifteen, she moved with her parents from Los Angeles, a city of 13 million people where she had lived all of her life, to Salt Spring Island, Canada. A place she thought of at the time as a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with more...
‘Social-Emotional Learning Is about Empowering Youth with Tools to Grow more Confident’
Kate Nash has been our Programs and Development Coordinator and the facilitator of the Pass It On and Respect programs for more than ten years. Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications assistant at The Circle interviewed Kate to hear her reflections on her work...
“I Can Be my True Self Here”
Do you want to know what our Pass it On Boys program is all about? Participants of last year’s program tell in this video about what Pass it On Boys did for them. “I am able to express myself here, where I can’t always at school or at home,” says Liam Walsh. “I can be...
Pass It On Boys: Fun, Friends and Thoughtful discussions
Adele Mark, our Education Outreach Program Coordinator at The Circle, interviewed Kai Nash and Ewan Holmes, two Grade 9 students who have been a part of the Pass It On Boys program since September 2020, to hear about their experience in the program. Why did...
The Circle’s Leaders in Social Change Bursary’ awardees
Every year The Circle awards a bursary of $250 each, to one male and one female student who have participated in The Circle’s Pass-It-On Program as a mentor and have demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership and fostering healthy relationships. This years'...
‘Our whole family benefitted from the skills our daughters learned through The Circle’
August is the month of our annual membership drive. You can support our organization and our mission to encourage young people to challenge assumptions and learn skills that foster healthy, equal relationships. Kim Dalton became a member in 2020, here is why she...
‘Pass It On helped me to grow stronger friendships’
Adele Mark, our Marketing and Communications Assistant at The Circle and former Pass It on Girl, spoke with Emma Phillips to hear about her experiences the past five years in the Pass It On Girls program. Emma has been a part of the Pass It On Girls program since...
An End-of-Year Thank You!
As another school year comes to an end, The Circle Salt Spring Education Society would like to thank all of its members, donors, and funders for their unwavering support over the last year. Everybody has felt the highs and lows of this past year as we all navigated...
Something Many Youths Don’t Know? That They Can Benefit from Self-Care, Too
At The Circle, we are all about building healthy relationships, and that includes building one with yourself. We all need time and space to focus on ourselves. Practising self-care is especially important as we all struggle with the effects of the pandemic on daily...
Consent from the Start
I have advocated for consent for over a decade, but if I am going to be honest, I only began to practise consent within the last three years. I am not talking about sexual consent. However, I am going to assume that when I said “consent,” you thought I meant “sexual...
Social–Emotional Development: How Does It Help Create Safer, Healthier Relationships?
Social–Emotional Learning and Violence Prevention: What’s the Connection? Here at The Circle, our focus is to deliver innovative, evidence-based social–emotional educational programs. Our motivation? We want to encourage youths to develop empathy, respect,...
Top 4 Things I Didn’t Know I Was Learning as a Pass It On Girl
Getting involved with The Circle’s Pass It On program was the most meaningful thing I did in high school. When I first started, Pass It On seemed like just a cool-girl group that met once a week to chat about what was going on in our lives and eat yummy snacks. But...