by Marcia | Mar 10, 2024 | Social Emotional Learning
This week we celebrated Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day. You’ve probably seen us using the term, but what does SEL really mean and how do we integrate it into our programs? In schools, the main focus is often aimed at academics, but emotional intelligence is... by Marcia | Feb 28, 2024 | Social Emotional Learning
Leading up to International Women’s Day, we asked Sophia vom Bauer Jackson, service manager at the Salt Spring Island Public Library, to make a list of contemporary female-focused books. This is her Top 5 (fiction and non-fiction) plus some extra recommendations (all... by Marcia | Dec 5, 2023 | Social Emotional Learning, Well-being
School is almost out, and students will have a well-deserved break from class. However, learning doesn’t have to stop completely as soon as school is out for the year. The holidays are the perfect time to practice kindness and generosity. We’ve curated five tips... by Marcia | Oct 13, 2023 | Social Emotional Learning, Youth programs
Valeskca San Martin, a French immersion teacher at Salt Spring Elementary, has had the Respect Program – former Respectful Relationships – in her classroom for almost a decade. She sees social-emotional learning as an essential addition to the academics that are... by Marcia | Sep 5, 2023 | Social Emotional Learning
Identifying and questioning stereotypes, bias, and prejudice has been part of our educational programs since we started to develop our social-emotional learning framework for kids and youth twenty-five years ago. It turns out that stereotypes start to take form in our... by Marcia | Apr 18, 2023 | Pass It On, Pass it On: Girls, Sexual safety, Social Emotional Learning, Youth programs
Adele Mark arrived as a newcomer in this community at age 15. She had never been to a high school party before, but it didn’t take long for that to change. For this blog she sat down with Ruby and Sam, two recent graduates of Gulf Island Secondary School to hear their...
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