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Auburn School District’s All-Staff Wellness Day Lays Foundation for a Culture of Care
Read More: Auburn School District’s All-Staff Wellness Day Lays Foundation for a Culture of Care“SEL is about preparing students and staff for quality instruction, quality learning, and quality interaction, because that’s where we are spending all of our time.” – Assistant Superintendent Rhonda Larson, Family Engagement & Student Success Dept Thursday, September 1, we were thrilled to spend the ENTIRE day with Auburn School District Staff during their first […]
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Orcas in the C’s at Lakeridge Elementary
Read More: Orcas in the C’s at Lakeridge ElementaryFor so many schools, it has been a tumultuous two years from school-on-a-screen to in-person learning. This is definitely the case for Lakeridge Elementary in the Renton (Washington) School District. For new 1st graders, school was in constant transition. Starting kindergarten on Zoom, they learned what it meant to be part of a classroom community through […]
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The Mindful Mentors Project in Tukwila School District
Read More: The Mindful Mentors Project in Tukwila School DistrictThe Mindful Mentors Project, in the Tukwila School District, brings together teens and third graders to connect as mentors and mentees, who engage together in learning about social emotional learning, mindfulness, and movement. Partnering with the students on this project are Thrive Centered (formerly Thrive Yoga), an organization that centers embodiment and provides somatic-based SEL […]
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Celebrating Black History Month with Tymmony Keegan
Read More: Celebrating Black History Month with Tymmony KeeganTymmony Keegan, 10th Grade Humanities and Black Studies Teacher, Cleveland High School What is your current position? I am a teacher at Cleveland STEM High School in Seattle Public Schools. Previously I was a teacher at Dimmitt Middle School in the Renton School District – which had been great and I wanted new challenges. I […]
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Lakeridge Elementary’s Journey
Read More: Lakeridge Elementary’s JourneyWhat is it like to transform a school into a place where all young people feel they belong, they matter, and they can grow as learners? Lakeridge Elementary, in the Renton School District, has been on just such a journey. In the spring of 2020, while navigating remote learning during school closures, the skilled Lakeridge […]
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Celebrating Black History Month with Hani Nur
Read More: Celebrating Black History Month with Hani NurHani Nur, Reading Interventionist and Principal Intern, Thorndyke Elementary School, Tukwila School District What is your current role(s)? At Thorndyke Elementary in the Tukwila School District, I currently have two roles: As a Reading Interventionist, I support the entire school in Tier 2 interventions. I work to support the below grade level readers. I […]
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Celebrating Black History Month with Ebony Pattenaude
Read More: Celebrating Black History Month with Ebony PattenaudeEbony Pattenaude, Director of Renton Innovation Zone Partnerships and Early Learning, Renton School District What is your role? I serve as the Director of Renton Innovation Zone Partnerships and Early Learning. The Renton Innovation Zone Partnership (RIZP) is four elementary Schools in the Skyway, West Hill, and Highland Sunset neighborhoods of Renton. This is my […]
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Celebrating Black History Month with Damithia Nieves
Read More: Celebrating Black History Month with Damithia NievesDamithia Nieves (she/they), Founder of Thrive Yoga and The Mindful Mentors Project What is your current role? I am the Founder of Thrive Yoga, which will be changing to Thrive Centered. Sound Discipline has been a supporting partner for a program I created called The Mindful Mentors Project in the Tukwila School District. This is […]
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Celebrating Black History Month
Read More: Celebrating Black History MonthTo celebrate Black History Month each year, we feature interviews with local Black leaders in education, equity, and social emotional learning. Our Sound Discipline colleagues shared with us how they came to their current work and their personal inspirations. Sylvia Hadnot, Facilitator & Social Media Coordinator Teague Parker, Facilitator Brook Afework, Program Operations Coordinator […]
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Celebrating Black History Month with Anthony Ase
Read More: Celebrating Black History Month with Anthony AseAnthony Ase, Secondary STEM Facilitator, Renton School District & Sound Discipline Board of Directors What is your role in your school district? I am a Secondary STEM Facilitator for the Renton School District. Essentially, I spent a lot of time in my own classroom getting things together for some years, and now I get […]
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