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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Schools can address the impact of gun violence.
More states pass bills limiting transgender students’ participation on sports teams.
Oklahoma is investing in school counselors.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Nearly a third of students hesitated to seek mental health support, a survey finds.
Democrats in Congress propose a historic investment in child care.
Struggling to cope in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.
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City Connects Coordinators have been working harder than ever to meet the needs of students, families, and communities.
Here’s a roundup of news stories that share some of the work coordinators are doing.
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In Salem, Mass., a fire that damaged five buildings prompted a community-wide response that includes city officials, local charities, and City Connects Coordinators.
“Our thoughts are with our Salem school families who were impacted by yesterday’s fire on Hancock Street,” Salem’s School Superintendent Stephen Zrike said in a news release.
“Salem Public Schools’ City Connects Coordinators, Family Engagement Facilitators, and school leaders are working with identified staff and families who may have been impacted. If you have questions or have been impacted by the fire, please contact your school to be connected with those who can assist.”
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In Indianapolis, Ind., Mayor Joe Hogsett is addressing the city’s mental health challenges. In March, he pledged to “implement a clinician-led mobile crisis team to respond to calls for help involving mental health situations in Indiana’s capital city,” the Indianapolis Star reports, adding that another part of the city’s efforts to address mental health is City Connects, which “lets the city work with school children and their families on mental health-related issues.”
And as Indianapolis and other City Connects sites show, the supportive work that coordinators do inside schools integrates with and enhances community wide efforts.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Since the pandemic, teachers need more help supporting kindergarteners.
Some school districts have revived mask mandates. Other districts face mandate bans.
How some schools are coping with the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Girls on the Run is a nonprofit organization that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that integrates running.
The program, a long-time City Connects community partner, encourages girls of all abilities to recognize their individual strengths while building a sense of connection in a team setting.
At the end of the season, the team completes a 5K together, which provides a tangible sense of accomplishment and sets a confident mindset into motion.
Volunteer coaches, often drawn from school staff, facilitate lessons that blend physical activity with life skill development to enable girls to adapt to whatever comes their way.
Among the ranks of volunteers is Keisha Anderson, the City Connects Coordinator at Belle Haven Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, who has served as a coach. She helps Girls on the Run connect to students who want to participate.
It was straightforward work. Then the pandemic hit.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Disruptive kindergarteners are likely to be bullied when they get to elementary school. Interventions can help.
A White House program will offer low-cost internet access to eligible families.
Students need summer learning programs that don’t feel like school.
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Robyn Burns’ first day of work as the first full-time Executive Director of The Salem Pantry was March 25, 2020.
“When I was hired prior to the shut down, I thought I was joining a small organization. I wasn’t yet thinking about the impact of a global pandemic,” Burns recalls.
The Salem Pantry had been around for thirty years as a volunteer-run organization, Burns explained to the Salem News during a video interview in April of 2020, when she and the rest of the world were forced to think about the pandemic.
The pantry was doing a small mobile food distribution program through pop-up sites and running a backpack program in Salem’s public schools, sending kids home with backpacks full of food.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Over the past year, nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ youth could not access mental health counseling.
Millions of students lack access to the broadband internet services that a 21st century education requires.
Some cities are hiring more social workers to help students cope with Covid-driven behavioral and mental health challenges.
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