Inside Out Day

Inside Out Day in Middle School is a first. “We knew we wanted to do something different for our seventh and eighth grade students on the day before Spring Break, and we knew we wanted to focus on stress management and emotional regulation. We didn’t want to call it a wellness day, and many of us have seen and loved the movie Inside Out, which is about the inner workings of the mind of a young girl whose world was changed by a family move. In the movie, you can see and hear the emotions that affect her thoughts and actions. We thought it was the perfect name for this special day,” said Sarah Kilby, Middle School Counselor.

The idea of Inside Out Day came about because a group of Middle School parents saw and assisted Upper School parents with the successful Launch program, designed to provide Upper School students with the tools and resources they need to understand their emotions, mitigate stress, and seek help when needed. They knew a similar need existed in Middle School and wondered how they might help bring this to that division. That led them to a conversation with Middle School Counselor Sarah Kilby: might we bring an ageappropriate version of the Launch program to Middle School? What would this look like? Was the school interested in partnering with parents to make this happen? The answer was a resounding yes, and then the real work began.