Social/Emotional Learning

EXPLORING DIVERSITY THROUGH INQUIRY I Partial-credit, pass/fail course • Open to Forms X, XI, and XII • Prerequisites: None • Semester course (offered each semester based upon course enrollment), 0.35 credit

This course explores issues of race, class, gender, religion, and other core identifiers. The course will encourage conversation along with personal reflection, which will allow students to think creatively rather than stereotypically about differences. Using the Transformational Inquiry model, our students will examine their own identities, learn through reading and research and take personal and collaborative action within their own community. Students will cultivate valuable communication skills while engaging in critical thinking. This course includes current events, historical perspectives, intersectionality, social justice and anti-bias perspectives. EXPLORING DIVERSITY THROUGH INQUIRY II Partial-credit, pass/fail course • Open to Forms X, XI, and XII • Prerequisites: Exploring Diversity Through Inquiry I • Semester course (offered in one semester only based upon course enrollment), 0.35 credit

This course is open to students who have passed Exploring Diversity Through Inquiry I, and it deepens and broadens the conversations about personal identity, diversity, and equity students started in EDI.

FORM IX SEMINAR No credit, pass/fail course • Required for Form IX • Prerequisites: None • Full-year course

The seminar course at CSG is a required class for all students in Forms IX and X. Class is held once every rotation. Designed by the Learning Specialist and Director of Counseling and Wellness, seminar addresses the transition into Upper School, social emotional learning, diversity and executive functioning skills. It is a combination of brief lectures, group discussion and activities with the incorporation of multimedia.