Menlo Park City School District HSI Newsletter Fall 2020

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HSI NEWSLETTER FALL 2020

Looking to the Future The year 2020 has brought on numerous challenges for us not only in our local communities but also across the nation. Now is not only the time where we need to make space for others in need to heal but

“By acknowledging the value of emotions in our everyday effectiveness, RULER aims to infuse the principles of emotional intelligence into the immune system of each school, informing how leaders lead, teachers teach, students learn, and families support students.�

also begin to see this as a time to seriously begin the

To better understand Social

conversations on change. As the MPCSD started the

Emotional Learning, the first step

20/21 school year, the focus has been on self-care,

is to actually be able to

reimagining schools, continuing to plan on restarting

recognize emotions. MPCSD is

school in whatever form presented itself, and

diving deeper into the work of

embracing the challenges of this past year by

Dr. Marc Brackett from the Yale

intentionally addressing areas such as equity, race,

Center for Emotional

social emotional learning in schools, and improved teacher support. Through our MPCSD Parent Speaker Series, we began this year's series with author and local scholar Julie Lythcott-Haims, on Talking to Your Kids about Race and Racism.

Intelligence, and particularly the RULER method. Dr. Brackett was part of the parent speaker series in October, will be speaking with all staff in November, and will be working with school teams at the beginning of 2021.

Student Well-Being

This conversation continues in January 2021 as

Even during distant learning, our schools have

MPCSD will be hosting a Three Part Conversation on

continued to implement the life skills programs in

Segregation and its Legacy on Education Around

the elementary schools by pushing out lessons from

Menlo Park. The MPCSD has also put together an

the classrooms, joining classes on Zoom, and even

Anti-Racism committee of parents, staff, and

making videos for teachers to share with students. In

community members who are engaged in

the middle school, the schedule was designed with a

developing stronger Parent and Community

Launch period at the beginning of the day where

Education, looking into enhancing Teacher/Staff

students would connect with an adult, see friends,

Professional Development opportunities, exploring

discuss an important life topic, or just engage in a

curriculum, and evaluating current recruitment,

little school spirit (e.g., crazy hat day, eat breakfast

hiring, and retention practices.

together, or do a little show and tell).

rulerapproach.org

mpcsdspeakerseries.com

Parent Green Folder/Community Resources


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