With the start of a new school year, we are eager to jump back into CharacterStrong, which is our Social-Emotional Learning curriculum introduced to students last year. CharacterStrong introduces a new character trait each month, which will be a school-wide focus! The first two full weeks of school will be geared toward kindness, with our KINDNESS KICKOFF!
Teachers will be introducing and reviewing with students what it means to show kindness. The program is really fun for our primary grades because of the intentional, hands-on strategies they get to put to practice. The lessons also align with the ND State Social-Emotional Learning competencies that we assess on. These five areas include: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making.
Each month's character focus will be exciting for our high school students, too! Our Bomber Buddy Program will allow our "Big Bombers" to take ownership in demonstrating these important traits with their "Little Bombers." The Bomber Buddy Program will provide additional opportunities for our students to build classroom community and connection across all grade levels!
Parents can be on the lookout for students to be bringing home their grade-level Kindness Newsletter next week. Each newsletter outlines the skills that their student is learning in class and provides fun ideas to grow as a family at home. Bomber Nation is proud to already be home to so many kind kids.