April Update

It's been a month that seems like "The Groundhog" has taken over, and the same day keeps happening. The students of SCMS have disappeared into a virtual no man's land, but, alas, a series of messages and assignments from the kids have broken through! Further proof of the students' existence is the black zoom screens with names like 3fivear2 I see when we play Kahoot on Friday's. AIrS5698 won a gift card this Friday, congrats to whoever that is?!

This month we have explored: what we love to do through a creativity challenge, worked on how to focus, and plan a daily schedule when going to school online. This week we are practicing mindfulness exercises to help us focus, calm, and regulate our emotions. We will continue to connect through memes about COVID and emails like, "I hope everyone has enough toilet paper!' and 'Hey, I see you have turned in a blank assignment was that on purpose?" We will continue to support each other on our class google slide where students can update each other, using pre-set questions, about how they are doing. 

January Update

Let me use this opportunity to catch you up on all the wonderful things our students have been up to here at Scott. This month we continued to talk about relationships in our lives. It takes a lot for our students to get past giggling whenever I say the word "relationship," but when we finally get past that, magic. We explored our individual sphere of influence once more, talked about dating relationships, and our relationships with our parents and friends. Then we moved into emotions and have been really working to understand and recognize why we are feeling the way we do. We finished the month out by choosing words of affirmation and understanding that our mindset dictates how we see and interact in the world.

This month I would like to recognize a mentee named Kye Bailey. He was a mentee last year and was incredibly shy throughout the entire year. He has faced some significant roadblocks this year and I am incredibly proud of his progress working through it all. He is able to recognize when he needs breaks, communicate with me his needs throughout the class, has a very positive attitude, and is trying hard to do his work.

I would also like to recognize Luis Campuzano Gutierrez as a powerful and positive mentor. He not only works well with any mentee, but he is also like the mentor for the entire class. He is the first to speak up to help other students get back on track, he is always warm and kind, and constantly contributes to group discussions. His positivity spreads throughout the classroom on a daily basis.