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8 September 2023
Embracing Transition: Primary Project provides "a little extra help"

Our team is planning for a move - and embracing transition, just like those starting a new school year! 

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30 August 2023
McQuaid Volleyball Team Really Serves!

Today the McQuaid boys volleyball team helped stuff, organize and lug over 3000 folders for children and families...

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Youth Perspective: Create a Safe and Effective Classroom Together

Receiving students’ input and opinions on how to create a safe and effective classroom environment is crucial to achieving a community in the classroom.

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Youth Perspective: Welcome Everyone

It’s important to start the school year off by making sure everyone feels comfortable, accepted, and welcomed when adjusting to new classroom environments.

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Youth Perspective: Get to Know Your Students

Dear Teachers, How are you creating a welcoming Environment and getting to know your students?

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Seeing Students As They Truly Are

Let's consider a magical story that captures the essence of an asset-based approach to children…and the damage it can cause when we use a deficit lens instead. 

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The Power of Play - Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit

Staff from Children’s Institute and ROC the Future Alliance joined other community vendor organizations and nearly 200 attendees at the inaugural Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit on Monday, August 21, 2023.

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Celebrating at the YCWC Juneteenth Freedom Resource Festival

The Young Child Wellness Council (YCWC) had a beautiful day for their community JUNETEENTH FREEDOM – Resource Festival held on Saturday, June 24, 2023.

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Students want you to know you make a difference! 

It’s a time of year that “burnout” creeps or leaps into almost every conversation that occurs among those of us in the education field... a couple of wishes as you head into summer break ...

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Celebrating the Work of Our Youth Leadership Council

Whole Child Connection’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC) and graduate students at The Warner School of Education came together to work on the teacher pipeline project.

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