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Oak Canyon Junior High credits new homeroom program with stronger student connections
Summary
Oak Canyon Junior High launched a homeroom program in 2022–23 to help students feel known; staff say it has produced schoolwide engagement and student-led community service, but no formal policy change was recorded.
Oak Canyon Junior High Principal Kate Ross said the school introduced a homeroom program in the 2022–23 school year after students told staff they wanted “to feel known” and have a break in the day, and that teachers were assigned roles so “all 1,300 kids at Oak Canyon are known.”
The program, described by Ross and two staff members during a school interview, grew from student surveys and a school vision emphasizing the “6 C’s.” Ross said homeroom is “a response to a student need,” and that the work is intended to support students’ social and emotional needs as well as…
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