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English Landing students describe monthly "First Fridays" program for social-emotional learning
Summary
Students at English Landing Elementary described First Fridays, a monthly program that pairs morning experiences (magicians, STEM activities, career talks) with cross-grade "family groups" that focus on a monthly character trait and relationship-building.
First Fridays, a monthly program at English Landing Elementary School, gives students a mix of morning activities and cross-grade "family groups" aimed at social-emotional learning, students said. "First Fridays is just a time where we kind of put aside some of the academic and we focus more on, like, the social emotional learning," Student 1 said.
The program pairs an assembly and a morning experience for alternating grade clusters (K–1–2 or 3–4–5) with family-group sessions after the assembly. "We start the morning with experiences. So it's either k 1 2 or 3 4 5 who get to have something special," Student 2 said, citing examples…
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