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Deer Ridge Elementary highlights community service, social-emotional learning and partnerships
Summary
Principal Jennifer Sprague and students described Deer Ridge Elementary's focus on social-emotional learning, buddy classrooms, community partnerships with local fire and nursing facilities, and a student-led fundraiser that raised $947.45 for a school in Zimbabwe.
Jennifer Sprague, principal of Deer Ridge Elementary, and several students presented the school’s community and instructional activities to the MSD Southwest Allen County Schools board, emphasizing social-emotional learning, service projects and community partnerships.
Sprague told trustees the school focuses on building "a positive, caring community" through weekly pledges, community circles, buddy classrooms that pair older and…
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